Barotrauma

Barotrauma

Arachnophobia Friendly Latcher
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Update: 21 Jun, 2023 @ 3:40pm

Edited the sprite of the Cyclops Latcher.
- Removed the bottom fins and added more limbs to help them appear more fin-like. These fins now have physics applied to them and behave mostly like a skirt. This should help it stop looking like a pair of balls. (Seriously, I don't see it, but I figured I'd change them and give them physics anyway...)
- Fixed the frog legs so they actually seem to propel the Latcher like a frog instead of just being a pair of tails in-sync.
- Removed bendjoint on the fins attached to the frog legs, because they looked a lot like they were clipping.
- Also made the fins a little bluer, because why not?

This is probably going to be my last update for a while. I want to move onto bigger projects and maybe make a bigger creature expansion. I've got the concept art working currently, mostly on Crawlers, but feel free to suggest any feedback or ideas you have on the Latcher and I'll see if I can work on it or work it into new Latcher subtypes that I have planned.

Regardless, though, thank you for the feedback folks!

Update: 17 Jun, 2023 @ 8:46am

Edited Cyclops Latcher rig.
- Redid the eye collision and joint from scratch, to fix the eye dissapearing bug.
- Tested in sandbox, spawned to cursor. Eye didn't disappear. (Yay!) That said, let me know if it does disappear and I'll try to fix it again.
- Unfortunately by redoing the eye from scratch, this means that the better blinking animation is gone, but it still "blinks" (move its eye) a bit. This has to do with how the joint works; even though it's set to 360 (180 upper limit -180 lower limit) it still doesn't give it the full range. This would be something to look at later, but it's lower on the pecking order for now.

Update: 16 Jun, 2023 @ 10:29am

Not really a true update, just changed preview image to better match the new latcher.

Update: 16 Jun, 2023 @ 10:09am

Edited Latcher sprite.
- Removed the unnecessary hair, as it may contribute to arachnophobia in people.
- Edited the torso sprite to be scaly and added fins to it. Now it resembles a fish a lot more!
- Edited the frog legs to be a lot more scaly instead of hairy.
- Removed the holes and added gills instead, to help sell that it's a fish. Also, may help if people have tryphophobia (and in my opinion... it looks a lot better!)

Update: 15 Jun, 2023 @ 10:31am

Added the Cyclops Latcher.
- Should function completely as a stand-in for the Latcher, done via overrides.
- Edited limbs and sprite for that creepy appearance, sans the spider-like parts. Removed everything but one eye and one pair of frog-like limbs. Edited the pedipalp area on the normal latcher to be tube-like instead so it looks more biomechanical instead of arachnidesque.