WONKTOBER #10 - Someone’s got toes! Ended up being important for making sure his feet point the right way while his legs do their thing. Now his dance skills are even more wonky.
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WONKTOBER #9ish? This bird knows how to party!
I realized my previous movement system was breaking all sorts of physics rules that inevitably caused major problems (i.e. constantly exploding). So this neat fellow now moves using joint torques. I built a little script just to point his limbs in a given direction, already pretty amusing tbh.
WONKTOBER Day #7. A little concept art. Since we’re designing the project for mobile, it’s fun playing with more vertical environments.
WONKTOBER Day #4. Just trying to relax.
Physically interacting with the creature is a big part of this project. This is one of the lucky few times where yanking him around didn’t cause him to immediately explode 😔
WONKTOBER Day #6. Early prototypes of the walking system. Wonks come in many shapes.
WONTOBER #11 - a Wonkephant.
Need several creatures to represent multiple body shapes and leg counts. Hopefully this’ll help me craft a balance and walking scheme that works with lots of different animals. More to come!
WONKTOBER Day #1. Feeling like dancing.
WONKTOBER Day #5. A one eyed wonk with his ball.
WONKTOBER Day #3. Look at those tippy taps!
Full disclosure, I’m stuck in an airport and this is an old gif. But he’s still a good good boy.
The dynamic duo is back - over a year since they first started flailing around, now they’re hooked up to a custom full-body IK solver using some crazy hacking of the FABRIK and Kabsch algorithms. In theory, this let’s them calculate their poses based on any number of desired limb positions, and determine when goals are unreachable or require repositioning.
Much love to Zalo and his genius-level math utility tools without which this would not exist.
Still want to get the whole system physics responsive, but feeling proud of the progress 🤩
Mama and bb birds checkin out a snack. An old gif from my physics/ik experiments I never shared.