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This is a record of a twitter thread, originally posted in 2019

Thew
@AmazingThew

prototyping some new enemies for Aerobat

no graphics yet but vast amounts of 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚

Thew
@AmazingThew

it's essentially a laser trap; the blue lines are supposed to be fatal. The whole ring of enemies moves as a unit to slowly chase the player's position, and then surround them with beams that track much more tightly

result is a "squishy" mesh that forces slow/careful movement