'Hello Puppets!' DEVLOG#4 - The Sock Puppet AI — Hello Puppets! VR Steam update #165768

Hello Hosts! What would come to your mind when you think of sock puppets? Would it be super fun childhood memories with DIY tricks or creative shows with cute characters? Well, it is a different story in ‘Hello Puppets!’ as the moments the Sock Puppet AI jumped out have been recognized as the most terrifying scenes in the game by a lot of players. https://i.imgur.com/ocGfJR2.gif The Sock Puppets show up in a few places and march around on predetermined paths. Originally, though, they were a systemic AI system that roamed around the map and were constantly hunting you. We had a version of the game running like this, and the problem honestly was that it was too scary. https://i.imgur.com/iEa0ezE.gif You couldn’t focus on the story, or enjoy interacting with Scout, or anything, because every two seconds this Sock Puppet was bearing down on you. And even once we tuned him to be less aggressi...