hunter

so you know how in the detention center if you look at the camera and the guard you normally get some flavor text about how (usually the defendant) is acting?

well i tried to do that in aa4 and. thats not how it is there. in fact most of the flavor text seems kinda... paranoid? idk if thats the right word. heres the text for case 2 (the first time you can see it) to show you what i mean

-"That security camera is looking at me. I wonder if they tape all of this."

-"A security guard. He stands here, watching this room. I have no idea if he's listening to us talk."

i thought that was kind of weird at first, like isn't apollos whole thing noticing how people are acting? why isnt it like nick's?

but i think i prefer these bits of dialogue because they show his personality more. he's an anxious guy. but over the course of the game these bits of dialogue get slightly less paranoid. here's them in case 3:

-"That security camera is looking at me. Why do I feel this sudden urge to make a silly face?"

-"His eyes when he looks at Machi are gentle. Maybe he has a kid the same age"

He's started to calm down a bit, and now is actually looking at what the guard is doing. He still thinks the camera is looking at him, but instead of wondering if he's being filmed, he wants to make a silly face. proof trucy is a good influence.

and here's case 4:

-"The security camera stares down from the ceiling, all-seeing, unblinking. Not that I'm nervous or anything."

-"The same old security guard is glaring at us. ...He winked. Maybe he's not such a bad guy after all."

At first apollo thinks the guard is glaring at him. And then he realized the guard's not upset with him. he's being nice, if anything. he winks. The security camera dialogue shows how even though he's right, the camera is looking at him, it's also looking at everyone else. He's still nervous, because of course he is, he's apollo. But his outlook's changed a little. not everything is against him.

He can be awfully clingy sometimes.

I painted these color keys for this scene in Across the Spiderverse between Gwen and her dad!

The idea for the initial color palette was that because Gwen's world is colored by her emotions, she's cool blue despite the warm light of her surroundings - to symbolize her internal isolation from the rest of the world and her father.