aaand here's the start of my au! will i be making more comics about it? yes, hopefully! however, i do not want this to be one continuous comic because then i'll burn out, so instead i plan on making a few comics or art on it here and there and then fill in the gaps with words. feel free to send me asks on this! that's kinda how i want to build it.
also. i do have concept art behind programmer, but if i revealed it now i would also reveal another character i wanna introduce with a comic :P
also fun fact, ava 12 still takes place in 2023 while bedwars takes place in 2025, so the timeline still checks out
The idea is that both Alan and programmer have robot vr bodies, Alan's was created by the sticks (because drawing his avatar for vr was a bad idea) while programmer made his on his own. It's supposed to be made of basic geometrical shapes, like something quickly put together.
I've seen a few people have a theory that programmer made a program that made stick figures sentient and I really like that!
Imagine he loses connection with noogai3 and then tries to find out what happened with his code. He sees some things that shouldn't be there and starts trying to "fix" them. Basically editing their code and taking away their free will (brain washing/mind controlling them).
Programmer eventually finds Alan and the two clash. Alan now knows sticks are sentient but programmer doesn't want to accept that or listen to Alan's reasoning. Programmer eventually makes gets an army with the sticks he's controlling, but somehow falls.
He has no choice but to face the reality of what he's done, much like Alan did and Alan could actually help him here. Perhaps they could be friends again in the future and could even collab for some projects together. Also if programmer also made stick figures? They would have probably gone through hell tbh.
Also it would be really cool of programmer021 was a woman. Just saying.
i almost forgot to post these! this is the concept art for programmer and the overlord! also yes, programmer is a woman in my au because i thought it would be cool :P
HUGE shoutout and thank you to the Misfits server! i was brainstorming these with them and they helped me a LOT with the designs! they have also helped me a lot with my comics!
more notes about the designs below:
i wasn't sure if i wanted programmer to be thin or chubby when creating her. at first i wanted programmer to be scrawny and have kind of awkward proportions, but after i drew the chubby version i was told it had a stronger silhouette, which i do agree with.
for the overlord, i made the first row and sent it to the server for feedback. afterwards i used the things the people liked and combined them into the bottom row. i wanted them to look a little off. unfinished and not quite like a normal stick.
in the end, i wanted to doodle how both of them would work with other characters, to get a better idea of them and if they work as they are. some parts of the story and dynamics are still a wip, but i do think i have a base already.
