Characters can be male, female, look just about anyway you'd like, and can express visual emotions.
BRAIN comes with two default characters - one male, one female. (More will be added over time.) Of course if you have your own Haptek characters, BRAIN can use them too.
Characters support some basic movement, and emotions, which can be used in your scripts.
To make the character peform an action, you use the CHARACTER command. Currently, the following Character commands are supported:
LOOK RIGHT
LOOK LEFT
LOOK UP
LOOK DOWN
GESTURE LEFT
GESTURE RIGHT
SHAKE HEAD YES
YAWN
RESET
For example:
CHARACTER LOOK UP
CHARACTER YAWN
etc.
Like all script commands, these can also be entered via the command panel.
BRAIN comes with about 1/2 dozen default emotions:
Happy
Sad
Angry
etc.
These are in the Emotions folder in the BRAIN directory.
To make a character express a given emotion, simply use the script command:
EMOTION emotionName
for example:
EMOTION Happy
EMOTION Sad
etc.
Like all script commands, these can also be entered via the command panel.
See the Characters settings tab within BRAIN for more customization options.