1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/public/bluebey-studio/src/animation.js b/public/bluebey-studio/src/animation.js
index 47f1cfb..3233e43 100644
--- a/public/bluebey-studio/src/animation.js
+++ b/public/bluebey-studio/src/animation.js
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ export class Animator {
       // wants. X (which the first version used) is the *lift*, so opposite signs
       // there just raised one flipper and dropped the other one.
       // `legsupport` pivots at the middle of the body, so the legs take a much
-      // smaller angle than the arms.
+      // smaller angle than the arms. The legs swing on the OPPOSITE phase to the
+      // arms, so when a hand comes forward it is the opposite foot that steps out
+      // (the same value as the arms put them in step, i.e. a "same-side" waddle).
       const phase = Math.sin(t * 2.4);
       const bob = Math.abs(Math.sin(t * 2.4));
       add('master', -2, 0, phase * 4);
@@ -105,8 +107,8 @@ export class Animator {
       add('arm.r', 6, 0, phase * 26);
       add('hand.l', 0, 0, phase * 10);
       add('hand.r', 0, 0, phase * 10);
-      add('legsupport.l', 0, 0, phase * 9);
-      add('legsupport.r', 0, 0, phase * 9);
+      add('legsupport.l', 0, 0, -phase * 9);
+      add('legsupport.r', 0, 0, -phase * 9);
       root[1] += bob * 0.05;
       return { bones, root };
     }
@@ -114,10 +116,13 @@ export class Animator {
     if (mode === 'wave') {
       // One flipper is held up and sweeps back and forth, with the hand lagging a
       // little behind it; the body and the other flipper rock along gently. The
-      // +84 X holds the arm up on its own, so the wave reads from a plain stance.
+      // lift is kept modest: raising the arm much further folds the flipper over
+      // the top of the head, where its inner edge cuts into the face, so the X
+      // here (and its swing) stop well short of that. The Z swing is what reads
+      // as the wave, and it is biased slightly *back* for the same reason.
       const wave = Math.sin(t * 3.2);
-      add('arm.l', 84 + wave * 14, 0, wave * 12);
-      add('hand.l', 0, 0, Math.sin(t * 3.2 + 0.6) * 22);
+      add('arm.l', 66 + wave * 8, 0, 6 + wave * 10);
+      add('hand.l', 0, 0, Math.sin(t * 3.2 + 0.6) * 14);
       add('arm.r', 0, 0, Math.sin(t * 1.6 + 1) * 4);
       add('master', Math.sin(t * 1.6) * 1.2, 0, Math.sin(t * 1.6 + 0.4) * 3);
       return { bones, root };