How to script followers

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4.3

Looking for the simplest way to script 3 separate NPCs to follow the player in a diamond formation (1 on each shoulder and the 3rd behind). This formation must rotate with the player (the player is always the ‘point’ of the diamond).

Currently struggling with a Marker2D as a child to the player, with 3x Area2D as children to the Marker2D. And a script for each NPC to follow one Area2D.

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Marker2D children sound good, then you can tell the other characters to move in a direction towards a designated marker’s global_position.