Unity Script Generated by ScripterAI

"create a script where you can add characters to a list who will follow the player with their sprites changing to show their direction and with variable speeds and distances for a 2d game"

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class FollowerManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    [System.Serializable]
    public class Follower
    {
        public GameObject character;
        public float followSpeed;
        public float followDistance;
        public Sprite leftSprite;
        public Sprite rightSprite;
        public Sprite upSprite;
        public Sprite downSprite;
    }

public List<Follower> followers;
    public Transform player;

private Vector3 lastPlayerPosition;

// Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        lastPlayerPosition = player.position;
    }

// Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        foreach (Follower follower in followers)
        {
            float distance = Vector3.Distance(follower.character.transform.position, player.position);

if (distance > follower.followDistance)
            {
                Vector3 direction = player.position - lastPlayerPosition;
                direction.Normalize();

follower.character.transform.position += direction * follower.followSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

// Update sprite based on direction
                SpriteRenderer sr = follower.character.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
                if (Mathf.Abs(direction.x) > Mathf.Abs(direction.y))
                {
                    sr.sprite = direction.x > 0 ? follower.rightSprite : follower.leftSprite;
                }
                else
                {
                    sr.sprite = direction.y > 0 ? follower.upSprite : follower.downSprite;
                }
            }
        }

lastPlayerPosition = player.position;
    }
}