Yes! I could do a better job of showing it but ALL of my character sprites are 4 directions. Occasionally I will use a flip for the left/right but I usually try to respect my own asymmetric character designs haha.
I think, for now, the character sprites in this pack are flips. I will eventually change that in an update.
Animating even my relatively simple sprites is a huge undertaking. It may come down to flaws in my work flow or something, but I’ve never been able to think up a way to do it at scale. I have over 200 unique character sprites across my various packs for itch (released and unreleased).
So the main question for me is always “which sprites get the animations?” Do I use a “heroes only” approach where only a handful of my sprites get the full suite of animations? Do I use a blank template sprite w/ all the animations included and just leave my customers to do the editing themselves? Will people actually buy that or is it a non-starter to force users to edit sprites?
Any thoughts you might have about this could be helpful.
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Are the zombies also four directions?
Yes! I could do a better job of showing it but ALL of my character sprites are 4 directions. Occasionally I will use a flip for the left/right but I usually try to respect my own asymmetric character designs haha.
I think, for now, the character sprites in this pack are flips. I will eventually change that in an update.
Left/right flip is also totally fine for me, thank you!!
Love this! Definitely will buy if you ever add player shooting animations w/ guns.
Thanks!
Animating even my relatively simple sprites is a huge undertaking. It may come down to flaws in my work flow or something, but I’ve never been able to think up a way to do it at scale. I have over 200 unique character sprites across my various packs for itch (released and unreleased).
So the main question for me is always “which sprites get the animations?” Do I use a “heroes only” approach where only a handful of my sprites get the full suite of animations? Do I use a blank template sprite w/ all the animations included and just leave my customers to do the editing themselves? Will people actually buy that or is it a non-starter to force users to edit sprites?
Any thoughts you might have about this could be helpful.
Love it! Look forward to those demos and mockups! And also to what people will end up doing with this!
Thanks! Since horror is so popular w/ RPG Maker devs, I hope this gives someone some ideas!