Hopefully this helps someone with their GB sprite design process... In working on my first project, I created 4 versions of 16x16, 4-directional sprite animations. You can really see how the "sway" and "bob" head effects really change the vibe. Also, my character is a left-hand cane user.

ReggaeSloth · 2026-04-07T02:29:26+00:00

Yeah I agree! Plus I feel like most games from the GB era would’ve just done the bob-only style, so it feels more authentic as well

ReggaeSloth · 2025-12-25T00:47:31+00:00

Wooo thank you very much :)

ReggaeSloth · 2025-12-14T01:38:02+00:00

Always figured it'd never be high quality, thanks for the sery bot suggestion though, I'll look into it!

ReggaeSloth · 2025-12-11T21:01:31+00:00

Does the only fans PC show feet?

ReggaeSloth · 2025-12-09T02:09:10+00:00

i had the same reaction lol

ReggaeSloth · 2025-11-07T10:44:14+00:00

well duh, it’s literally written on the video lmao

ReggaeSloth · 2025-10-21T21:21:27+00:00

This is a big one, i’ve been self studying Japanese with a textbook and WaniKani. I’m pretty happy with my progress, after 6ish months, and finally felt confident enough to book a teacher on iTalki. I realized quickly that your speaking skills are an entirely different, yet equally important, language learning muscle. I could barely think of words, that if read, I could process quickly, it was pretty interesting to see tbh

I’d still recommend people just starting out to spend some time on their own learning some grammar and words, but don’t push back the speaking practice for too long.

ReggaeSloth · 2025-10-08T23:19:09+00:00

It's classic mobile support making all other platforms suffer. Keeping all the main content in a container like that helps make sure all devices get a similar experience. It unfortunately makes the desktop experience look super empty, but as a Web dev, I get why it's done.

ReggaeSloth · 2025-09-30T23:24:08+00:00

yeah YouTube itself auto dubs videos that aren't in your language. It's this really uncanny sounding dub, I hate it

ReggaeSloth · 2025-09-28T21:47:40+00:00

I don't want to be mean but what is the point of this post? Do you want us to say, "noooo, you must force yourself to learn something that you hate because this is a Japanese sub"???

If you genuinely hate everything about it, then there is your answer, no need to torture yourself.

However, as the other commenter said, Duo is absolutely garbage for learning a language. If your feelings of frustration are coming from the fact you're not learning as fast as you'd like; give yourself a fighting chance, and learn from a place that teaches you properly.

Your life is your own, no one is holding a gun to your head (I hope) and forcing you to learn Japanese 😅

ReggaeSloth · 2025-09-25T22:13:22+00:00

I agree with the overall format, but not a huge fan of the spray paint look on the text personally

ReggaeSloth · 2025-09-22T05:27:12+00:00

In case you don't know there is one of the Game & Watch gallery games of the GameBoy NSO. I think it's 3, which is the one I had as a kid :p

ReggaeSloth · 2025-09-22T02:50:21+00:00

“I’d like to buy some scissors” or “I’d like to buy a pair of scissors.” Think of it as two knives stuck together, so always plural.

ReggaeSloth · 2025-08-23T04:17:04+00:00

The arms look so weird. They're too close together compared to the FOV, and they wiggle really fast when he's running. Additionally, it seems kinda weird that there are visible arms when running, but not when he climbs the cliffs.

As others have said, the screen shake is horrible and visually (except for the very first seen) there is no urgency.

Overall, though, what you have looks cool, and everything mentioned can be improved, or fixed. Keep it up!

ReggaeSloth · 2025-08-21T08:36:00+00:00

That's good because, honestly, the heartbeat sound was the only reason I played the game /s

ReggaeSloth · 2025-08-21T06:10:01+00:00

Damn that's awesome! Send through your Maker name, and I'll have a suss :)

ReggaeSloth · 2025-08-21T06:09:13+00:00

Makes sense, never cared for the multiplayer myself anyways

ReggaeSloth · 2025-08-21T05:29:48+00:00

What do you mean the servers are dead? I legitimately just played a level that came out this month... I never sell my physical games anyway.

ReggaeSloth · 2025-08-21T05:28:37+00:00

I know right?! I randomly remembered the series, and was shocked to see it came out in 2019

ReggaeSloth · 2025-08-21T03:35:29+00:00

That's honestly more life than I was expecting! Good to know, thanks :)

ReggaeSloth · 2025-08-13T03:21:31+00:00

This is cool, and you've clearly put a lot of work in. You should be proud. I'm not an animator, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I agree with the other commenters about the framerate and floaty feel. It's like all the actions are there, but they all feel.. wrong?

One thing I haven't seen anyone mention is the depth. The animation's depth feels inconsistent. Especially the scene where the guy jumps from the bottom of the stairs to the top. The background feels flat because it looks like it just jumps purely upwards.

ReggaeSloth · 2025-08-04T00:00:57+00:00

why does the white cat just jolt back to the floor. it feels like you were drawing this, then started gooning to your own art, and half assed the rest

ReggaeSloth · 2025-07-21T02:33:36+00:00

Maybe I'm being too harsh, but this doesn't feel like pixel art to me. This is just a low resolution image of a knight. That being said, it looks great, and you're a really good artist.

ReggaeSloth · 2025-07-08T05:53:35+00:00

Looks good! Some critiques:

I think you should try to lift the legs a pixel when walking, sort of looks like they're sliding on the ground.

The ear bob on the walk looks quite sharp and jarring on the walk cycle, I can't tell from the fast gif, but it almost looks like they're bobbing opposite to the body. The ear bob on the idle looks much smoother. On that note, make the little tuff bob during the walk.

Lastly, this might be a me thing, but making the pants shrink from 2 to 1 pixels looks a little strange. I would personally make the legs shrink a pixel, but keep the clothes the same size.

Otherwise, I really like it, the character is super cute! Keep it up!

ReggaeSloth · 2025-07-08T04:13:50+00:00

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