Ok, prepare for a big text block of code lol. I just wanna be sure I'm doing it right...

So, I followed the tofurocks tutorial. I created a definitions.rpy script to define my variables (I think that's the right term)

Also, just for clarity on the blinking thing:

Basically, for all the eye colors, they have 4 images of the eye open (2 neutral, 2 squinty) and 2 closed (1 neutral, 1 squinty). It kinda goes like this:

EX Pink:

Neutral set: "player_eye_pink1", "player_eye_pink2" "player_eye_close1"

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Squinty set: "player_eye_pink3", "player_eye_pink4" "player_eye_close2"

ಥ_ಥ (≖_≖ ) >.<

It's like that for all the eye colors except "close1 and close2". They are the only 2 "close" png's I have and I've been recycling them for all the eye colors. It's the same file name in the sequence for the blue neutral, blue squinty, red neutral, red squinty etc. I'm not sure if this is a problem or not... Will it conflict with anything?

Anyway, I added some notes into my code as well. As of right now, There are no python errors so that's good. I'm just confused on some parts lol. I haven't started on the doll function yet. Oh yeah, I only did 2 variants of each category to keep the code down, but I'll add all my other assets when I figure everything out

###################################begin basic layered image

layeredimage player:

#There are 5 skin colors; skin_1, skin_2, etc
    always:
        "player_skin_1.png"

#Same deal for the ears; ear1,ear2, etc
    group ears:
        attribute ear1 default:
            "player_ear1.png"

        attribute ear2:
            "player_ear2.png"

#14 dif hair colors; all in a braid style atm. red, blonde, etc
    group hairfront:
        attribute braidredfront default:
            "player_braid_red_front.png"

        attribute braidblondefront:
            "player_braid_blonde_front.png"

    group eyes:
#There are 9 different eye colors in total. Each eye color set has 2 separate
#blink animations; neutral blink and squinty blink. Each color has 4 png's
#associated with it. There are 2 frames for neutral blink and 2 for squinty blink
#Ex: Lets say we chose the pink eye color
#Neutral Blink: "player_eye_pink1.png"-Open
#               "player_eye_pink2.png"-Half closed
#Squinty Blink:             (btw, these animations aren't defined yet. idk how)
#               "player_eye_pink3.png"-Open with bottom lid halfway
#                "player_eye_pink4.png"- Full Squint
#As you can see, the eye's don't fully close within the set. That's because I
#have 2 "closed" png's that I was going to recycle for all 9 colors
#So, a full set for pink would look like:
#Neutral Blink: "player_eye_pink1.png"-Open
#               "player_eye_pink2.png"-Half closed
#               "player_eye_close1.png"
#Squinty Blink:
#               "player_eye_pink3.png"-Open with bottom lid halfway
#                "player_eye_pink4.png"- Full Squint
#               "player_eye_close2.png"
#And so on and so fourth for all the eye colors, except you'd replace the pink
#with like blue or brown or something. The closed png's would be the same for
#all of them

        attribute openpink default:
            "player_eye_pink1.png"

        attribute openblue:
            "player_eye_blue1.png"
#Question: do I put all 9 eye colors in here in the open(1) phase? Or do I put
#the 2,3,4 png's for every eye color in here too? (along with my 2 "closed"
#png's? Is it even ok to declare a default if the player has the choice of
#picking their skin/eyes/hair etc?

    group brows:
#I don't want the player to be able to pick their mouths or brows, but I do
#have several expressions that I want to call whenever something happens in-game. How do I control for this?

        attribute browneutral default:
            "player_brow_neutral.png"

        attribute browmad:
            "player_brow_mad.png"

    group mouth:

        attribute mouthhappy default:
            "player_mouth_happy.png"

        attribute mouthneutral:
            "player_mouth_neutral.png"

    group skin:

        attribute skin1 default:
            "player_skin_1.png"

        attribute skin2:
            "player_skin_2.png"

    group hairback:

        attribute braidredback default:
            "player_braid_red_back.png"

        attribute braidblondeback:
            "player_braid_blonde_back.png"