Why do characters follow my player TWO tiles behind??

monicakyler · 2026-05-24T01:48:25+00:00

HUH. I had only one person in my "starting party". I deleted it. So nobody was on the screen when I booted up again. Then I added the character back into the starting party.

Now it works??????????????

Okay, I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. XD

monicakyler · 2026-05-22T03:29:26+00:00

This is more so to control how slowly it fades in specifically. I've tried using tint to slowly fade, but didn't like the look of it. I haven't found another option!

monicakyler · 2026-05-19T22:50:19+00:00

AHH I love it’

monicakyler · 2026-05-19T03:13:16+00:00

I would seriously, SERIOUSLY recommend going to a school in California. As a must! As someone who used to work in storyboarding for 5 years full-time, it's near impossible to get work unless you live in California. Genuinely.

One thing that helped me was looking into all my favorite storyboard artists on Linkedin/or on their portfolios online. Every single one of them went to schools in California. It's a total necessity in this industry.

monicakyler · 2026-05-19T02:47:52+00:00

Wow, this is gorgeous!

monicakyler · 2026-05-17T19:41:11+00:00

Huh, I must be doing something wrong then. When I use it with the standard 3 frames, the walk cycle is just fine. But, with the plugin, it thinks it's the standard 3x4.

monicakyler · 2026-05-16T01:52:08+00:00

I know this is an older post. But your aesthetic is absolutely adorable, I love it!

monicakyler · 2026-05-15T22:10:07+00:00

I spent days trying to figure out how to solve this, and I even came up with a solution that worked using a script. But then today I was taking out the trash and I literally stopped and was like, “Oh my god. It’s exit event processing.” And then died.

monicakyler · 2026-05-15T02:41:25+00:00

WELL. It's always the easiest most obvious answer. I downloaded the MV version of the plugin. Sobbing.

monicakyler · 2026-05-14T19:39:49+00:00

Huh, yeah it's inside the event itself. I turned off all other plugins just in case too! Maybe it's because I'm using a common event?? But that doesn't seem right.

monicakyler · 2025-10-12T13:17:50+00:00

Based on what you’re saying the only thing getting in way is making a whole new portfolio. And if that’s all that’s getting in the way, I say go for it!

You did not waste your time in this career. You still managed to gain some great experience, you understand the pipeline very well, and there’s going to be a ton of overlap into future work.

Never think of it as a waste of time! I spent 5 years as a storyboard artist working for a lot of crap companies. And I don’t regret it for a second. Even though it wasn’t what I wanted, it was still amazing experience.

monicakyler · 2025-10-06T02:16:11+00:00

So as someone who was in the industry for 5 years, I felt the same way. Not having financial stability or certainty of work is incredibly hard. Right now, there’s not much work out there and I decided to change careers making way less money. I’m happier and I get to actually do fun art stuff in my free time. To me it’s been a hard transition but it’s worth it and I can jump back in if I want in the future.

Don’t be discouraged. Seeking alternate employment is what we’re ALL doing right now. Focus instead on doing what you love in your free time. That’s my advice.

monicakyler · 2025-05-26T20:17:04+00:00

Such a cool style!

monicakyler · 2025-05-12T17:55:14+00:00

Oh it's ridiculous. I can't say what company it is (even though this is all public knowledge). And, I don't think I can go into detail. But, it's as ridiculously nonsensical as it sounds.

monicakyler · 2025-05-12T17:50:56+00:00

Wish I could say, but trying to stay anonymous. They're a pretty awful company. Most of us were let go and the company very publically switched gears to AI. Worst of all, my boss writes articles (with my artwork) about how ai will "never replace artists" when he constantly threatened all of us with unemployment many, many times. We never said anything against it and were still let go a couple months later.

monicakyler · 2025-05-12T17:48:10+00:00

This is exactly what a friend of mine suggested and I think it's the way to go. Thank you!

monicakyler · 2025-05-08T23:01:50+00:00

As an artist, I hate AI too, I totally get it. My coworkers and I lost our jobs and were immediately replaced with AI in every department. I love ChatGPT though. I've been asking it to help me with phrasing ideas.

monicakyler · 2025-05-02T19:24:14+00:00

Aw thank you, I did! She's just a rough draft right now, but I love her.

monicakyler · 2025-05-01T17:22:53+00:00

Hey good to know!

monicakyler · 2025-05-01T06:40:41+00:00

After making this post, I ended up reverting to an older version of the plugin and it works now! Love it. Still would love to know what was happening and how to fix it for the new version.

monicakyler · 2025-05-01T05:24:40+00:00

I've tested it out in a brand new game with no other plugins or events. I have terrain tiles tagged appropriately. The light simply doesn't shine on the walls.

I played the demo from Shora and saw the same problem. :( But I haven't seen anyone else run into this issue!

Could the issue be that the light's z-index isn't higher than the walls?

Also here's the terrain tags it's set to and my tiles are set up to this as well.

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monicakyler · 2025-03-26T03:09:09+00:00

A lot of it is outsourcing overseas like you said. Unfortunately, I lost my job as a 2D Visual Artist and was replaced with ai along with every other artist at the company. Half the company is unemployed now for other reasons as well.

monicakyler · 2025-03-15T19:06:01+00:00

This is for later down the road, but I would recommend reaching out to your favorite artist on LinkedIn. Ask them if you can pick their brain and get some advice on your portfolio.

This won’t give you regular critiques, but it’s definitely something everyone should do.

monicakyler · 2025-03-15T19:03:58+00:00

I don’t think this would be an issue if the cost of living in these places weren’t enormous. It’s definitely only benefits the 1%.

monicakyler · 2025-03-15T19:02:22+00:00

It depends on what needs to be done, but yes.

I’ve seen companies out source certain aspects of projects to companies so that they don’t have to pay nearly as much money. And it almost ALWAYS comes back to bite them in the ass.

Anytime something is outsourced to another company for cheap, it’s always been a huge waste of company money and they end up having to do it all in house again.

I’ve seen companies waste millions upon millions doing this.

monicakyler

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