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[JLJac]

Great work. Nothing to add.

[Rostiger]

My girlfriend and I totally got sucked into playing Lyle in Cube Sector the past week and we've almost finished it (can't go any further now, since she doesn't like it when I play when she's not around). I started it quite a while ago but couldn't get around the steep difficulty curve, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty awesome!
Anyway, I decided that he will by the next character I going to concentrate on (since I'm currently somewhat stuck on Nikujin - but I'll finish him eventually), so here we go with the first animation:



How should the summoning effect be done? I think a particle system would probably suit best, since he can also summon cubes while running and jumping, thus leaving a trail behind him.

Also it would be sweet if Lyle would carry cube items the same way as summoned ones, but I don't know how much effort that would be.
Anyway, I'm off to celebrate now - happy New Year to everyone!  

[Soulliard]

Looks good. The nice thing about Lyle is that since most of his moves involve throwing, he won't require too many animations.

How should the summoning effect be done? I think a particle system would probably suit best, since he can also summon cubes while running and jumping, thus leaving a trail behind him.

I agree.

Also it would be sweet if Lyle would carry cube items the same way as summoned ones, but I don't know how much effort that would be.

Should be no effort at all. I think it's a great idea.

[Blaizer]

Since he can walk around with the massive cube, we'll need two walking animations. The normal one, and another one where he's holding up his hands like that.

[Mogget]

Also, that gives me an idea. Since Lyle's so focused on throwing, could he be given an actual holding animation? I don't think it would be too much work, since he doesn't need many others.

[Rostiger]

Also it would be sweet if Lyle would carry cube items the same way as summoned ones, but I don't know how much effort that would be.

Should be no effort at all. I think it's a great idea.

Sweet!

Since he can walk around with the massive cube, we'll need two walking animations. The normal one, and another one where he's holding up his hands like that.

Yep, I've noted this already, shouldn't be much of a deal.

Also, that gives me an idea. Since Lyle's so focused on throwing, could he be given an actual holding animation? I don't think it would be too much work, since he doesn't need many others.

Do you mean a holding animation for items?
The problem I'd see with this is that you'll need all the regular animations (walking, jumping, idle, etc.) twice, once while holding the item and once without. Also in terms of coherency I think it would be better if the way items work (or are displayed) stays the same for every character (with the exception of the cubes - since both character and item are from the same game).

Also: the movelist in the first post doesn't seem to be finished. Any ideas for vA?

[Inanimate]

What I did was make his A a quick punch, and his vA a low, sliding kick.

[Mogget]

I meant a "special" holding animation, only for the cubes. Even though his movement would have to be done twice, I don't think it would be that hard-just edit one arm to be like in the portrait.

[Rostiger]

What I did was make his A a quick punch, and his vA a low, sliding kick.

Aye, I missed that, thanks for the heads-up.

I meant a "special" holding animation, only for the cubes. Even though his movement would have to be done twice, I don't think it would be that hard-just edit one arm to be like in the portrait.

Yeah, I guess so, but personaly I prefer Lyle holding the cube like he does now in the throwing animation (above his head with both hands), because it's just closer to the original (which I grew to love quite a bit).

Fun fact: did you know that one of the music tracks in LiCS is a remix of the extremely tacky 80s track

? Go to the room left of the teleporter room and compare! 

[JMickle]

how about a bit of a change to how lyle works-

thrown boxes do extra damage, but when he is holding a cube he can't do his specials? that way he only needs an extra walking+jumping animation for holding a cube, and makes him more suitable to his character in the game.

[Soulliard]

Do you mean a holding animation for items?
The problem I'd see with this is that you'll need all the regular animations (walking, jumping, idle, etc.) twice, once while holding the item and once without. Also in terms of coherency I think it would be better if the way items work (or are displayed) stays the same for every character (with the exception of the cubes - since both character and item are from the same game).

He'll need those animations anyways, since he can run and jump while summoning a cube. And I think it's okay for Lyle to be the exception here- he's based more around throwing items than any other character.

[Rostiger]

Well, the question is if Lyle can summon cubes while he is holding a cube item (that the player picked up previously)?

[Rostiger]

Also: Lyle summoning a cube:



I know, in the movelist it says he summons grey cubes, but I feel like the blue ones are closer to the original, even if it might be confusing with blue cube items. However, the color can easily be changed (even in-game I guess). Here's the effect without the character animation:



Also: particle party!

[JMickle]

[William Broom]

Looking good, both of you! The way he screws up his face while summoning a cube is really cute.

[Rostiger]

Here's just a quick edit for the two running animations. In the regular walk cycle, the outline was dark gray instead of black and Lyle was still missing his ear:



I cleaned up the second walk cycle and added some details to conform with the regular walk cycle:



Also Lyle can jump now!

[JMickle]

ace 

[JaJitsu]

ace 

[godsavant]

These are great.

Just noticed the OP hasn't been updated in quite a while, though.

[Soulliard]

I'm pretty busy now, but I'll try to update all the OPs sometime soon-ish.