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[Soulliard]

Amazing. I wish I could animate hands like that.

[Inane]

I love the shine on the sword in the new one .

[William Broom]

Just a little thing, I'm wondering about the name. Naked Ninja sounds so clunky, which is why I usually refer to him as 'Nikujin'. If there's anyone here who knows Japanese, even a little bit: Does the name 'Nikujin' refer to the ninja himself? If so I would prefer to call him this.

Also I hope to start coding this guy soon, so if you have any major objections to the movelist, now's the time to say so. Is it alright to give him weapons previously used by his enemies? Will the wall-run attack (face-run) look too silly?

[Corpus]

I'm going to have to take a closer look at the movelist, so I can't comment on that.

I would say, however, that the sprite's outline seems to be noticeably darker than the other characters' outlines. Other than that, though, it's awesome.

[Soulliard]

Also I hope to start coding this guy soon, so if you have any major objections to the movelist, now's the time to say so. Is it alright to give him weapons previously used by his enemies? Will the wall-run attack (face-run) look too silly?

I think his move list is great. And since his enemies look exactly like him, it wouldn't seem odd for him to use their weapons.

If you're going to program the character, you should be able to keep all the code in the finish_creation(), action(), and various step() scripts. That way, it will be simple to add his code to the master file.

[Xion]

I would say, however, that the sprite's outline seems to be noticeably darker than the other characters' outlines. Other than that, though, it's awesome.

I thought I recalled nightshade requesting it to be so? That is, darker outlines in general.

[threesided]

Shoot Xion, you are pumping out pure amazing here. A tip of the hat to you sir.

[Corpus]

Oh, right. I like the current shade, personally.

[Mr.moo]

mayby you should take away the highlights on the skin....i would like to see how it looks if you do that...

[William Broom]

I agree with Mr. moo on this one. I couldn't really work out what I didn't like about the sprite, but I think it could be the highlights. They look kind of... knobbly.

[Mr.moo]

i dont mind the hood its just the skins so shiny, but the sword and hood highlights should stay....

[Rostiger]

I thought I might contribute a little sumthin.
I know it's not as professional looking as the stuff from some other people here, but I enjoyed the making and need to get better with pixel art anyway.

So here ya go:

[William Broom]

It looks pretty good to me, Kovski. 

[Soulliard]

Agreed. Those look great.

[medieval]

Sure do

And it's nice to see such humility for such brilliance.

[Powergloved Andy]

This is great, but it'd be fucking hilarious to see a wang flopping around while fighting. But hey, I understand why you wouldn't want that  :D

[Xion]

This is great, but it'd be fucking hilarious to see a wang flopping around while fighting. But hey, I understand why you wouldn't want that  :D

That's what the nose is for

[Rostiger]

Thanks, glad you like it!
And yeah, I imagined the nose to be flopping around while jumping and fighting too, kind of as a compensation for..well, you know..

[William Broom]

I've programmed two of Nikujin's attacks so far. This isn't so hard after all!    I'm not sure how I'll do the rapidfire combos like the wallrun attack. Nightshade, do you think it would work if I set the argument for attack_aim significantly lower than the actual duration of the attack? Like if the attack went for 30 frames but the argument went for 5 frames, it could hit an enemy 6 times, right?

[Soulliard]

That's correct. That's what I did for Naija's whirlpool.

However, for a rapidfire combo, I'd recommend making a bunch of separate attacks, each one lasting for only two steps. That way, the graphics and gameplay will be synched together better.

To make things easier, I'd utilize the character-specific variable char_var1. Rather than creating a separate step for each attack, have it repeat the same step over and over again, as long as char_var1 is below a certain value (such as 6). Then, each time he attacks, add 1 to char_var1. Just make sure you reset char_var1 to 0 at the end of the attack.

If you want the rapidfire attack to require user input to be used, that's easy enough to do. Just add an if statement like this:
if( next >= 3 && next <= 6)

That means that the attack will only execute if the player's pressed the attack button since making the last attack. Obviously, you'll also need an else statement to finish the attack.