ZOMG, lots of powerups!
@Landith, TOTALLY, you really should do some custom sprites. Compared to my first attempts, even a terrible n00b looked like a master spriter, so no matter how bad you are when you start out, you can get the hang of it. BTW, thanks for the compliments on the sprites, and the powerup.
@Gameguy, glad you like the Assasin. When I release a demo of my game, you can kill people with him in the prologue.
@Calintz, Yes, it is an art, though one that's MUCH easier than drawing (I cant draw like crap, no matter how much I practice, my hands aren't very useful when holding a pencil). I totally agree with the tricks thing, though. Once I figured out how to quickly shade metal, my spriting speed increases. Now that I'm spriting leather boots, I wished I'd learned something about spriting shiny leather though, XD
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woot, just ONE more powerup until I hit 30!