Sprite art. I hear it’s called a labor of love, and it really, really is.
I used to do sprite art as a hobby as a kid, and eventually made 2D animations and even a short PC game with them. I also made some custom character sheets during my days fiddling with RPG Maker XP. So, I knew my way around creating sprite art for my game. However, I’m not a huge fan of chibi art.
I did a little research, and I’m so thankful RPG Maker MV had such a dedicated community at one time. I found hiddenone’s MV Sprites and fell in love. After grabbing everything I could, I got to making sprites for the different classes the player can choose from.
It was then that I started to think about character creation. This game is supposed have some RPG mechanics, and there is no predetermined hero. Players have the chance to customize their own character, and although there are great character creator plug-ins and apps out there, most use the chibi art or just won’t have the outfits and accessories practical for my Universe.
How do I solve this? I make my own in-game character creator.