DVA'S Characters: Short 'N' Stubby

This is an animated base pack for characters suited for 2D games - top down primarily. This cute little character is yours to edit and mold into your own for your projects. I simply want to create multiple animations for various scenarios, so developers and artists can focus on customizing and getting right to the point.

All animation spritesheets, individual PNGs, and GIFs are made according to my personal preference. You can, of course, change animations in your engine and select to us the same/more/less/difference frames for your in-game animations.

Over 150 hand-drawn frames across 17 unique animations in 4 directions (north, south, east, west) - with more planned! I'm really trying to make this the kitchen sink of character bases and include animations across basic movement, shooting, melee combat, dialogue/unique, and more. If you have suggestions for types of animations you'd like to see added, comment below! 

In addition, I've created 20 different skin tones for inclusion and character variety and gameboy styled tones meant for my Handheld packs - this is applied to all current and future animations.

This pack contains the following animations (you will get a spritesheet, individual PNGs, and GIFs with recommomended animation speeds/setup):

Basic Movement (4 directions)

• Death
• Hurt
• Idle
• Idle & Carry
• Interact
• Jump
• Obtain
• Roll
• Run
• Walk
• Walk & Carry

Melee (4 directions)

• Attack - Slash 1Handed
• Idle with Weapons/Shield
• Roll with Weapons/Shield
• Run with Weapons/Shield
• Walk with Weapons/Shield
• Shield Block

Each sprite was designed with  16x16 tilesets in mind. Player sprite sits around 12x14 (idle), but gets smaller/larger based on animations. This set is meant to retain a more chibi/cute/chubby/round aesthetic.

Please review the included READ ME file in the .zip file.

This  pack will receive new animations. Updates will be directly applied to base file to make it easy and not worry about multiple file downloads. The price might go up, but if you purchase it now, you'll get those future updates free of charge.

Planned Updates:

• Skin Tones (curently working on 20 additional skin tones for every single animation)
• Gameboy Skin Update
• Basic Movement
  • Climb
  • More death scenarios
  • More damage scenarios
  • More Interact animations
  • Dialogue
  • Rest/lay/sit
  • Reading
  • Farming (pull, plant, water, etc.)
• Combat
  • 1Handed combos
  • 2Handed animations
  • Magic animations
  • Bow animations
  • Fists/Kicks animations
  • Throwing Weapons Animations
  • Shooting (guns) animations

There will be official add-ons that can be purchased separately and are built specifically for this style of character:

• Enemies
• NPCs
• Tilsets
• UI
• Clothes
• Armor
• Hair
• Weapons
• Magic effects
• AND MORE...

CONTACT/COMMISSIONS: Want something commissioned? Questions about licensing? Discuss why Katamari Damacy is the best game ever? Reach out to me here: danvelasquezart@gmail.com

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LICENSE TERMS (for both Demo and Paid Versions - read full Terms HERE): 

• You Can ✅
  • Use in commercial or non-commercial digital projects
  • Modify the assets as you need for your project
  • Publish work/promotional materials using these assets that relate to your project
• You Cannot 🚫
  • Claim the assets as your own
  • Resell, repackage, or redistribute assets in their original or modified state
  • Use assets or derivatives to train AI image tools/generators or anything remotely similar to this
  • Use assets or derivatives within, but not limited to, game/art creation tools, game/code templates, game engines, and/or any program that grants access to assets without first purchasing individual licenses
  • Use assets or derivatives to create or promote NFT, cryptocurrency, blockchain or web3 projects, or anything remotely similar to this
  • Use assets in printed and/or physical media/products
  • Use assets or derivatives in logos/trademarks
• You Must Credit As
  •  Original/Base Assets by DanVelasquezArt (https://dan-velasquez-art.itch.io/)

OFFICIAL ADD-ONS: Below are packs I've created that complement this one very well (it's almost like I planned them to work together).