but then how is the different walking directions accomplished? there are many things shown in screenshots that could not be done with jpegs or gifs.
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To see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
-William Blake
Well, to do walking directions, I think 8 different animations are required. You could get by with only five (up, down, left-down, left, and left-up, and flip the 'lefts'). Play Zelda (original and gameboy) or PoG and you should understand.
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"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." - Muad'Dib
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Originally posted by maxx:
**but then how is the different walking directions accomplished? there are many things shown in screenshots that could not be done with jpegs or gifs.
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Have a look at the recent progress log entries (the screenshot one). Coldstone has a built in animation editor, so just import your 2D graphics frame by frame, and then animate them within the engine itself.
-Andiyar
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"Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"
And then, you put Andiyar's and my replies together and start animating. 
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"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." - Muad'Dib
