Anniversary Announcements
So...one year since I made this blog, huh? Time really does fly. And, I have to say, while I may not be done here, the fact that I've gotten this far is really something! Eighteen out of twenty five fighters done...considering that in the past I've had a bad habit of abandoning projects and then never returning to them, honestly, I had doubts I would even get this far when I started.
But enough reflecting - I'm here to make a few announcements going forward!
A recent thought experiment has led me to rethink how I do movesets, which I think you can really see in Quote, the moveset I ended up making directly afterwards. And then even more recently, I ended up rethinking how the fighting system works, and, well...to make a long story short, everyone's been reworked! For most characters, it's to a rather minor extent, mostly just consisting of me adding unique aerial heavy attacks and heavy throws (which is going to be a thing for everyone now, by the way. heavy throws are new but I figured "fuck it, why not" so.), but for some of my older movesets I've given a more extensive rework! Shovel Knight and Shantae are the prime examples here; go back and look at their posts to see the differences!
And now for the big one. After all this time, I'm finally changing the roster a bit. Someone is getting the shaft. I'm sure you're all waiting with anticipation, hoping that your favorite isn't getting dropped, and to that, I say...
Yeah, I'm not expecting any tears to be shed over this choice. While I do like the moveset I gave Dutch, that's really all he has going for him - he's just some guy on a motorcycle. And while my thought process justifying it back when I first figured out the moveset was "well him being some guy on a motorcycle will contrast with the more fantastical fighters and make him stand out that way," that. Really didn't happen. Or at least not in a good way.
Honestly, if not for the criteria I had in mind when making the roster, Dutch probably wouldn't have gotten in at all. He mostly happened because I wanted to include a racing game rep, and the thing is, there...aren't really any indie racing games? Well known ones, anyway. I think the closest is Rocket League, and while it would've been funny to make a moveset for a car, I wanted something more practical, so Road Redemption and subsequently Dutch were the next best thing. I mean, Shovel Knight crossed over with them, so there was something at least, right? To which I say to my past self: yeah, no.
Thankfully, I do have a replacement in mind! Initially, it was a different character who I was going to have to wait a bit for since his game is still in Early Access and I didn't want any surprises, but this guy had his full game released recently and it only took me a hour of play to go "yeah this guy is going in instead." Ladies and gentlemen, I present...
Peppino Spaghetti of Pizza Tower fame!
His moveset will be going up fifteen minutes from now, and once it does, I've also prepared an updated roster image! And even better, I remembered to actually save the Photoshop files this time, making for far easier edits in the future! So that will be nice!
And perhaps even nicer is that there will also be two more movesets coming along with Peppino, those being Cadence and Crow! With Peppino replacing Dutch, that will make for twenty out of twenty five! One fifth left to go!
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