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so uh. you guys really liked the peppino moveset huh

well, as a thanks for all the Pizza Tower fans who managed to push the Peppino moveset into being the first one into double digit notes, have some art! I am not great at drawing Peppino, but hopefully it's still enjoyable!

feel free to check out the movesets for other characters I've done while you're here!

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Crow's Good at Being Bad!

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Cadence Follows Her Own Rhythm!

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Peppino Turns Up The Heat!

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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!

Reworks

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!

Roster Change

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...

Don't worry, it's Dutch.

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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Quote Traverses the Battlefield!

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Hat Kid is Right on Time!

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Tao Cuts Into the Fray!

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As we now have more than just a demo and some wiki pages to go off of for information on Freedom Planet 2, there have been some minor adjustments to Sash Lilac's moveset! Look at the post here if you want to see them.

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The Beheaded Fights Another Day!

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So, as you can probably surmize, I'm back! Also, if I may, you might want to look back at past movesets, as I've added a little something in aesthetics! :)

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The Knight Dives Deeper!

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HI. it has been a hot minute because. well firstly real life also my own brain sorry

take this meme I made in like a few minutes as proof I'm not dead

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Boss Destroys the Competition!

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Behind the Scenes Nonsense - Cut Characters!

So! As I'm sure some of you could guess, this did not just start developing ten days ago. What you probably didn't know was that I have been working on this since November and it has driven me mildly insane! Needless to say there was a Process™ that went into solidifying the roster as it is now.

So, to commemorate those who didn't quite make it, I'm going to go into detail about it now!

Characters from Different Games

Beebz (Demon Turf): Probably one of my more obscure picks, but honestly, I love her game enough that at the time it didn't make a difference. For a while, Beebz sat comfortably in the roster...up until I realized "wait shit I forgot about Cuphead" and someone had to take the fall. As much as I love Demon Turf, it's not iconic enough to beat out goddamn Cuphead.

Team Snakemouth (Bug Fables): I also really love Bug Fables! And have put an obscene amount of time into it! But when I forced myself to think about it more, I had to admit that even for a hypothetical proof of concept for a game a three-in-one character as part of the starting roster is a bit much. So, they got the cut as well, unfortunately.

Pawnbarian (Pawnbarian): Never heard of this game? Yeah I can't blame you. Still, for a good bit I was like "you know the concept of a big brawny warrior who uses a chess hammer is just stupid enough to actually work even without the recognition" and plowed on through...and then the creator posted the actual sales numbers to Twitter and that made me realize no one at all was playing Pawnbarian. Out it went.

Red (Transistor): I tried. I really tried. I also like Transistor, but in the end I just could not figure out a moveset for her for the life of me. In the end, she got the boot as well.

Characters from franchises that are in:

Notice how some of the picks are a bit weird? Like, say, Umbrella as the Skullgirls rep when most would pick Filia, or Beelzebub for Helltaker when logically speaking there's like three more popular possible reps in front of her. Yeah there used to be more.

Squigly (Skullgirls): Like I said, this initially started out in November, and back then I was not comfortable enough with including Umbrella when we didn't know as much of her moveset so I went with Squigly instead. Then early access came out and I went "fuck it" and put her in anyway.

Jet (Lethal League): Why did I pick Jet instead of Candyman initially? Uh...yeah I have no idea. Eventually it occurred to me Candyman probably had better potential for a moveset and I cracked.

Selicy (One Step From Eden): Selicy was my initial choice as a OSFE rep because I felt she could represent the actual, Megaman Battle Network-esque gameplay in there and that was what I wanted to focus on, but then I realized "wait her playstyle is way too similar to what I have in mind for Tao" so I switched to Saffron

Beelzebub (Helltaker): "wait but beelzebub is part of the roster" That much is true! She's getting a honorable mention here, however, because she was rejected a lot before then! I kept considering her, but then went "eeeeeehhhhhh" because I'm not as big on Helltaker as I used to be, and out that idea went. Hell, I only put her up on the roster as a tentative replacement for Red at first, intending to throw her out the second I got a better idea, but then I ended up making a moveset for her and I liked it too much to throw away. Worked out great in the end, though!

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For the record two movesets in one day is not going to be a regular thing I just happened to finish Candyman's moveset today and Juan's moveset was faster to finish than I expected

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Juan Puts You on the Ropes!

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