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Still one of the best animations I've ever done. Took just under a week and was equal parts fun and challenging. So here are some process passes! The full version had too many colors so I had to do some compression T0T

(deltarune spoilers) Pirouette is an ACT that can be used against the hidden boss Jevil, causing him to become tired. In addition, it comes with a not-so-random secondary effect.

There are 9 different effects for Piroutte that cycle in order. Every 9 turns, the cycle resets back to 1. 

✅ = Using Pirouette this turn will have no negative side effects ❌ = Using Pirouette this turn will have consequences

✅ Turn 1: 

* What! * It was just foley!

The game chooses a random number between 0 and 2 and plays a noise. Unable to use this on the very first turn of the battle as TP gauge is empty.

✅ Turn 2: 

* JEVIL felt at ease! * JEVIL’s defense dropped!

Jevil’s defense decreases. Attacks deal more damage against Jevil this turn.

❌ Turn 3: 

* Awkward! Upcoming attack will hurt rapidly!

Jevil’s bullets fire at the same speed, but period of time you are invincible after being hit decreases, making you vulnerable to being hit more frequently. (Fewer i-frames.)

✅ Turn 4: 

* Tranquil! * The dance defended the party!

Reduces Jevil’s attack damage. This is equal to the attack reduction received from Hypnotize. 

✅ Turn 5: 

* What! * It’s nothing but a useless bird!

The game creates a bird and makes a noise.

✅ Turn 6: 

* It felt comforting!

Heals a random party member a random amount between 25 and 55.

✅ Turn 7: 

* Everyone’s HP got jumbled up!

HP switches randomly between party members. Ralsei can be given 110 HP total (from Susie) this way. Additionally, it can revive party members.

❌ Turn 8: 

* JEVIL’s upcoming move got powered up!

Jevil’s attack damage is increased by 1.25 (125%).

✅ Turn 9: 

* A perfect 10!

wish you were here

I think the beauty of the characters finding out about their human selves is that when most of them entered the circus, they were in a dark place.

Pomni was an accountant in a supermarket chain; Ragatha was a real estate agent with an unhealthy relationship with her mom; Zooble struggled with body dysmorphia; Gangle was a manager in a fast food restaurant with failed dreams as an artist; and Jax ran away from home after pushing his mom, not knowing if he killed her or not.

But we see that their lives didn't stay that way forever. They were in a dark place, but things got better for them afterward.

Could that be a second message of the series?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA this scene hits me right where I goddamn live, and it really does justice to both Gangle and Jax's characters.

Even though she wants to feel sorry for him because being abstracted is such a terrible and horrific fate to suffer, she can't bring herself to do so because of how terribly and horrifically he treated her. It shows that she knows that even a person like him doesn't deserve to abstract as some kind of punishment for everything he's done. But how can she feel bad for him for everything he's done? For how cruel and malicious he was to her from the very moment she entered the circus! And the damage it did to her mental and emotional well-being!

And what I also love about this scene is that it reinforces the theme that, despite all of the hurt that he's experiencing (even before he abstracted), it doesn't automatically excuse the hurt he chose to inflict.