#ps maker

I modified the sprite to lose the background, made more interactable moments...

I recommend something like Clip Studio Pro for sprite-altering and sheet-making, since it allows you the "wand" tool. Remember to duplicate the layers and overlap them into one combined layer, so you undo some of the transparency when deleting the surrounding color of the sprite bodies. Of course, if you're making sprites from scratch, make sure the background is its own separate thing you can remove! You'll want your sprites to be on TRANSPARENT sheets. You also need to line them up in proper order for animation-- and be warned, if you use too much "px" for height and width of those sprite positions/stances, it'll skip some frames (and too low means it'll show bits of the other sprites in your spread). You're gonna wanna see how it looks in the "test animation" thing and edit in Clip Studio or so as accordingly.

Okay, so it turns out you can share the "games" and all you make with PS maker in link-form. I'd like to share bits and pieces of what's to come, but right now there's only project to share: "Riolu's Testing." It's just me building a map with a riolu and sharing tips I've learned.

This one involves what I learned regarding sprites. You can animate them by inserting a "strip" of them in the order you want movement. However, make sure the sprites are on a TRANSPARENT background, and that your starting sprite (on the far left) is your IDLE starting position. That's why Riolu is stuck in mid-walk, despite remaining stationary. Also, when you're adding triggered events, add them to the MAP START tab, not just the "events" and "global" tabs!