This is my initial progress with MicroStudio. I went with a higher resolution for the background so it wouldn’t look too blocky behind the level’s tiles.
The character for my game is a little mysterious character wearing a red cloak. I designed them through a lit of trial and error to get the little running animation to mostly look right. Could use some extra work getting it to really cycle through good, but I like what I have so far. The design was made to take advantage of the 16×16 space to create an easily recognizable character shape that should stand out well with the environment and obstacles. I may brighten up the colors a little, but I haven’t decided yet.
Nice work, this design has nice details, I like the flowy scarf and it looks like there are some subtle trailing details. I do think the color is a bit dark given how bright the background is, I might try making the background darker so the character stands out more.