This isn't a question I've asked myself before now, but it seems to come up a lot lately. We began this project with the idea that Willow would create the art and I would do the programming. Turns out, being able to draw pretty well on paper doesn't really translate that well into game assets. Who knew?
I did know, but I thought it would be a fun learning experience for both of us. I realized very early on that animated sprites are something that a 10 year old kid in 5th grade could be good at …