Custom Characters Thread - Metagolf

I'm not a huge fan of the cutesy anime-esq default character. I understand that it's just a placeholder and that you're trying to focus on the gameplay itself, but would it be a bit much to ask to allow people to allow players to change their character's appearance by allowing the use of custom sprites? I mean you're allready allowing players to use custom tilesets on their levels, why not go the whole nine yards and allow them to make custom characters?

Just a thought...

Every graphics, sounds, musics, particles, levels and physical data can already be customized thanks to the built-in level editor.
Take a look at the Level Editor level to see how I managed to change the default player skin.

So in short : The feature you are asking is already available and ready to use

To replace an animated character skin you simply need to follow a few rules.
I will blog a small visual tomorrow on how to achieve this

As for the default character I must admit I'm not the best graphic artist around, actually it's my first try in pixel art.
Currently the game is self-funded with my own saving and my recent introduction to Desura doesn't allowing me yet to hire an artist and revamp the whole thing (trough I would love to).

Okay, good. I looked around on the level editor, and while I did find that you can change the player's graphic there's no instructions or "reference sheet".

Also, what I meant was to let players replace the default character over multiple levels instead of just for a single level, to choose someone different in the "character select screen". But in any case thanks for the timely responce!

Hope this will answer to your questions : Metagolf.net
"Reference sheet" are provided ;-)

Someone wrote: Also, what I meant was to let players replace the default character over multiple levels instead of just for a single level, to choose someone different in the "character select screen". But in any case thanks for the timely responce!

Currently The official version of Metagolf will only contains 4 defaults Player characters.

If the game is a success and if many community created resources are available (levels, championships, skins, sounds, etc.), I'm willing to create a Community version of Metagolf. This version would be available in parallel to the official one and would highlight the best creations of the community.
But for now this is all still a little early to tell