Is it possible to allow the created character to have multiple facial expressions like other sprites, or is this not possible with this tool?
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i've actually been tooling around with this very idea BECAUSE of this template!
ive found a decent way to do this is to use the same variables from the dress-up portion for seperate composites (and to set all these up in a seperate script - maybe called "Expressions" - so it's easier to sort through your code). so, in the case of this particular game, i'd copy-paste keri's composite code into the "Expressions" script. i'd then make something like image keri neutral = Composite(all the comp details from "image keri" here), setting whatever file needs to be the facial expression to the neutral file. that way, when you call "keri neutral", it references all the same variables that "keri" does in the dress-up game section! this also wont carry between saves, so you can have different custom characters for your different play-throughs.
i hope this makes a lick of sense - im not a coder so i couldnt tell you if this is the most optimal way of doing this, but ive been messing around with it and found this to be a pretty straightforward way to implement varied expressions using this template's functions.