update (jan. 3rd):
started working on sprites in earnest! not much got done last night because i straight up fell asleep at like 10pm whoops. it doesn't look great, but now the player character can at least look vaguely like they're supposed to (but only when they're walk forward lol). click here for an mp4 preview which is of sLIGHTLY better image quality (not much tho) than the following gif:
i've gotten waaaay more done so far today, so there will be a much bigger update a little bit later!!