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Meet Firula!

Meet **Firula**! What to do when you have a love of dancing, but the only teacher in town rejects you as his student because you’re “too dramatic” (like he’s one to talk)? Well, if you’re Firula, the answer is to pine away in your bedroom, stare out your window, occasionally cry out in unbearable ennui, and munch on blazberry pie. All Firula wants is to measure up to her mother–the greatest dancer in island history! I have to say, other than Zhar’s Daughter (whom you haven’t seen yet), this has got to be the biggest change made to an NPC sprite. When we started, we tried to make sure our NPCs didn’t twitch around too much. But as it turns out, adding movement–especially weird or exaggerated movement–adds a lot of life to these little guys!

Meet Firula!

What to do when you have a love of dancing, but the only teacher in town rejects you as his student because you’re “too dramatic” (like he’s one to talk)? Well, if you’re Firula, the answer is to pine away in your bedroom, stare out your window, occasionally cry out in unbearable ennui, and munch on blazberry pie. All Firula wants is to measure up to her mother–the greatest dancer in island history!

I have to say, other than Zhar’s Daughter (whom you haven’t seen yet), this has got to be the biggest change made to an NPC sprite. When we started, we tried to make sure our NPCs didn’t twitch around too much. But as it turns out, adding movement–especially weird or exaggerated movement–adds a lot of life to these little guys!

Also posted on Tumblr.