You can say people may be forced into it, but I'd personally starve before going down that rabbit hole. And there are homeless shelters to go to if you really can't support yourself.

Although, if you really, truly can't find any other job, why deny a chance to make some sort of living to people who need it? I mean if someone goes into the sex trade to try to support themselves, that's obviously not a good life decision. Unfortunately, as far as I know bad life decisions generally aren't illegal. (Unless, you know, they conflict with the liberties or safety, etc, of others.)

The punching animations feel very stiff. The entire body is involved in the act of throwing a punch, not just the arms.

Another problem, the animation starts and ends too quickly. It's assumed the punch lands, but the animation ends right there. You need a couple more frames afterwards to make the animation feel more natural. If you wanted to go all out you could even have separate animations for a miss, or a hit (more of a thwack! at the end). This is called follow through.
There's also a lack of anticipation in the animations generally, as Pix3M noted.

Basically, you're going to need more frames before and after the punch to make it look better.


I searched around a bit and found a video of a guy using a punching bag in slow motion. (Here's one that's regular speed, but no bad music!) Maybe those'll be a useful reference?

Notice how a lot of the power from the punch comes from the twisting of the torso and legs. His torso twists and sort of drags his arms along for the ride on some punches. And, generally, he stands on his toes as he punches, allowing him to twist his legs easier.

Basically, when punching, you twist the shoulder of the arm that's punching forward, adding more power to your strike. Adding this and some other nuances into your animation will make it look much more natural.

I like a lot about this. The construction of the calves is very solid. I also like the shoulder pads, and just the general theme.

But, things sort of fall apart around the torso area. Maybe it could use a but of a redesign, and a redraw. Overall I'd say it's the weakest link in the piece. Meaning, the perspective looks great at the legs but then you kinda look up at the hips/torso and it just falls flat. :\

sloppy example:



Others have talked about things like the coloring, but I think a bigger problem is that the posing looks very awkward. Personally I think I would have stopped after finishing the linework and given it another try until I got a better pose, but it looks like you're kinda invested now.


One question though, what is she supposed to be doing in the picture? I'd try to help think of a pose but I'm not sure what's supposed to be going on. It almost looks like she's correcting someone with the way she's gesturing her hand, or maybe just pointing upwards.

Looks good to me, buddy. Maybe you should make the wires a big thicker though? I feel like they're sort of thin for being one of the main focuses of the game. I like how you designed the core, though.

I feel like maybe the tiles should be a bit bigger too, or you could just make the game 2x zoom when you're in it? I dunno. It could work with how it looks now. It just feels cramped in general to me.

Yeah, the shading is still a little wonky. I think I took one of many required steps in that direction with my revisit. I'll mess around with it a bit more, and thanks.

EDIT:
I think this might be a little better.