Huge apologies for the long time it took us to respond!
For the character animations, mostly walking for the map sprites.
For the battlers, just facing one direction for now because of the way the paperdoll parts are baked into the texture. We can try to think of a way to make flipping possible, but it's definitely not a feature that we can guarantee at this time.
On the release window: The artist got several personal setbacks in these last weeks.
1.2 has a new character preset feature, that is tested, finished and confirmed to work 100%. We'll display a new video as soon as the release is good to go!
I understand. If you own the old editor, you can have access to it. We're hesitant to launch the app as is without the 1.2 release because it could generate unnecessary confusion.
We'll try to keep the communication channels open as much as possible, even though we have been a little quiet this month. Huge apologies for the wait and lack of communication, and thank you for your kindness!