Oh yeah... Rotating can definitely be a nightmare. It's often easier to redraw the sprites completely than using the arbitrary rotate -- I know I have spent many, many hours meticulously trying to redefine a rotated sprite.
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I'm sure at some point I'm going to have to learn how to draw sprites, at least to the point of being able to fix up stuff like that. My next task is going to be figuring out how to make sitting sprites LOL It seems like every game I make I need them, but I eventually just give up bc they look so funky when I try. XD