art assets can take a long time!! i think for the sake of the jam it can be a good idea to go ahead with placeholder art and come back to refine the art. this is looking really good! i'd love to see gifs of your movement + animations so far!
I definitely want to do that, but the software I downloaded (screenshottogif) somehow can't handle the movement well - is there any other program that you would recommend?
hmmm actually screen2gif is one of the ones i use the most--i think licecap is another one that i found pretty good, but i couldn't say for sure if it'll have a better capture.