The ability to manipulate a sprite using envelope transform would allow people to tweak the hell out of any character. They could go in there and re-mold the face the eyes, the arms etc without having to do any real art modifications.
You could take Saul and just warp his nose into a more pointy one, or give him a beer gut, etc
A basic version of this tool already exist as the "deform tool" but it only works in the main stage and only on body sprites. and its only a 4 point envelope. If you can make at least a 9 point envelope with belzier curve handles and put in in the composer mode, people will be able to tweak the hell out of any character quite effortlessly
Ibis Fernandez | (available for hire)
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