DS wasn't a particularly balanced Wars game when playing against others, but it was a lot of fun using those busted dual strikes against the CPU.

This is your first time doing frame-by-frame animation? Man, you have every right to feel accomplished. Beautiful stuff.

I reached two horses, realized neither was Nick, and then I promptly quit playing. Four stars because the horse wasn't THAT very far away.

I was initially invested in the piece, but, shortly after the first minute, it started to feel repetitive. I'm going to disagree with the previous comment. If anything, this needs more to help keep itself fresh. Then again, I suppose this would be fine as is if it was used as a backing track though I have no clue what sort of lyrics would appropriately accompany it. Either way, I want more Stuffling included. More you.

It's alright. The static melody in the background for the first minute was boring, especially since it wasn't supporting much up front. Having things come together from 1:06 onward was far more enjoyable. Still, that was a lot of build-up. If I were label it as "A" for the first half and "B" for the second, I wonder if shortening A and having it alternate with B into an A-B-A-B (but the second B has a little more razzle dazzle tossed in) would help keep this from becoming stale midway into it. I know you're new to this, and I'm no musician, so take my suggestion with a grain of salt... or ignore it outright. I'd ignore me.

"• Won't laugh at anything, but might tell you your joke was funny"

This is also me much of the time, but, on the flip side, whenever I have to be around someone like this frequently, I make it a challenge to get a chuckle or two out of them with weird questions, responses, logic, and sometimes even a proper joke.

It's a far more fluid attempt than what I usually see from others experimenting animation. It really is a pain to do well and is why there are a bunch of noticeable shortcuts, including minute-long efforts that are just two seconds of unique animation stretched out with image manipulation (close-ups, flipped versions, copy/paste'd... usually in groups of three or five) over some fun, copyright-free tune. It might be easier to create simplified variations of your OCs along with some comic panels to tell a story and then pay an animator to create some in-between frames to turn that into a cartoon... or just focus on your art and let the viewer's imagination do all the work. Perhaps if something down the road really speaks to you, the added effort might be worth the trouble to bring your vision to life... for that specific thing.

I very much doubt anyone would mind seeing the logo. Artists are not commonly known for having money to burn and if animation is not a priority, then paying a premium to do so would be kind of silly.

If you ever decide to attempt animating something to completion in the future, maybe scale it down to a small set of emotes. Just some simple collection of facial reactions or behaviors. Even I've done that much and only because I had friends too poor to pay for an actual artist to make something for their streaming channels. Begin slow, then let it grow... or whatever. IDK. I'm not an artist.

All in all, an effort was made. It does not look bad for what it is and I hope you're proud of yourself for not giving up.

Pete's a growing boy!