Are these character sprites too big for a 16 bit Mario fan game?

[HellJumper]

These sprites are a pretty typical size for 16-bit Mario games (assuming they're scaled down to their regular size). If you think they're too big, you could compensate by making the window size a bit bigger than usual.

Well, scaling them down to me would look a bit odd. Because then, the pixels used in the character sprites would appear smaller than the ones for everything else, and as a result, it'd look a tad off. But it's good to know that you don't see them as too big.

As for the squeezing under small gaps part, including a crouch walk animation would look nice. Also keep in mind that it's usually OK to make collision boxes a bit smaller than the actual sprites.

Yeah, making the collision boxes like maybe 2 pixels shorter was already on my to-do list.

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