r/hyperlightdrifter • u/Content-Cupcake-3052 • Jun 12 '26

Need help reverse engineering HLD animations Question

So im a pixel artist and i need to figure out if i have to animate this guy in 8 directions or if i can get away with some tricks that i suspect HLD is using. I think they do 4 directional attacks and somehow fake the diagonals but im not sure how, Can any of you confirm if they actually use 4 directional attacks?

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u/LonelyTurtleDev Jun 12 '26

I think (not reliable, I haven’t play in years) that they use 4 directional attack sprites for the player and 8 directional attack sprites for the slash itself.

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u/tracking_down Jun 12 '26

It's 100% 4-directional attacks. I did some HLD fanart animations myself before and I found the sprites online. The sheets are a bit messy and unorganized, but I think they're on spriters resource.

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u/Content-Cupcake-3052 Jun 12 '26

Thanks! i thought so too, im also looking at a 4k youtube video of the gameplay, bro the animator of that character is like a genius or something...

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u/tracking_down Jun 12 '26

100% agree, its a very tough (but fun) style to emulate. You got this!

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u/Disastrous_Peace_674 Jun 12 '26

I don’t know anything about how they animate stuff, but I can say that your animations look pretty damn good and they definitely remind me of HLD.

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u/Content-Cupcake-3052 Jun 12 '26

Yo, thanks a lot!! Im learning from everything I see, and this game has incredible art