Idea for an character specific item, is this possible?

[Skeith08]

I'm creating a character mod, but I want to give the character a custom item, something like the eyebone or abigails flower, that summons a follower. I want the follower to animate like a player character or monster, and be able to attack, but be about half the size. And I also want to make it like a chester, that can be used for some storage.

I'm just wondering if having both of these features is even possible at the same time on the coding side? Thanks much!

[Mobbstar]

Of course it is possible. The real question is if you can write the necessary code. Based on the fact that you can just copy most of chester and considering the support you can receive on this website, I'd say "yes".

[Skeith08]

Awesome, thank you!

I guess that brings me to the flexibility of the game/code, what can we not do? I know people have made characters that level up, can you have followers damage/health increase if you feed them or something.

Edit: Also how would I go about building the custom animations for this follower? Is there a good Don't Starve specific spriter tutorial?

Edited April 3, 2016 by Skeith08

[Mobbstar]

2 hours ago, Skeith08 said:

can you have followers damage/health increase if you feed them

I think rock lobsters grow with food.

The following thread has a lot of tutorials, among which is Dana Adam's spriter crash-course.