Adding a chicken as a new pet🐔

[MhouneyLH]

I am missing my favourite pet - the chicken, so I would like to add it.

I think of like a grain-picking animation, after the chicken was spawned. In additition it should jump and then slowly flies down to the bottom again.
One problem I will have is to design the chicken in a pixel-art way. Is there anyone who could deal with this or should I just use the art of other people?

[MhouneyLH]

I've created a pixel-art of a chicken, but I am not able to create some proper animations on it.
Can anybody animate the following pixel-art? @tonybaloney could you mark this issue with "help wanted"? :)

[gulyapulya]

Hi everyone! I want to work on this issue. I do not have any experience, but I am eager to try 🙋🏻‍♀️

[gulyapulya]

@MhouneyLH, @tonybaloney what states (movements) do you guys think it should have? Do I have to strictly follow the chicken design referenced earlier or can I modify it a little? If you have any app recommendations that would be great. 😊

[gulyapulya]

I made these two, one for idle state and one for picking grain. I followed some videos on youtube with real chickens to see how they move to imitate their real behaviour. Took me some time to figure out as I am not an animator, but looks decent to me.

[MhouneyLH]

These two animations are looking awesome. (of course you can modify my chicken-design 😊)

Following animations would fit in my opinion:

1. idle
2. normal walking
3. holding the green ball
4. sprinting when the ball is thrown
5. grain picking
6. flap their wings

The first four animations are mandatory as mentioned in this file.

[gulyapulya]

Chickens do not usually chase/catch the ball, so I am not sure if these are necessary. @tonybaloney, what do you think about animations 3 and 4?

[tedbergeron]

What if the chicken sprints away from the ball? Scattering when startled. (probably goes against the default programming, but might be worth a try)

[gulyapulya]

Actually, I just checked and everyone chases a ball no matter the pet type, so I will add the animations