My main focus of this game was to be original, no copying off google, etc. Although some graphics are really hard and I think I should copy it from google although it hits me and I feel guilty because I want to make it a fully original game. What are your thoughts?
Keep it super simple to start, you could even create a simple silhouette of a dojo in the background unless of course, the game is inside a dojo but even then you could keep it simple.
Definitely have an idea of the main game play, again, keep it simple to start.
Idk what you mean by that but it sounds cool
@jngthree what I meant was should I draw my own backgrounds, text, characters, etc or should I just copy them from google but I have chosen to do it all by hand 
Oh, if you want to draw your backgrounds, I’d recommend paint.net
It’s what I used to draw everything out for SB2
@jngthree Well, I have had paint installed on my computer for quite a while now and never bothered to use it. I tend to stick with the flowlab drawy thing although I hopped on paint just to try it out and dang. It gives it a way more smoother effect although where would I do the animation for my characters, if on the flowlab drawy thing then it would look weird with smooth background and pixelated characters… I think I might stick to the flowlab drawy thing for now 
Although thanks for the opinion!
I use paint.net for characters too…
But if you want the BG pixelated, there’s a “pixelate” special effect