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Adding birds to town

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#3545 opened on Nov 19, 2021

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good first issue

Description

The PlayStation version had birds in town. It would be nice to also have this as an option.

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Rendered all angles: raven-8bit.zip (you can use pngs2cel to convert it to cl2)

You will need to split up the different animation cycles before converting as they are just done as one continuous animation in a single folder.

Birds should be lightly spread over town and fly away when players get close. Probably implemented as a towner similar to cows.

https://youtu.be/7nKwF-nSNgs?t=159

Model and animation: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/crow-d5a9b0df4da3493688b63ce42c8a83e2

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
C++understanding of existing towner codeart asset conversion
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50
Research direction
The issue requests adding birds to town based on the PlayStation version. The provided art assets (raven 8bit.zip) need to be converted to the game's format using pngs2cel. Implementation likely follows the existing cow towner pattern. Important comments in the issue discuss the approach. Examine the cow towner code in the source tree and modify it to create bird towners that spread across town and fly away when players approach.