I've been working on this game for a month or so, but it's been in my head for a while longer. I'm finally getting around to some real concept art and designs that I actually like. The character here is called Dak and he's the main protagonist in this action/adventure game.
The whole game is going to play out kind of like the 2D Metroid games. I have a lot of unique ideas I want to implement and a cool story, but none of it is really solid at this point, so I can't really say much.

One thing I'm not sure about is how to animate the character. I want to do something like a 2D "bone" structure, with each movable part of his body attached to a system of joints so I can get keyframed animations for running/jumping/etc and export it as a sprite sheet to put in the game, but I'm not sure what kind of program I can get to do that.