Gemma & Blake - IwaflorChars v1/Gemma BM v3.0.3

Happy to see this mod get continuous updates, now with a new character!

Gemma is as great to play as before. There's greatness to find in the simplicity of things, and her moveset is as simple as they get. Her Tera-riser is just a fancier bubble shield, but what makes it work for her is that it also functions as a pseudo triple jump and stomp. Let go of jump, you stomp. Keeping hold jump, you bounce back up, functioning as your double jump. The higher your initial height was before initiating the Tera-riser, the higher your bounce will be. Bouncing on an enemy increases your height greatly. Destroying an enemy while riding the rock platform resets your Tera-riser, allowing for chaining, which I love! Jump off the platform, you get a triple jump. You can spindash while riding the platform, really neat. And that's it, a simple ability with a lot of use cases. Sprite work is amazing! There's so much of Lilac in her and I love it. Smooth animations, badass transformation... Definitely one of my favorite SRB2 OCs! 5/ 5!

Blake, on the other hand... Gotta be honest, like many other people shared, I'm not really feeling this one. He doesn't feel that unique compared to other shadowy characters, like Willo or the recent addition Echoes & Abyss for instance. He plays pretty much like Willo, having a dash, but Willo shines by having his dash be momentum-based. The faster you go, the higher you'll dash up and down, but here it's very stop-and-go and you don't have a downward dash that makes everything flow better. I feel like the slash should break spikes, not just walls, but the dash does tho. I'm not sure if it's just me, but his sprite work feels a lot lower quality compared to Gemma. Still good, but could be better. It seems you went for the "minimal animations" approach, meaning lots of animation and pose reuse. The walking cycle is exactly like Sonic's. His slash is just his forward running pose. Even his design and animations just feels like a combination of Dirk and Whirl. His personality just doesn't really show in his animations. Overall, and I hate to say it, but ehhh Blake's a bit bland at the moment. Shadowy characters have a lot of potential for unique abilities and animations, I feel! They don't always have to be given a dash... 3/ 5.

Cool that Gemma loves short kings tho. Respect lol

fun visuals, boring gameplay. i just don't really get much out of these two, moveset-wise. i wanna have more to say, i wanna like them, because there's so much going on here, i love the idea of there being ringslinger neo and battle support, i just. can't be bothered to play more of the game than i have to with these two.
it might just be with blake, because i've had gemma long enough to not have quite the level of interest with her that i do with other characters when they come out, but on the other hand, vanilla sonic still feels fresh and exhilarating every time i come back to him, knowing his tech, so gemma's moveset is... alright at best

Gemma is pretty much perfect, I genuinely don't see how anybody could have any issues with her.
10/10 American flags, God bless, amazing sprites btw love it

My issues come with Blake. No offense, it just doesn't feel original, this is the 3rd shadowey spirit character that we got and its moveset just feels kind of boring to me. I feel as though a lot of effort was put into this though, and I'm not trying to come off as rude I just don't like the character.

8/10 American Flags, God bless

Iwaflorchars (I hope I'm spelling that right) is very well made. I kinda prefer playing Gemma though, for reasons I will soon bring up.

Gemma: Pros Great character design Geokineses is pretty unique, as I haven't seen other characters who have this ability. She actually has a spindash soooo, that's great. No cons.

Blake: Pros Again, good character design. Just a dislike it a tad bit. Cool shadow powers. Cons I've seen three goats in SRB2 mods, and it's getting repetitive. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just getting boring. While I like the shadow abilities, I've seen other characters (Echoes, Willo) who have does as well. He seems a bit rushed. He has a lot less than what Gemma has. No spindash. I just REALLY like the ability, and now it isn't here.
4/5 I just think that Blake needs a little more love. He has a lot of potential that has been missed here. Great job!

It is an amazing character to play as and an awesome design too! My one question is if you can make the rock larger with commands? I don't mean with scale since I definitely would like to carry more people with the rock at once in a small environment! If there isn't that's alright! It's an awesome mod!!!

peak mod, gemma have fun abilities to play with! its creative the tera-riser is fun! this is my favorite mod forever.

The only OC addon I've downloaded. Absolute peak gameplay. Very fun to bounce around with.

she dancing for real

a character that can earthbend?, for me that's enough to consider this the best mod, and also, the plataform working in coop will be cool since i'm trying to invite some friends that have never played a sonic game before to play together, this can help them thanks :)

The character is great, her ability is pretty unique, but that doesn't stop you from playing as her. Gemma has cool sprites and is a pleasure to play as.

i love the way gemma controls, shoutout to raplhjeremy

I love this character! Very fun to play as and has cool battlemod moves!

this mod is too perfect

very awesome mod

I like this mod cuz of the accuracy. It's cool how she pushes walls like in Sonic 1-3. The movesets may be basic but it's still a good mod.

This is, hands down, the highest-effort and most polished character mod I've ever played.

While most characters released for SRB2 typically deviate from established gameplay standards to pursue unique mechanics and ideas, Gemma meets and sometimes even exceeds vanilla standards. This makes her feel right at home with the main cast, while not being too simple nor too flashy.

The fact that you went out of your way to animate every single possible frame that a character would ever need is, quite frankly, incredible. I really want to hammer in my absolute satisfaction with how the character is executed, with the sprites being on-point and the ability being easy to pick up while being advanced enough to do cool movement tech with.

Great job!

She's based , very based , i didnt play too much Freedom Planet but i can see why this character has that vibe on it , very cool!

This mod is so good.

Oh my god this charachter literally has a dropdash, an airdash, a air drill and a double jump packed into one button wtf. but she kinda looks cursed from the back lol

a high-quality character mod, very good control mechanics and abilities, I especially like the character design, 2 pairs of shoes and gloves are funny