Shimeji-c -- character that walks around your desktop

Based on the ragingly popular Shimeji-ee (written in Java), Shimeji-c is written in C++.

Shimeji's are cute little characters that walk around your desktop. DeviantArtists like reskinning the program to look like charmanders, Girs, or whatever. So I took Death the Kid by AnimeGirl-Luna and used her sprites for this demo.

Anyway, I rewrote the program in C so it wouldn't make the processor work as hard (Java's really good at that). It behaves essentially the same (except it can only walk, stop, climb walls, fall, and be picked up). Also you have to right-click it to kill it.

The code itself is horrendous. I found out C++ is nothing pretty and Microsoft has terrible documentation and should be ashamed of itself.

Try Shimeji-c for Windows: DOWNLOAD

Eventually I wanna make it so multiple Shimeji's can interact with each other. Maybe let them pick up your desktop icons and throw them.