@tombmonkey
I've never actually played Dragon's Crown but what I've seen so far (like those three walk cycles) is definitely possible with simple deformation. Slightly bending an elbow, knee, or maybe the tip of a hat. That's all I really want. Maybe that came across differently in my first post. I'm not asking for anything that's even remotely related to 3D.
Ugh... that's what they always say. Understandable, sure, considering the amount of work that still lies ahead of them, but it's still a pity. I was hoping I could start development on my first big Spriter-powered game by next spring. Guess not. Brashmonkey are several months behind schedule and surely 1.0 won't be released before summer of 2014. Even if, for some reason, it still says... "Q2 of 2013" on the website.