i was looking for the best way to do an 8 directions animations shooter, I found several tutorials on the scirra web, but I want you to tell me what's thebest for me,since I want to do something similar to Nuclear Throne, and 'm not sure what tutorial to choose....
https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/1117/animation-management-in-8-direction-games
https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/413/direction-based-sprite-animation