A little behind schedule… And noodles.
Good afternoon fellow competitors! Here was my lunch:

I had the Shin Ramen with spring onion, my wife had a steaming bowl of udon with a raw egg. See if you can spot the GC, DC, PS2, PS3 and TE Fighting Stick! Oh and that’s BlitzMax running there.

This is today’s progress so far. You can see my lighting system is up and running, and the map and walk animation… But still no baddie or combat animations. I’m starting to doubt I can finish this, but I’ll keep plodding on!
The basic idea shown by your screenshot seems like the one I’m going for. I’m just using straight SDL, so mine won’t look quite so good