Dead simple, but it's a start

boxboy/boxboy.gd

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+extends CharacterBody2D
+
+@onready var _sprite = $AnimatedSprite2D
+
+const GRAVITY: Vector2 = Vector2(0, 9.8)
+const MAX_SPEED: int = 500
+const IMPULSE: int = 80
+const JUMP: int = -400 #TODO: proper jump arch
+
+func _ready():
+	_sprite.play("idle", 1)
+
+#physics and controls
+func _physics_process(_delta) -> void:
+	#falling or jumping
+	if is_on_floor() and Input.is_action_just_pressed("input_jump"):
+		velocity.y = JUMP
+	
+	velocity += GRAVITY
+	
+	var direction = Input.get_axis("input_left", "input_right")
+	if direction:
+		velocity.x += IMPULSE * direction
+		if abs(velocity.x) > MAX_SPEED:
+			velocity.x = MAX_SPEED * sign(velocity.x)
+	elif velocity.x != 0:
+		velocity.x = log(abs(velocity.x)) * sign(velocity.x)
+	
+	move_and_slide()
+
+#animation stuff
+func _on_animation_finished() -> void:
+	if randf() < 0.2:
+		_sprite.play("idle_glance", 2)
+	else:
+		_sprite.play("idle", 2)

boxboy/boxboy.gd.uid

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+uid://c2x51mppxugpn

boxboy/boxboy.png.import

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+[remap]
+
+importer="texture"
+type="CompressedTexture2D"
+uid="uid://bpjhq0b2dae1d"
+path="res://.godot/imported/boxboy.png-42da31f64cf96e900fd482e99903aaa1.ctex"
+metadata={
+"vram_texture": false
+}
+
+[deps]
+
+source_file="res://boxboy/boxboy.png"
+dest_files=["res://.godot/imported/boxboy.png-42da31f64cf96e900fd482e99903aaa1.ctex"]
+
+[params]
+
+compress/mode=0
+compress/high_quality=false
+compress/lossy_quality=0.7
+compress/uastc_level=0
+compress/rdo_quality_loss=0.0
+compress/hdr_compression=1
+compress/normal_map=0
+compress/channel_pack=0
+mipmaps/generate=false
+mipmaps/limit=-1
+roughness/mode=0
+roughness/src_normal=""
+process/channel_remap/red=0
+process/channel_remap/green=1
+process/channel_remap/blue=2
+process/channel_remap/alpha=3
+process/fix_alpha_border=true
+process/premult_alpha=false
+process/normal_map_invert_y=false
+process/hdr_as_srgb=false
+process/hdr_clamp_exposure=false
+process/size_limit=0
+detect_3d/compress_to=1