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Looking for Ideas for Animating Character Through States
Help--need ideas for having my character display a walking motion moving across the screen. Here is a visual of the graphics I have for states.
Jonathan_Hill I know you did some movement with your Angry Birds eating words demo, and the user needed to use a slider. Any thoughts what I can do?
Hoping to use a keyboard action to make it more accessible. But am open to ideas.
Ideally I'd have my character change through these states (demonstrating a walking motion) while user presses arrow key on keyboard--and open to other ideas.
Thank you in advance!
There are various ways to achieve this. The easiest one might be, grab all those images and convert them into a walking Gif with https://ezgif.com/maker or other tools. Then, use the Gif as a state when walking is desired. To simulate movement, use a parallax effect by moving the background image with a motion path. I would suggest checking out the ELH Challenges to see parallax samples.
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There are various ways to achieve this. The easiest one might be, grab all those images and convert them into a walking Gif with https://ezgif.com/maker or other tools. Then, use the Gif as a state when walking is desired. To simulate movement, use a parallax effect by moving the background image with a motion path. I would suggest checking out the ELH Challenges to see parallax samples.
Oooh, great idea Alexander! Your work is so inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to share!