create Animation

Create an animation object that will attach to a sprite.

animation.createAnimation(0, 0)

An animation object contains image frames that are displayed in a sequence. The animation is empty when it’s first created. Frames are added to the animation show a complete action. The animation is associated, or tagged, to its action. An action is some activity that is given a value, such as Walking, Flying, Running, or Jumping.

Actions are set in an enumeration called ActionKind and are chosen for the animation when it’s created. New actions can be added by putting in a new value for ActionKind in JavaScript or by chosing Add a new action... in the action drop down list for ||animation:create animation||.

enum ActionKind {
    Walking,
    Idle,
    Jumping
}

Each frame in an animation is shown for some amount of time. This is set in the frame interval as a number of milliseconds.

Parameters

action: an action to relate the animation to. This could be an action like Walking or Jumping.
interval: a number that is the amount of time in milliseconds to show each frame in the animation.

Returns

an animation that is attached later to a sprite.

Example

Create an walking aninamtion with four frames.

enum SpriteKind {
    Player,
    Enemy
}
enum ActionKind {
    Walking,
    Idle,
    Jumping
}
let anim: animation.Animation = null
let mySprite: Sprite = null
mySprite = sprites.create(img`
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`, SpriteKind.Player)
anim = animation.createAnimation(ActionKind.Walking, 1000)
anim.addAnimationFrame(img`
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d d d d f f f 2 2 f f f d d d d 
d d d f f f 2 2 2 2 f f f d d d 
d d f f f e e e e e e f f f d d 
d d f f e 2 2 2 2 2 2 e e f d d 
d d f e 2 f f f f f f 2 e f d d 
d d f f f f e e e e f f f f d d 
d f f e f b f 4 4 f b f e f f d 
d f e e 4 1 f d d f 1 4 e e f d 
d d f e e d d d d d d e e f d d 
d d d f e e 4 4 4 4 e e f d d d 
d d e 4 f 2 2 2 2 2 2 f 4 e d d 
d d 4 d f 2 2 2 2 2 2 f d 4 d d 
d d 4 4 f 4 4 5 5 4 4 f 4 4 d d 
d d d d d f f f f f f d d d d d 
d d d d d f f d d f f d d d d d 
`)
anim.addAnimationFrame(img`
d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d 
d d d d d d f f f f d d d d d d 
d d d d f f f 2 2 f f f d d d d 
d d d f f f 2 2 2 2 f f f d d d 
d d f f f e e e e e e f f f d d 
d d f f e 2 2 2 2 2 2 e e f d d 
d f f e 2 f f f f f f 2 e f f d 
d f f f f f e e e e f f f f f d 
d d f e f b f 4 4 f b f e f d d 
d d f e 4 1 f d d f 1 4 e f d d 
d d d f e 4 d d d d 4 e f e d d 
d d f e f 2 2 2 2 e d d 4 e d d 
d d e 4 f 2 2 2 2 e d d e d d d 
d d d d f 4 4 5 5 f e e d d d d 
d d d d f f f f f f f d d d d d 
d d d d f f f d d d d d d d d d 
`)
anim.addAnimationFrame(img`
d d d d d d f f f f d d d d d d 
d d d d f f f 2 2 f f f d d d d 
d d d f f f 2 2 2 2 f f f d d d 
d d f f f e e e e e e f f f d d 
d d f f e 2 2 2 2 2 2 e e f d d 
d d f e 2 f f f f f f 2 e f d d 
d d f f f f e e e e f f f f d d 
d f f e f b f 4 4 f b f e f f d 
d f e e 4 1 f d d f 1 4 e e f d 
d d f e e d d d d d d e e f d d 
d d d f e e 4 4 4 4 e e f d d d 
d d e 4 f 2 2 2 2 2 2 f 4 e d d 
d d 4 d f 2 2 2 2 2 2 f d 4 d d 
d d 4 4 f 4 4 5 5 4 4 f 4 4 d d 
d d d d d f f f f f f d d d d d 
d d d d d f f d d f f d d d d d 
`)
anim.addAnimationFrame(img`
d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d 
d d d d d d f f f f d d d d d d 
d d d d f f f 2 2 f f f d d d d 
d d d f f f 2 2 2 2 f f f d d d 
d d f f f e e e e e e f f f d d 
d d f e e 2 2 2 2 2 2 e f f d d 
d f f e 2 f f f f f f 2 e f f d 
d f f f f f e e e e f f f f f d 
d d f e f b f 4 4 f b f e f d d 
d d f e 4 1 f d d f 1 4 e f d d 
d d e f e 4 d d d d 4 e f d d d 
d d e 4 d d e 2 2 2 2 f e f d d 
d d d e d d e 2 2 2 2 f 4 e d d 
d d d d e e f 5 5 4 4 f d d d d 
d d d d d f f f f f f f d d d d 
d d d d d d d d d f f f d d d d 
`)
animation.attachAnimation(mySprite, anim)
animation.setAction(mySprite, ActionKind.Walking)

create Animation

Parameters

Returns

Example

See also