How Do I Animate Objects in 2D?

Questions & Answers
1

Hi,

I am just curious but how does one animate objects that are NOT the player in a scene for a 2D game? Say, just as an example, something running place that is NOT the player.

2

Hi, ‘animate’ can be interpreted as ‘translation’ and ‘rotation’ or actual animation (like hand motion and all).

You can add animation to anything by:

  • Adding ‘Animator’ component that controls the motion/animation state; Motions can be created by dragging a group of 2D sprites into the Hierarchy panel. For this you will need your artist to draw up the motion stills like any other cartoon animation.
  • Adding a script that changes the translation or rotation (ie. transform.Translate, etc)
  • Add translation and rotation directly using built-in ‘Animation’ window

You must elaborate further for us to provide you with a clear answer.