Advanced animations These blocks are available to support programs using advanced animation methods. They can be found by adding the animation extension to your project.

An animation is a sequence of images displayed one after another to show an action. The images could show something like a character walking or a star exploding. The effect of the animation is assigned …

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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 …

This can be useful in creating a simple 2 frame walking animation. Review the code below Create a new project and name it “flipImage” Create the sample code and run the code Note use of the …

You create your animation by setting two or more images into the frames array assigned to the sprite. You can set the amount of time between frames to make the animation run fast or slow.

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A movement animation is motion effect applied to a sprite. The image in the sprite will appear to move with the type of motion that you select. You have several movement types to choose from and you …

An animation must attach to a sprite before it can activate. The animation plays inside the image area of the sprite. When a sprite moves, the animation moves with the sprite and shows wherever the …

The animation is created with an action type like Walking or Jumping. This way you can activate different animations when you want to by just setting a new action.