Build Animation

Lesson 12 of 22 in Coddy's Roblox Game: Factory Tycoon course.

Bought items pop into place. A tycoon feels better when they rise out of the ground and fade in. A tween does it: remember where the part belongs and how see-through it should be, move it 8 studs down and make it invisible, then tween it back:

local goal = part.Position
local transparency = part.Transparency
part.Position = goal - Vector3.new(0, 8, 0)
part.Transparency = 1
TweenService:Create(part, TweenInfo.new(1), { Position = goal, Transparency = transparency }):Play()

An item can be one part (a dropper) or a Model of parts (the walls), so build raises the item itself if it is a part, and every part inside it.

A dropper that starts while it is still underground drops its first ore into the void, so a bought dropper starts once it has landed: task.delay(1, startDropper, item) runs it a second later.

Challenge

Medium

Make bought items rise out of the ground.

Get TweenService and write riseIn(part) as in the lesson.
In build, after moving the item into the factory, call riseIn on the item if it is a BasePart, and on every BasePart among its descendants.
Start a bought dropper with task.delay(1, startDropper, item).

Press Play and buy the walls: they rise and fade in. Then Check.

Try it yourself

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")
local Settings = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Settings)

local tycoon = workspace.Tycoon
local items = ServerStorage.TycoonItems
local owner = nil

print("Ore is worth " .. Settings.OreValue .. " Cash")

-- Every player gets Cash on the leaderboard
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	leaderstats.Parent = player

	local cash = Instance.new("IntValue")
	cash.Name = "Cash"
	cash.Parent = leaderstats
end)

-- The sign above the factory
local gui = Instance.new("SurfaceGui")
gui.Parent = tycoon.Sign

local signLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
signLabel.Name = "Status"
signLabel.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
signLabel.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(25, 25, 35)
signLabel.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
signLabel.TextScaled = true
signLabel.Text = "Step on the green pad to claim this factory"
signLabel.Parent = gui

local function setSign(text)
	signLabel.Text = text
end

-- Ore: a small part worth Cash, dropped under a dropper
local function dropOre(dropper)
	local ore = Instance.new("Part")
	ore.Name = "Ore"
	ore.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)
	ore.Color = Color3.fromRGB(150, 150, 160)
	ore.Position = dropper.Position - Vector3.new(0, 2.5, 0)
	ore:SetAttribute("Value", Settings.OreValue)
	if math.random() < Settings.GoldChance then
		ore.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 200, 40)
		ore.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
		ore:SetAttribute("Value", Settings.OreValue * 5)
	end
	ore.Parent = workspace
	Debris:AddItem(ore, 20)
end

local function startDropper(dropper)
	task.spawn(function()
		while dropper:IsDescendantOf(workspace) do
			dropOre(dropper)
			task.wait(Settings.DropInterval)
		end
	end)
end

-- The conveyor carries whatever rests on it
tycoon.Conveyor.AssemblyLinearVelocity = Vector3.new(Settings.BeltSpeed, 0, 0)

-- The collector turns ore into Cash
tycoon.Collector.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Name == "Ore" then
		local value = hit:GetAttribute("Value")
		hit:Destroy()
		if owner then
			owner.leaderstats.Cash.Value += value
		end
	end
end)

-- The upgrader doubles each ore that passes through it, once
items.Upgrader.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Name == "Ore" and not hit:GetAttribute("Upgraded") then
		hit:SetAttribute("Upgraded", true)
		hit:SetAttribute("Value", hit:GetAttribute("Value") * 2)
		hit.Color = Color3.fromRGB(155, 89, 182)
	end
end)

-- Lesson 12: Build Animation goes here

-- Put a bought item in the factory
local function build(item)
	item.Parent = tycoon.Built
	if item:HasTag("Dropper") then
		startDropper(item)
	end
end

-- Buying: the pad goes away and its item is built
local function buy(pad, player)
	if player ~= owner or pad.Parent ~= tycoon.Buttons then
		return
	end
	local cash = player.leaderstats.Cash
	local price = pad:GetAttribute("Price")
	if cash.Value < price then
		return
	end
	cash.Value -= price
	pad.Parent = ServerStorage
	build(items:FindFirstChild(pad:GetAttribute("Item")))
end

for _, pad in tycoon.Buttons:GetChildren() do
	pad.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
		local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
		if player then
			buy(pad, player)
		end
	end)
end

-- A price tag floats over every pad
for _, pad in tycoon.Buttons:GetChildren() do
	local tag = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
	tag.Name = "PriceTag"
	tag.Size = UDim2.fromOffset(160, 40)
	tag.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0, 3, 0)
	tag.Parent = pad

	local label = Instance.new("TextLabel")
	label.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
	label.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(25, 25, 35)
	label.BackgroundTransparency = 0.2
	label.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
	label.TextScaled = true
	label.Text = pad:GetAttribute("Label") .. ": $" .. pad:GetAttribute("Price")
	label.Parent = tag
end

-- Claiming: the first player to step on the pad owns the factory
local claimPad = tycoon.ClaimPad
claimPad.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
	if player and not owner then
		owner = player
		claimPad.Color = Color3.fromRGB(120, 120, 120)
		claimPad.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
		setSign(player.Name .. "'s Factory")
		for _, dropper in CollectionService:GetTagged("Dropper") do
			if dropper:IsDescendantOf(workspace) then
				startDropper(dropper)
			end
		end
	end
end)