AnimationPlayer

Part of the Game Feel section of Coddy's Godot journey. Lesson 20 of 23.

An animation is a motion made ahead of time, like an idle bob or a door that opens. It is kept in an AnimationPlayer node.

An animation holds tracks. Each track changes one property. Its keys are values at set times, like y = 300 at 0 seconds and y = 288 at 0.6 seconds. Godot fills in the moments between the keys.

This robot's AnimationPlayer has two animations: "bob", a hover that loops, and "hop", a jump.

$AnimationPlayer.play("bob")

The name must match exactly, capitals included. A looping animation plays until you play another one or call stop().

Challenge

Easy

Make the robot hover.

In _ready(), take $AnimationPlayer.
Call play("bob") on it.

Press Play: the robot bobs up and down. Then Check.

Try it yourself

extends Node2D

func _ready():
	pass

All lessons in Game Feel

1Tweens

Your First Tween Tween Any Property Fade Out Ease Out One After Another At the Same Time A Coin That Pops

4Flashes and Feedback

Flash on a Hit Hit Freeze Squash and Stretch Floating Numbers

2Camera

A Camera That Follows Camera Limits A Smooth Camera Screen Shake

5Animation

AnimationPlayerPlay on a Key When It Finishes Play It Backwards

3Particles

Particles A One Shot Burst Color and Amount Break a Crate

Practice on your own: Godot playground