Godot 4 ARPG Tutorial - Lesson 3: Player Animations & Camera Setup

Summary

In this tutorial, the creator guides viewers through developing animations and a follow cam for a top-down Zelda-like game in Godot 4. Key topics include setting up player animations for different directions, creating a camera that tracks the player, and coding to integrate these features. The video also delves into the history of arcade games, emphasizing the impact of Zelda's open-world design on the gaming industry. The creator encourages personalizing the game with unique experiences and concludes with a quote from Albert Einstein about embracing new challenges.

Takeaways

• 🎮 The tutorial series focuses on creating a Zelda-like top-down ARPG in Godot 4.
• 🔍 The title of the series was humorously changed to 'Zero to Bogan Zelda' after introducing a character named Bogan.
• 🕹️ The lesson's objectives include completing player animations and setting up a camera that follows the player.
• 🎨 Animations are crucial for making games enjoyable and giving characters life.
• 📹 The 'follow cam' is necessary to keep the player visible at all times on the screen.
• 🛠️ Skills from the previous lesson on setting up animations are applied, and new skills for setting up the follow cam are introduced.
• 🕹️ The Golden Age of arcade games is discussed, highlighting the evolution from rigid games to more explorable and saveable game experiences.
• 🌟 The success of Zelda is attributed to its design as an adventure role-playing game (ARPG) that allows exploration and choice from the start.
• 👨‍🎨 Shigeru Miyamoto's childhood experiences influenced the design of Zelda, emphasizing the importance of childhood memories in game development.
• 💡 The tutorial encourages学员s to incorporate their own life experiences to make their games unique.
• 🛠️ The process of setting up the follow cam in Godot is demonstrated, including limiting the camera's view to the map area.

Q & A

What is the main focus of this lesson in the Godot series?

The main focus of this lesson is to complete the player animations and set up a camera that follows the player around in a Zelda-like top-down ARPG game in Godot 4.

Why did the instructor change the title from 'Zero to Zelda' to 'Zero to Bogan Zelda'?

The instructor changed the title to 'Zero to Bogan Zelda' after adding a Bogan character to the game, which is a humorous nod to the character's appearance and the personal nature of game characters.

What is the purpose of adding animations to the player character?

Animations are added to the player character to give the game and the character more life, making it more enjoyable to play by having fully animated movements rather than just idle states.

Why is a follow cam important in a top-down game?

A follow cam is important because it ensures that the player is always visible on the screen, providing a better gameplay experience by allowing the player to see their character and actions at all times.

What skills are required for today's lesson?

The skills required for today's lesson include setting up animations from the previous lesson and following along to set up the follow cam.

What is the significance of the 'Golden Age of arcade games' mentioned in the script?

The 'Golden Age of arcade games' is significant as it represents a time when games were simple, rigid, and had limited exploration. It contrasts with games like Zelda, which introduced more open-world exploration and complexity.

How does the world design of Zelda contribute to its addictive nature?

The world design of Zelda contributes to its addictive nature by creating a sense of a vast open map to explore, even though it's relatively small in size. It allows players freedom of choice from the start without instructions, which encourages exploration and discovery.

What does the instructor suggest as a key element for creating a successful video game?

The instructor suggests that a key element for creating a successful video game is designing it with a childlike heart and drawing from memories of childhood, as exemplified by Shigeru Miyamoto's approach to developing The Legend of Zelda.

What is the advice given by Shigeru Miyamoto that the instructor shares with the students?

The advice given by Shigeru Miyamoto, as shared by the instructor, is to draw on personal childhood experiences and a sense of wonder to create engaging and successful games.

How does the instructor guide students to create animations in Godot?

The instructor guides students to create animations in Godot by first demonstrating the process for one animation and then allowing students to follow along quickly for the rest, emphasizing the importance of consistent naming conventions for animations.

What is the role of the 'lastDirection' variable in the code?

The 'lastDirection' variable in the code keeps track of the direction the player is facing to ensure that the correct idle or walking animation is played based on the last known direction of movement.

Outlines

00:00

🎮 Introduction to Bogan Zelda and Animation Setup

The script begins with a welcome to the lab and a series focused on creating a Zelda-like top-down action RPG in Godot 4. The previous lesson was humorously titled 'Zero to Zelda,' but with the addition of a 'Bogan' character, the title was playfully changed to 'Zero to Bogan Zelda.' The instructor acknowledges the personal significance of characters and introduces a boat, suggesting a 'Bogan Link' rather than 'Bogan Zelda.' The main objectives for this lesson are to complete the player's animations and set up a camera that follows the player. The importance of animations in bringing a game and character to life is discussed, as well as the necessity of a follow cam for player visibility. The skills required for the lesson involve setting up animations and configuring a follow cam. The historical context of arcade games and their evolution into more expansive experiences like Zelda is also touched upon, highlighting the open-world design and lack of instructions as a key element of Zelda's addictive nature.

05:01

🗺️ Setting Up the Follow Cam and Limiting Camera Movement

The paragraph describes the process of setting up a follow cam in Godot. The instructor guides viewers through adding a Camera2D node as a child to the player in the world scene. The initial camera setup is critiqued for showing unwanted gray space, so adjustments are made to limit the camera's view to the map's boundaries. The instructor demonstrates how to use the rulers in the Godot editor to determine the right and bottom limits for the camera, ensuring the camera follows the player without revealing the gray space outside the map. The process involves a practical demonstration within the Godot engine, showing the before and after effects of the camera limit adjustments.

10:03

🚶‍♂️ Creating Player Animations

This section details the creation of player animations within the Godot engine. The instructor explains the need for six animations: idle down, idle up, idle right, walk down, walk right, and walk up. The process involves selecting the appropriate sprite sheets and setting them up in the Animated Sprite 2D node. The naming convention for animations is emphasized, with the use of underscores to separate words. The instructor demonstrates the setup for the 'walk right' animation and then quickly goes over the remaining animations, suggesting viewers follow along or pause the video to keep up. The goal is to have fully animated player movements that enhance the game's visual appeal.

15:05

💻 Coding Player Animations and Movement

The focus of this paragraph is on coding the player's animations and movement within the Godot engine. The instructor presents a new script with extensive comments to guide viewers through the code. The script includes variables for tracking the player's last direction and the animated sprite. The 'physics process' function is explained, detailing how it processes the player's movement and updates animations accordingly. The code checks for movement in the X and Y directions to trigger walking animations, and it includes logic to play idle animations when the player is not moving. A feature to flip the sprite horizontally based on the last direction is also implemented. The instructor encourages viewers to understand the code thoroughly to facilitate future customization.

20:06

🔍 Testing Animations and Encouraging Creativity

In this part, the instructor tests the newly coded animations within the game engine. The player's ability to walk in different directions and flip horizontally is demonstrated, showing that the animations play correctly based on the player's direction. The instructor also encourages viewers to use an online pixel art editor called Piskel to customize their player sprite, emphasizing the importance of experimentation and personalization in game development. The idea is to not be limited by the provided assets and to explore one's own creative vision.

25:06

🏁 Lesson Wrap-up and Preview of Next Steps

The script concludes with a wrap-up of the lesson's achievements, which include completing player animations and setting up a follow camera. The instructor provides a 'must, may, might' list for further practice, suggesting experimentation with the sprite editor and adjusting the map size and camera limits. The lesson's final thoughts are encapsulated in a quote attributed to Albert Einstein about making mistakes and trying new things, which is presented as inspiration for continued learning and creativity. The instructor previews the next lesson, which will involve adding collision shapes to improve player interaction with the game world.

Keywords

💡Godot

Godot is an open-source game engine that allows developers to create 2D and 3D games. In the context of the video, Godot is used to develop a top-down action role-playing game (ARPG) similar to 'The Legend of Zelda'. The script references setting up animations, a follow cam, and coding within the Godot engine.

💡Zelda

'The Legend of Zelda' is a popular action-adventure video game series. The video's tutorial series is inspired by this franchise, aiming to create a game with similar mechanics and aesthetics. The script mentions 'Zelda' as a reference point for the game being developed in the series.

💡Top-down ARPG

A top-down action role-playing game (ARPG) is a subgenre of role-playing video games where gameplay is seen from a top-down perspective. The script discusses creating such a game in Godot, focusing on character animations and camera movement typical for the genre.

💡Animations

Animations in video games are the visual representation of movement or action. The script describes creating various player animations like 'idle down', 'walk right', etc., to enhance the game's visual appeal and player experience.

💡Camera

In video games, the camera refers to the perspective from which the game is viewed. The script discusses setting up a 'follow cam' in Godot that tracks the player's movements, ensuring they remain visible on screen.

💡Bogan

Bogan is an Australian slang term for a particular stereotype of lower-class or unsophisticated individuals. In the script, 'Bogan' is humorously used to rename 'Zelda' to 'Bogan Zelda' after adding a character that fits this stereotype.

💡Alliterative

Alliteration is a literary device where the initial consonant sounds or letters are the same in a series of words. The script mentions 'zero to Zelda' as an alliterative title, emphasizing the catchy nature of such titles.

💡Pixel Art

Pixel art is a form of digital art where images are created on the pixel level, often giving it a retro or 'blocky' appearance. The script refers to using pixel art for game characters, specifically mentioning an online editor called 'piscal' for editing sprite strips.

💡Collision Shapes

Collision shapes in game development define the areas of objects that can collide with other objects. The script alludes to adding collision shapes to the player and world in future lessons to improve interaction and gameplay mechanics.

💡Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer and producer, known for creating iconic games like 'The Legend of Zelda' and 'Super Mario'. The script quotes Miyamoto regarding his inspiration for 'Zelda', highlighting the impact of personal experiences on game design.

💡Code

Code, or coding, refers to writing source code for software. The script discusses the process of coding in Godot's scripting language to implement animations and camera functionality in the game.

Highlights

Introduction to creating a Zelda-like top-down ARPG in Godot 4

Renaming the series to 'Zero to Bogan Zelda' with the addition of a character

Importance of personalizing game characters and respecting player attachment

Explanation of the plan to complete player animations and set up a follow cam

Reasoning behind animations to give games and characters life

The necessity of a camera that follows the player for visibility

Skills required for the tutorial including setting up animations and follow cam

Historical context of the Golden Age of arcade games and their limitations

Evolution of games from arcade to home consoles allowing for save games and larger worlds

How Zelda's world design made a small map feel vast and open for exploration

The significance of the ARPG genre in creating an engaging game experience

Inspiration from Shigeru Miyamoto's childhood experiences in creating Zelda

Encouragement for game developers to incorporate their own life experiences into game design

Guide on setting up the follow cam in Godot to limit it to the map space

Explanation of how to use rulers in Godot to set camera limits

Process of creating player animations in Godot

Details on coding the animations to correspond with player direction and movement

Testing the new animations and ensuring they work correctly with player movement

Invitation to customize the player character using an online pixel art editor

Albert Einstein quote on the importance of making mistakes in the pursuit of innovation

Transcripts

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guys and welcome back to my lab and to

our series on creating a zelda-like

top-down arpg in Godot 4. last lesson we

called it zero to Zelda which I thought

was a great alliterative title but

because we added in our Bogan character

in that last episode I thought maybe we

should change it up and now it's zero to

Bogan Zelda

that might really upset some people I

don't know we'll see we did say in the

last episode that uh characters could be

pretty personal and pretty important to

people hopefully I haven't offended

anyone introducing the boat well really

it's a Bogan link isn't it not Bogan

Zelda Zelda was the princess and anyway

this lesson we will be getting the rest

of our animations done for our player at

the moment all we have is the idle down

which is a little bit boring it just

means that guy sort of Bops along no

matter which way he's facing so we're

going to get that sorted and we're also

going to set up a camera that will

follow our player around so let's have a

quick look at what we're going to be

covering in this lesson and then I'm

going to talk to you a little bit about

some of the aspects of Zelda that I

think set it apart so what are we doing

in this lesson well first up we're going

to create the rest of our animations for

our players so that they're fully

animated and then we're also going to

create a follow cam so that we get to

see our player all the time not just

when they happen to be in the right

place and why are we doing this well

animations give our game and our

character life they make it far more

enjoyable to play a game when it's fully

animated so that's why we're doing that

to get rid of the boring and of course

we need the camera to follow the player

so we can see what we are doing the

skills you're going to need today we're

going to need to be able to apply the

skills from our last lesson where we set

up our animations because you're going

to be doing that without me for some of

them but you also need to follow along

as we set up the follow cam so that you

have that organized for you as well and

our success today is that you've got a

fully animated character and a camera

that follows them around

the Golden Age of arcade games was

actually a little bit before my time

when I used to spend times in arcades

the games we were playing with things

like cigarelli and Daytona USA and

things like that but a bit before then

games like Pac-Man and asteroids and

things like that Space Invaders were all

the rage and you got to admit that by

today's standards those sorts of games

leave a little bit to be desired so back

in the early 80s games were very rigid

and fixed every pixel was super duper

important because of the low resolution

so things like Space Invaders it really

all happened on the one screen at the

same time you didn't really explore you

didn't really progress same like Pac-Man

the whole maze was there right in front

of you

but when games started leaving the

arcade and finding their way into living

rooms developers were able to change

things up a little bit

save games for example meant that

suddenly we didn't need to keep our game

to a size that was conquerable within a

standard setting of an arcade game what

a couple of hours maybe you couldn't

really extend it much beyond that most

arcade games were all about the high

score as opposed to completing the game

when games like Zelda came along in the

80s though this kind of changed see

Zelda's world is actually only about 16

screens by 16 screens I think it might

even be smaller 16x8 and that's quite

tiny but the way they designed the world

made it feel like an enormous open map

that you could explore right from the

start you could choose from the very

beginning of Zelda to go left to go

right to go into a cave it was all open

there were no instructions you were just

dumped there in the middle of a clearing

and a sort of expected to find your own

way but within that is actually the

secret of why Zelda is such an addictive

game even to this day you see the reason

the Legend of Zelda was so incredibly

successful is actually sort of hidden

away in the arpg title the arpg stands

for adventure role playing game and I

want to read to you

um a little bit that the designer or

developer of the original Legend of

Zelda had to say about his design

choices and the process there and I

think the secret to the success is

actually hidden in what he said here so

follow along so this is the words of

Shigeru Miyamoto who is I guess one of

my heroes considering all the amazing

things that he had a hand in there at

Nintendo let's read this through and

you'll see what I mean when I was

younger I grew up in the countryside of

Japan what that meant was I spent a lot

of my time playing in the rice paddies

and exploring the hillsides and having

fun Outdoors when I got into the Upper

Elementary School ages that was when I

really got into hiking and mountain

climbing there was a place near Kobe

where there's a mountain and you climb

the mountain and there's a big lake near

the top of it we had gone on this hiking

trip and climbed up the mountain I was

so amazed it was the first time I had

ever experienced hiking up this mountain

and seeing this big lake at the top of

it I drew on that inspiration when we

were working on the Legend of Zelda game

and we were creating this Grand Outdoor

Adventure where you go through these

narrowed confined spaces and come out

upon this great lake so it was around

that time that I really began to start

drawing on my experiences as a child and

bringing that into game development so

you see one of the key elements of a get

extremely successful video game

franchise is actually designing it with

a childlike heart referring back to

memories of childhood are how Shigeru

miyamotso created such an amazing game

as a Legend of Zelda now most of you

watching this are still children so

hopefully you've got some first person

real world experiences where you have

experienced that sense of wonder that

you can actually bring into your game

development right so remember whilst

you're following along with this

tutorial you are following what I am

asking you to do but what's going to set

your game apart from just the

boilerplate that I give you is you

influencing it with your own life

experiences what are things that you

enjoy what are things that you think

would become an exciting feature in your

game don't just follow what I do start

thinking about what you can do to make

your game unique and true to yourself

and remember the words of Shigeru

Miyamoto that it was actually when he

started bringing his chai childhood into

his game development that he really

became successful and I think that's

something for us to remember so now

we're going to go over into Godot and

get started on our camera setup and then

we're going to do our rest of our

animations which is going to have a

pretty hefty chunk of coding in there

and once we've got all of that done you

will have a player that can move all

around the screen the camera is going to

follow them and their animations are

going to change depending on which way

the player is currently facing all right

we're backing a dough and it's time to

sort out our follow cam now this is

actually exceptionally easy all right so

make sure you're on the world scene

which is the one that shows you the tile

map and if you remember we dragged our

player into the world scene in the last

episode so make sure you're on that so

this is what it looks like I got my

little dude up in the corner there

there's me world map I'm going to click

on the player node in the world scene

and I'm going to right click and go add

child node and then we're going to

search for the camera 2D so you start

typing in the search window and it

should come up as the first thing when

you start typing that in so I'm going to

hit enter and now we've got the camera

2D attached as a child node to our

player in the world scene all right

super easy but we need to refine it a

little bit so if we go and hit play now

something a bit annoying happens right

so our camera is showing all of that

gray space there's no limits to it we

haven't created any limits for our

camera so it'll just go wherever our guy

goes but at the moment our guy can walk

straight off the map we're going to

change that in a later episode we're

going to set it up with some Collision

shapes but for now we also just want to

limit the camera to the actual map space

so that our guy can walk to the edge of

the map and the camera doesn't keep

going and showing the gray it'll

actually stop and the guy will sort of

walk to the edge if that makes sense so

right now it looks like this terrible

terrible let's close that down now we've

got over here so as long as you've got

camera 2D selected on the left hand side

you should be able to go to the

inspector window come down and click on

the limit and open those up and now you

see you've got all these numbers in here

left top right bottom big numbers too so

the left and the top are actually going

to be super easy if you've done your map

the same way as me so I started my map

at that origin point there and I've only

Built down and to the right which means

that my left pixel can be zero and my

top pixel can be zero so just to show

you what that does if we now hit play

the camera no longer shows that gray

space and our player can walk and it'll

still follow in that direction it'll

follow here but it'll stop at the edge

so our player doesn't um expose all that

gray space right that's what we're going

for there so let's close that back down

and work out how we're going to do the

other two so the other two are clearly

not going to be zero right because we've

built a mile along so make sure we've

got our camera 2D selected we've got our

limits here now there is a little cheat

so there's probably a way to do this

that's like perfect but I'm not a

perfectionist right near enough is good

enough with a lot of things especially

when we're just learning about them in

the first stages your canvas actually

has a ruler around the edge that tells

you how many pixels along you are so we

can just use these rulers to work out

roughly where we want our camera to stop

so for our right guide you can see we've

got a 750 here and an 800 here so

probably something around 770 or 760

actually maybe even higher let's go to

say 770

um that works for me and it actually has

created a little guide there showing us

roughly where it is so we can actually

go a bit further 775 or we can go

further 780 that'll do all right 780 but

now we've still got to deal with the

bottom and we won't get that guide for

the bottom it's a little bit different

but we can still zoom in and work out

what we can work out so our bottom is

between 400 and 450

um probably closer to 400 so let's just

go say 410

um I'm pretty happy with that now let's

press play again and see if we've

actually successfully got that set up

hang on let me just put that back on

there to double check so yours should

look something like mine if you made the

map the same size as mine but if you've

made your map larger or smaller these

numbers are going to need to be

different so use your rulers to make

sure you're getting the right

measurement for your map we're all going

to have slightly different Maps right so

that's the settings I've got there I'm

going to hit play and hopefully we won't

see any gray so we know the camera

doesn't follow us left and top that's

brilliant we go to the bottom excellent

There's No Gray showing and now we're

going to take the incredibly long walk

to the right do to do we should get some

music in here later hey and there we go

no gray No Gray anywhere on the map

fandantastic all right that is our

follow cam sorted our next step is to

start working on our animation okay

animation time so this is going to get

done a little bit different later before

what I'm going to do is I'm going to

guide you through the first one because

we don't we've only done it once right

in our last lesson so I'm going to guide

you through the first one and then the

rest of them I'm actually going to just

fast forward so you're going to see it

on the screen so if you need to pause to

double check what I'm doing you can do

that otherwise you can just put on fast

forward do it yourself because you've

got the hang of it once we got those

animations in then it's time for the

coding so that's what to look for so to

get started with our animations we need

to first go to our player scene and we

need to click on our animated Sprite 2D

so so far all we've managed to do is get

our idle down animation done but we're

actually going to have six animations

you might think we should have eight but

we're only going to make right facing

ones we're not going to make facing ones

I'm not going to tell you why you can

have about a bit of a think about how we

might do that in the code how do we turn

right ones in the left ones in the code

anyway we're only going to do the six so

we're going to have idle down idle up

idle right walk down Walk Up Walk right

that's it so six so first thing I'm

going to do is make the first one I'm

going to call it walk right so I'm using

underscores in our naming conventions

here and I want to keep that consistent

so in our code I'll be using these exact

terms so where I've gone idle underscore

down or walk underscore right it's

really important that what I put in

there is the same as what I put in the

code all right you can't have variations

between those two because in the code

we're going to specifically refer to

certain animations so make sure you put

an understandable name for each of your

animations and you use the same ones in

your code easiest way to do that is just

to copy what I'm doing all right anyway

we've got our walk right if you remember

how we did this we click on the little

grid pattern we click on our Bogan

Sprites and then we've got to change the

horizontal and vertical if you recall it

comes up as like a four by four grid

because it doesn't know right how many

Sprites there are we just change it I

think it was five by ten

so there we are so what did I say we

were going to do walk right so we're

going to have a look here I think our

walk right is this set here these four

here so I'm going to grab those ones

click add frame and then I'm going to

press play to see if that looks right

yeah you can see his little arms are

bopping away his legs are going back and

forth I know none of my uh animations

and drawings and things are particularly

crash hot you are more than welcome to

use your own this is just me having a

bit of a laugh all right so I've done

the walk right I'm now going to rapidly

go through the other four of them

um so you can either follow along with

the fast forward you can pause it

whatever works for you

please

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that's all the animations done we've got

idle down idle right idle up walk down

walk right and walk up hopefully you've

got the same ones as me all sorted out

because if you've got the same names

it's going to make the coding a heck of

a lot easier so next thing we're going

to do is uh uh head over to the code I

would say we'd go and test it but we

haven't actually changed anything so

there'd be absolutely no point in

testing this so we need to save what

we've done and head over to our code now

so remember how to do that we go to the

script up the top

like that and then that should bring up

all of our code excellent so we're going

to now have a look at how we can change

our code to allow all of our other

animations to take place as well all

right so coding time now this is going

to be awkward without that so let's just

click off of animated Sprite 2D to get

rid of that from the bottom there and

here is our code from last lesson now

I've got a lot of changes to make to

this and I think rather than going

through and typing them in line by line

I'm going to paste in the whole new bit

of code we'll talk through it all line

by line I've got a ton of comments in

there so if you don't want to listen to

me you can just I don't know take a

screenshot of it or something and read

them but the idea is I really want you

to understand what each line of code is

therefore so that when you decide to

make some changes to it and I'm hoping

you do later on you will know what to

change and why okay so it's there's no

point just copying it in blindly that's

not going to teach you anything it might

get your character moving which is

exciting and what we want but the whole

point of this is that you are capable of

later on in this series actually going I

don't like that code I'm going to change

it you can't change it unless you

understand it right so let's copying

copy in the new code and work our way

through it

so so

here we go look at it all so now we've

gone from like 20 odd lines to 75 but

half of that is still actually comets so

back up to the top and you will see

there's a lot of things that are still

the same so we're still extending our

character body 2D we've still got our

speed variable I've still got it at 100

you may have changed it you're welcome

to do that

um we are here now creating a new

variable called last Direction and so

that's just to keep track of which way

the player has been facing so that when

we switch our animations between idle

and walking we get the right one right

we don't want to have it walking right

and then when it stops walking right it

idles facing up or something like that

that would look weird the guy would look

slightly possessed I think just

magically turning like that so that's

how we remember our last uh the last way

we were facing we've then got another

variable called animated Sprite and this

is just to uh do with that animated

Sprite 2D that um we were just playing

around we thought we need to get data

from that animated Sprite 2D so we start

this variable called animated Sprite

then in our function ready we assign the

animated Sprite 2D to that variable that

we just created okay so keeping on going

we've got that physics process Delta did

any of you uh do the the might from the

last lesson and actually look that up I

hope some of you did it's really worth

the the time to research some of these

things so you get a better understanding

of them all right we've got some

explanations there but that is all

basically the same as last time so from

line 24 to line 35 it's basically

exactly the same right we've got physics

process we've got our get now Vector

based on those keys that are

automatically coded right the up down

left right key on the keyboard is

automatically mapped in Godot to the UI

left UI right UI up UI down we've still

got our velocity equals Direction time

speed keeping on scrolling and then we

get down here so if the character is

moving so the direction is zero that's

what the exclamation equals so it is not

zero

update the last Direction variable so

remember our last Direction uh where was

that up here somewhere last direction we

want to update that last Direction

depending on the character's movement

scrolling on down so if Direction X is

not zero the animated Sprite should play

Walking right so have a think about that

if it's not zero we're walking right so

if it's zero we're not walking we're

idling yeah so but if it isn't zero if

there is any movement going on we need

to play a walking animation so we're

saying if it's not zero If X is not zero

Play Walk Right else if uh Y is less

than zero we're going to be walk up so

you think our y to the sky right so from

our uh our Cartesian planes and things

like that X and Y to the sky so our

y-axis is the one going up and down if

that is less than zero right we're going

to play walk up if it's greater than

zero we play walk down so how hopefully

that makes sense when you think about it

in terms of those planes of movement X

and Y and we've still got another else

and that's because we need to then have

our idle animations so if our Direction

isn't is greater than zero we're going

to play these ones here which are our

walking animations but if our velocity

is zero basically we want to do nothing

we wanted to play the idle just

depending on which way we're facing will

determine which idle and if you recall I

said earlier have a think about how we

might get the right one to just become a

left one without creating that animation

that's this bit here animated Sprite dot

flip H flip horizontal right so if it's

this way we're flipping it so that's

what that bit is there so based on the

last Direction and then we've still got

our move and slide so that is our 75

lines of code that's actually only about

15 or 20 loads of code

um I will leave this bit on the screen

for a little while longer just in case

you're wanting to to copy that down then

uh I don't think I can zoom this out to

be honest otherwise I would oh hang on

we can pop out on the the new version I

keep forgetting about things like this

the new update to Godot actually lets

you pop windows out

um so you if you're a multi-monitor user

like I am you can just drag bits off

into different screens now that doesn't

really help when I'm trying to record it

obviously but yeah there's lots of

opportunities uh to move this around so

it works for your sort of workflow

but

um for now let's just I'll scroll back

up to the top so you should have most of

this you need less you need line nine

because you don't have that you need

line 13 because you don't have that 17

and 20 you also need but then you can

skip down to Line 39

um and 41 and then Etc so pause this at

the right spot so you can copy the code

that you need to code this is the

awkward part about doing it like this

isn't it I can't just be like here take

the file I mean I probably could paste

the code in somewhere but pause it copy

it in you actually do learn it better

when you physically type it when you

just copy and paste just saying um it's

you're activating different parts of the

brain when you're physically typing if

you really want to know how to remember

something handwriting is actually even

more effective but that's enough of a

neuroscience Sidetrack for right now

handwriting code I'm going to make our

Player move so get all that copy down

and then what we're going to do we're

going to test our new animations then

we're going to wrap it up

all right are you ready to test to see

if our animations all work so I've just

gone back into our world to the 2D view

but I'm going to come up and click on

the play button then we're going to see

all right so far so good time to press

some buttons so down and he starts

walking down righty starts walking right

let's see if our flip H works when I hit

left it just flips around and you see

the idle stays on the last Direction

they were facing

say that whenever I take my finger off

it stays facing that way now we should

still have diagonal ones right as well

so he sort of walks diagonally up and

down

I'm really happy with how that's coming

out I hope you are too

um I did say in our last episode that

you'll get to have a bit of control over

what the character is for your game and

what I would encourage you to do we're

going to talk about this in our must

main mind in a minute there's a free

um bit of software that you can use

online in the web called piscal you can

take that Sprite strip that I gave you

and you can edit it to your heart's

content if you don't like the uh the

Bogan with the green thongs and the blue

footy shorts and you want to change it I

have no problems with you changing that

all right but I would recommend keeping

us like a backup as well because you

might do things you're like oh no he

looks horrid you know so just experiment

right you don't learn nothing unless you

experiment okay pretty sure Albert

Einstein sits Sun along the lines if

you've never failed you've never learned

so have a crack at changing up that

character you might think that this

Bogan does not suit your game that

you've got in your mind so we're gonna

I'm gonna give you some instructions on

that in a moment but don't feel found by

what I'm doing follow my instructions

but then use your own Creative Flair to

make it your game alright so let's head

on over let's do a debrief I'll give you

your your uh must May might for this

lesson just because there's a few things

we want to do to wrap up

um and then we're going to have a look

at what we're doing in the next lesson

so it must May might for this lesson as

well you need to finish setting up your

player animations and you need to update

your code so that all those animations

start working you may like to experiment

with changing your Sprite using the

piscal free online pixel art editor or

uh you might if you've got the time

experiment with changing the size of

your map and then adjusting your camera

limits

so what do we get done today well we

finished creating our animations we

created our follow camera and we also

updated our script to enable those

animations to show next time well we're

going to add Collision shapes to our

player and to our world to start making

it so our player can actually interact

better with the world around them and

the quota I'd like to leave you with

this week is from Albert Einstein that I

referred to earlier here's the proper

one anyone who has never made a mistake

has never tried anything new I've put a

little asterisk there because it might

be apocryphal but I like it anyway

see you next time