Animation

Category: Executor Tier: Basic

Purpose

Controls AnimationPlayer and AnimatedSprite2D animations including play, pause, stop, and blending.

Visual Reference

As added to your scene

When To Use

• Character animations (idle, walk, run, jump, attack)

• Mechanical objects (doors, gears, elevators)

• UI animations (menu transitions, button presses)

• Cutscene animations

• Enemy attack animations

• Environmental animations (water, fire, plants)

Runtime Behavior

Executes: When activated, performs animation control operations

Generated UI Mockup — showing expanded properties

Animation

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Name:

Label this brick...

Animation Name:

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Mode:

v

Speed:

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Blend Time:

v

Loop:

v

Loop Mode:

v

From End:

v

Properties

Property	Type	Default	Notes
animation_name	String, “”		Name of animation to play (e.g. ‘walk’, ‘idle’, ‘jump’)
mode	String, “Play”		Animation control operation - Play, Stop, Pause, Resume, or Play Backwards
speed	Float, 1.0		Playback speed multiplier (0.5 = half speed, 2.0 = double speed, range 0.0-10.0)
blend_time	Float, 0.1		Transition blend duration in seconds (0.0-2.0)
loop	Boolean, false		Loop animation indefinitely
loop_mode	String, “Normal”		Normal (loop from start) or Ping-Pong (play forward then backward)
from_end	Boolean, false		Start playing from the end (for reverse animations)

Example Use Cases

Character State Animations:

Property(state, Equal, idle) -> AND -> Animation(name=idle, mode=Play, loop=true)
Property(state, Equal, walk) -> AND -> Animation(name=walk, mode=Play, loop=true, blend=0.2)
Property(state, Equal, run) -> AND -> Animation(name=run, mode=Play, loop=true, blend=0.2)
Property(state, Equal, jump) -> AND -> Animation(name=jump, mode=Play, loop=false)

Door Opening:

Collision(Player) -> AND -> Animation(name=door_open, mode=Play, speed=1.0)
Delay(180) -> AND -> Animation(name=door_open, mode=Play Backwards)
// Open door, wait 3 seconds, close door

Attack Animation:

Sample inspector layout removed for compatibility.

Speed Control:

Property(stamina, Greater, 50) -> AND -> Animation(name=run, speed=1.5)
Property(stamina, Less, 50) -> AND -> Animation(name=run, speed=0.8)
// Faster animation when high stamina, slower when tired