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Video Game Design Foundations
In
active animation,
an object changes pose while moving on the screen.
An example of this is a stick figure with legs that move in a walking motion
to take steps as the figure moves across the screen, illustrated in Figure 4-40.
A real world example might be flipping your pencil in the air. The top and
bottom of the pencil change position as it moves up and down. Hurray! Active
animation in practice.
Figure 4-40.
Goodheart-Willcox Publisher
These are frames from an active animation created in Pivot Stickfigure Animator. Notice the
different arm and leg positions of the stick figure as it walks across the screen. Moving the
arms and legs creates an animation set for this figure that can now be classified as walking
instead of just moving.