Skeletal animation

[m2]

Hello

is there any good library for skeletal animation?

i only found this one
TLBoner: http://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3650

since the last update is 2 years ago, im having doubts about this.
Any better solution? Or do people still use TLBoner?

thanks

[Germanunkol]

I haven't used it, but check out Spine:
http://esotericsoftware.com/spine-in-depth#Features

It has an official "runtime" for Löve/Lua.

I read something about a free version as well, not sure what it's like.

[m2]

yep, found that yesterday
probably gonna check it out or write my own implementation with simple sprites

[shatterblast]

Spine is an amazing piece of software, but I'm waiting for IK pinning so that my characters' feet don't vibrate while I try to animate. The developers promise free updates for the life of the product. I noticed "Dust: An Elysian Tale" used a similar method before Spine came out. I haven't figured out what the main developer / artist for that software used yet though.

The Professional version is really the way to go, but it can be sort of costly. The trial version lets you do most things that you can do in Pro, but you can't export your results nor save any data. I would highly recommend learning how to string a skeleton together before buying the software though.