Continuous Jumping Animation

[N3RDY]

This is one of first few projects. I'm making an endless runner with the provided spritesheet using anim8. So far I've been able to make the character run but when it jumps it never stops. Is there a simple way to fix this? I'd also appreciate any other advice.

main.lua

I also used anim8 and HUMP

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[MrFariator]

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if isJumping then -- "isJumping == true" is redundant
  if player.anim ~= player.animations.jump then
    player.anim = player.animations.jump
    player.anim:gotoFrame(1)
  end
else
  if player.anim ~= player.animations.run then
    player.anim = player.animations.run
    player.anim:gotoFrame(1)
  end
end

Of course, you may want to implement some check that the player is grounded, so you'll play the run animation when player lands, and jump animation when mid-air.

[N3RDY]

A couple more questions. How would I make continuously generating platforms out of tilemaps that I have made? How would I make the character jump (go up and back down)? I also have a lot of trouble adding more than one animation so how would I add an attack animation?

[milon]

Animations go in tables, and each animation itself goes in a super table. Then you can index them relatively easily.

To add multiple possible actions (and account for the way they work when the player is standing, jumping, walking, etc) you should really use a state machine. Here's a sample link to get you started, but there's LOTS of good tutorials out there if you poke around.
https://gamedevelopertips.com/finite-st ... evelopers/

It'll take a while to wrap your head around them, so give it time, make some demos, and come back with more questions.
You can also search my old posts for 'state machine' and you'll find some of my own progress dealing with them. Not my best work, but enough to get started.

[darkfrei]

If the jumping animation has same sollision as just running, then just make jumps in the spritesheet.

[milon]

Also, in case you haven't seen Sheepolution's animation tutorial: https://www.sheepolution.com/learn/book/17