Sprite Sheets and Game Character Animation
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Objective
I can animate a game character using a sprite sheet to make it look like it's moving.
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Warm-up video
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Part 2 of 3
Practice
7 questions
Sprites are like the _______ in a game, not the background.
Sprites can be 2D images or __________.
Part 3 of 3
Exit ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Explain how multiple frames in a sprite sheet are used to create the illusion of movement in a game character. Describe the process of exporting a sprite sheet as a PNG file from Picscale and how the arrangement of sprites (columns and rows) affects its use in animation. How does changing the FPS (frames per second) setting in Picscale affect the speed of the animation created from a sprite sheet?”
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