/vr/ - Retro Games

Animations are a funny thing.

For me, shotguns are the coolest kinds of weapons, because it's not just fire and forget. You fire, the gun recoils back, you pump it, and set it back into place. Several distinct stages of animation.
Of course, actually animating this is difficult. There's a whole lot of sprites that it requires, and the more intricate you want then it's going to need even more sprites.

Except when it comes to melee weapons.
Mike sent me this sprite. And with this one frame alone, I'm capable of doing multiple different animations.
Nice.