1.2 - Intro to 2D Animation

Intro to 2D Animation

Video games mostly fall into 2 categories: 2D and 3D.

Last month we had some great demos! Tom showed us his side-scroller, Jack showed us his card game, and Calum showed us his pirate game. 2 of those 3 demos were 2D.

Creating a game in 2D is generally easier than creating a 3D game, and is a very common video game format.

We'll get into the basics of animating a 2D object, talk about sprites, states, and anything else that applies.

As with all of our meetings, everyone is welcome. Whether you're working on your dream project or learning how to get started, we'd love to see you!

Agenda

Our meetups follow this same basic format, and we'll let you know if there's ever a significant change to it.

• Arrive: Mingle and eat (usually pizza)

• Show N Tell: We hope that you come to every meeting with something to share. We won't learn by watching. We learn by doing. Bring whatever you're working on and show us. Get some feedback, and iterate. Set a goal to have something to share. If you don't get it this time, work toward it.

• Presentation: Whether we have a guest presenter or are presenting within the group, there will usually be a short presentation of some kind. Generally limited to 30 minutes.

• Workshop / Hack: Let's get our hands dirty, or our brains, or something. Let's work on something. It could be with pencil and paper, whiteboards, computers, whatever.

• Wrap-up: Hit the highlights, upcoming events/activities, community channels

Be sure to checkout the meetup description for all the places you can connect with the group (we have LOTS of ways).

Reminder: Ludum Dare game jam is coming up soon! The next one starts on July 28th at 6pm. I'm sure we'll talk more about it at the meetup.