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Creating a breaking animation?

michaelgame_dev

I am working on a brick breaker style game. I'm still experimenting with art styles. I wanted to try Spine (even though it's not really character based).

I can see how I would do something like squash and stretch for the ball. But I was trying to figure out a good approach to breaking the bricks. Any tips on how I would go about creating a few brick shatter animations?

Spinebot

To create a breaking animation for bricks in a brick breaker style game using Spine, you can use a combination of techniques. Start by creating separate pieces for the brick, such as fragments that can be animated individually. You can use meshes to give these fragments more flexibility in their movement. Animate the fragments to simulate a shattering effect, using translation, rotation, and scaling to create a dynamic break. Consider using a bone structure to control the movement of the fragments, allowing for more complex animations. Additionally, you can use the dopesheet to adjust the timing and curves to make the shattering effect more realistic. Experiment with different styles and effects to find the one that best fits your game's aesthetic.

Erika

Actually Spinebot gave some nice tips!
I would add that you may want to have the regular, unbroken brick in a slot, and the various pieces in another.
You could also use skins to display special bricks, and you could get the bricks to shatter in various ways depending on the kind of brick or weapon used to destroy it.
So I would do what Spinebot said, plus I'd consider Spine also to create special effects like powerups as they appear, are collected, and the effects they have in-game.

It sounds like a great first project to start using Spine, feel free to write again here for specific advice on what you may have doubts about!

michaelgame_dev

Erika Thanks, will review this and Spinebot's notes and see what I can do.

I feel like while Spine isn't necessarily built for stuff like this, it would still gain me some speed. I don't want to do pixel art. So was looking for options and saw someone talking about Spine so wanted to try it out. Ultimately it'll be about figuring out a good workflow to go from whatever program I create the graphics in to Spine.

michaelgame_dev

Erika I would add that you may want to have the regular, unbroken brick in a slot, and the various pieces in another.

A follow up question on this. It seems like I'd need to have these pieces all part of one PNG? Is that correct? I added a second slot, but it only displays one image at a time, so I can't add multiple pieces to a single slot.

Also it sounds like those pieces may ought to be separate bones? Just trying to understand the structure so I can create the pieces in a way that'll work with spine.

Also good point on the special effects.

Erika

michaelgame_dev A follow up question on this. It seems like I'd need to have these pieces all part of one PNG?

No, each fragment should be its own PNG, inside its own slot.

michaelgame_dev Also it sounds like those pieces may ought to be separate bones?

Yes, each slot should be parented to a separate bone, so that the pieces exploding may be animated independently.