Creating Epic Sword Animations with Scratch Cat | Devlog

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Published 2023-07-22
The tricks I used to created the perfect Sword Swing animation for Scratch Cat after being inspired by watching "Game Endeavor's" awesome devlog.
Learn how to find Scratch Cat costumes. How to position the costumes for good rotation & Add white motion trails. Learn about rotational velocity and dampened spring physics, pivoting at the wrist to allow forward and backwards sword swiping.

As a devlog, I won't show all the code, but do feel free to follow along with the ideas and see if you too can create something awesome. If you want more detailed tutorials on these topics, then love the video and drop me a comment! But otherwise, enjoy the ride, and look forward to this game developing further, and being shared on Scratch. This is your chance to make a difference and take part in shaping a work in progress so keep those comments coming! Scratch On Guys!!!

👀 Game Endeavor's Devlog -    • The Trick I Used to Make Combat Fun! ...  

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-------------Video Chapters-------------
0:00 Intro
0:45 The Scratch Cat Sprites
2:07 Angling the player’s arm
2:58 Sword Swoosh Motion
4:00 Rotation at the Wrist
4:50 Articulated Spring Physics Simulation
6:19 Animating the Cat
6:55 Finishing Touches
7:38

All Comments (21)
  • @ImDefNotTyler
    Hi, I know you probably won't see this comment, but you have kept me motivated to create Scratch projects for years now, and I am now on an expert level of scratching. This would not have been possible without you. Thank you.
  • @nini2009ph
    Wow, that sword animation looks amazing! 😄
  • @Kai_Okui
    I had been following game endeavor's series for a long time, and I never would have thought such a complex game could come to scratch!
  • @Cheezyurboi
    Griffpatch has taught me everything. I started scratch in 2020 and i loved following his tutorials and i made a giant project with the things you taught me and i started unity, i made a cool parkour game! I love watching your tutorials beacuse they're so simple and straightforward!
  • @RealLCG
    Nice keep up the good work! Thank you griffpatch for everything you done for us!
  • @Galactictroooper
    Another great and instructive video as always. Thank you griffpatch!
  • @Lukex305
    Dude! This is amazing. I have seen this develog before. It was really cool to me.
  • @Mistereee
    awesome devlog! i hope to see more in the future!
  • @bilyez
    Awesome! I hope this awesome test will become public sometime soon! I think the enemy's sprite should be the Guy from "Code a platformer game" (from the first episode) tutorial
  • Those sword animations are better than anything i could make by myself….
  • @COTYProductions
    Wow! I never thought something like this would make it's way into Scratch! But then again, here we are! This was awesome and I loved it!
  • @lFunGuyl
    I never realized just how solid and complete Scratch's scripting system is until I found your channel and saw what you can do with it! I've moved on to C++ and Unreal Engine now, but I so wish I could have had these tutorials when I was a regular Scratcher! Keep up the excellent work Griffpatch!!!
  • @aster1sk_
    i never thought about broadcasting a 'go to player' message to other sprites so they follow it until now, you've saved my upcoming game from looking really sketchy :)))
  • @GameEndeavor
    This is amazing, haha! Really excited to see how you implement the AI in Scratch.
  • @aldesianvero
    omg thank you so much i have waited so much for this