Game Development

This one teaches you Disney's 12 animation principles through the lens of game feel and frame data. You get concrete timing windows for attacks and dodges, code samples for squash and stretch in Unity and Unreal, and a lookup table mapping each principle to actual game implementations like hit-stop, anticipation telegraphs, and animation curves. It's more technical than art-focused, which is the right call since game animation lives or dies on timing and responsiveness. If you're making a character action game or anything where movement needs to feel good, the frame data reference alone is worth having around. Assumes you know your way around an engine but need the animation theory connected to practical patterns.

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$ npx -y skills add dylantarre/animation-principles --skill game-development --agent claude-code

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Game Development Animation

Apply Disney's 12 animation principles to game engines, player feedback, and interactive entertainment.

Quick Reference

Principle	Game Implementation
Squash & Stretch	Character deformation, impact frames
Anticipation	Wind-up animations, charge indicators
Staging	Camera focus, environmental cues
Straight Ahead / Pose to Pose	Procedural vs keyframed animation
Follow Through / Overlapping	Capes, hair, weapon trails
Slow In / Slow Out	Animation curves, attack/recovery
Arc	Projectile paths, jump trajectories
Secondary Action	Particles, screen shake, audio sync
Timing	Frame data, hit-stop, response windows
Exaggeration	Stylized movement, hit reactions
Solid Drawing	Consistent silhouettes, read at distance
Appeal	Character personality, satisfying feedback

Principle Applications

Squash & Stretch: Deform characters on landing impact. Stretch during fast movement. Impact frames freeze and squash for power. Keep volume consistent in deformation.

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