Character Animation in Spine

Video tutorial

This video is an introduction to using spine to get started with game art animation. The video is aimed at beginners. Users familiar with the software or cutout animation, in general, might find it a little slow. I am using spine from esoteric software for this video (currently in version 3.5.46). Generally, I prefer to cover free tools on my blog. Nevertheless, I am making an exception as this tool is a great help for game art creation. Spine is available in the essential version (without some of the more advanced features like IK and mesh deformation) for $69.

I used the robot from the earlier ‘complete game art tutorial’ series and uploaded the art here. The archive includes the exported .png files, the Inkscape source file as .svg and .png and the current spine project (with the setup and two idle animations).