Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Using Animation Player, Animation Tree, and some basic Gdscript we can make a CharacterBody2D move in 8 directions for Idle and Move when meshed with appropriate 8 directional art work.

Project Download
Ko-fi ➣ ko-fi.com/post/PROJECT-8-Directional-Animation-Setup-for-2D-God-F1F314J5UX
Patreon ➣ patreon.com/posts/113711479

Assets
axulart.itch.io/small-8-direction-characters
https://www.kenney.nl/assets/top-down-shooter

Grid Building Plugin ➣ https://linktr.ee/gridbuilder
World Time Plugin ➣ https://linktr.ee/worldtimeplugin
Item Drops Plugin ➣ https://linktr.ee/itemdrops

➣ Downloadable Assets, Video Courses, and Other Places to Follow Me
https://linktr.ee/ChrisTutorials
ko-fi.com/christutorials
patreon.com/christutorials
chris-tutorials.itch.io

00:00 - What to Expect & Sprites Download
00:17 - Player Character Node Setup
01:42 - Animations Setup
06:07 - Walk Animations
07:43 - Notes about Repeating Spritesheet Layouts
08:24 - Animation State Machine Blend Space 2D Setup
11:59 - Player Movement Code (Gdscript)
14:28 - World Scene Setup
17:07 - Animation Logic Code (Gdscript)
19:11 - Animation Playback Travel to Idle and Walk (Gdscript)
21:03 - Fix Up & Down Animation Directions
23:36 - Wrapup