Creating a three-frame animation clip to make a platform continually animate

In this recipe, we’ll make a wooden-looking platform continually animate, moving upward and downward. This can be achieved with a single three-frame Animation Clip (starting at the top, then positioned at the bottom, and finally back at the top position). Note that each frame is a static position and that we will employ the animation technique known as in-betweening to create the necessary movement:

Figure 8.29: Example of a moving platform game

Getting ready

This recipe builds on the previous one, so make a copy of that project and work on the copy for this recipe.

How to do it...

To create a continually moving animated platform, follow these steps:

1. Drag an instance of the platformWoodBlocks sprite from the Project | Sprites folder into the scene. Position this GameObject at (-4, -5, 0) so that these wood blocks are neatly to the left and slightly below the wall...