Tween

Tweens are probably the most popular know animation type in the game industry. The concept is very basic: tween comes from "in-between" and it refers to the idea of interpolating a sequence of frames between 0 and 1(0%->100%) which is the animation's timeline. This interpolation can be manipulated in may ways using the options provided.

1. Options

Name - The name of the animation. This will be used to identify it in the editor but also will be visible when debugging. [Default: _Empty_]

Update Type - Which method will create the update of the animation. View More. [Default: Update (Unity's)]

Auto Start - Weather you want to start this animation automatically or manually. [Default: false(True Start)]

Skip Frames - How many frames should the animation skip before starting. [Default: 0]

Delay - How much time(in seconds) should the animation skip before starting. [Default: 0]

Time Scale - The time scales can be used to speed up or slow down the animation. It's a multiplication factor. [Default: 1]

Time - The length of the animation in seconds. [Default: 1]

Easing Type - The type of easing modifier you want applied. Two options: Predefined(View more) or Animation Curve(Unity's). [Default: Predefined]

Easing / Easing Curve - If Easing Type is set to Predefined then you can pick from a list otherwise you can use the Animation Curve widget to define one.[Default: Linear]

Loop Count - How many loops should this animation have. [Default: 1]

Loop Type - Two options: Ping-Pong or Reset. Ping-Pong means it's do one look forward and the next backwards and so on. Reset will do all loops starting from the initial point. [Default: Reset]

2. Events

OnStarting - A callback triggered before the animation starts.

OnStarted - A callback triggered after the animation starts.

OnUpdating - A callback triggered before the animation updates.

OnUpdated - A callback triggered after the animation updates.

OnLoopCompleting - A callback triggered before an animation loop completes.

OnLoopCompleted - A callback triggered after an animation loop completes.

OnCompleting - A callback triggered before the animation completes.

OnCompleted - A callback triggered after the animation completes.

3. Motions

A motion is a basic and a unitary animation movement. For example when a cube moved from A to B, we have one motion. If the cube both moves and rotates, we have 2 motions. The idea of motions is that they are atomic and provide one functionality based on the options of the animation. Read more about motions here.