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Kwik 2 Game Physics

In this tutorial, we will learn how to use one of the most popular animation features in Kwik 2, game physics. We can use Kwik to create a real-to-life environment where the object on the page responds to aspects of this environment such as gravity, force and collisions.

Background Music in Kwik 2

In this tutorial, we will be finishing the cover page for our book app. We will add a background audio to our book app and create a button to toggle the background music on and off. We will also program the Info button to go directly to the information page of our app.

Kwik 2 Path Animation for a Movie Clip or Sprite

We have created a movie clip and sprite animation. Now we will see how to move the animated object across the page in our Kwik storybook app.

Kwik Book App Sequencing Actions

We will learn how to set a button to trigger a sequence of actions, animations and sound.

Kwik 2 and Texture Packer Sprite Sheets

How to create a Kwik 2 sprite sheet animation. You will combine and optimize the individual images of the animation, called sprites, into one file called a sprite sheet. This sprite sheet will be a smaller image file and will use less of your device's memory when loaded into your app.

Kwik Sprite Sheet Replacement Feature

We used Texture Packer for Kwik 2 to create a sprite sheet that we will use for our sprite sheet replacement layer. Now we are ready to add the sprite sheet to the layer on the page.

Kwik Movie Clip Replacement

Now we are ready to add the movie clip to a layer on the page of our Kwik storybook app. We will first add a new layer to the page and a placeholder image for the movie clip. When Kwik builds your app, it will replace the placeholder image with the movie clip.

Kwik Movie Clip PNG Sequence

In Kwik, a movie clip is a series of images that when played in sequence create an animation. Let's take a quick look at how these png images where created.

Moving in 2D Space

Most 2D artists don't think about 2D space when they create their art. However, once that artist begins to animate their art, they soon need to learn a few facts about how objects move in 2D space.

Play Sound with Button in Kwik 2

We used the Rotation Widget in Kwik to animate four bats to swing from a branch of a tree. Each bat was on its own layer and was animated independently. This was a nice effect but it doesn't have much interactivity. It would be better if the reader could click on a bat and hear a bat sound.

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