I Built a Game Animation Tool inside Figma
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Making game art is hard, especially when you don’t consider yourself an "artist." After months of fighting with professional animation software and failing to find a workflow that clicked, I realised I was looking in the wrong place.
In this video, I share why I ditched industry standards like Adobe Animate and Tahoma2D to go back to my roots, Figma. Since Figma isn't built for game dev, I had to build my own custom animation timeline and onion skinning plugin from scratch.
It’s not the "professional" way to do things, but it’s the only way I could keep making my Metroidvania, Returner, without burning out.
🕹️ What’s inside:
My struggle with finding a beginner-friendly vector program.
Why "professional" software can sometimes kill your motivation.
A walkthrough of my custom Figma animation plugin.
How I use Figma Components to keep my character art consistent.
Automating the export process for spritesheets.
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