Play Animation

Plays a list of frames you pick yourself, in the order you set: an attack swing, a door opening, a coin flourish. Each frame can be its own image or one cell of a sliced sheet. It can loop forever, or play once, stop, and run actions when it reaches the end.

Settings

Setting	What it does
fps	Frames per second. How fast it steps through the list.
loop	On: goes back to the first frame and plays forever. Off: plays once and runs the on end actions when it gets to the last frame.
reset on finish	Shown when loop is off. On: after the last frame, it jumps back to the first (a door that closes again). Off: it holds the last frame.
reverse on finish	Shown when loop is off. On: after the last frame it plays backward to the first and stops there (a door that opens, then swings shut). Wins over reset on finish.
play on awake	On: starts playing as soon as the screen starts. Off: waits on the first frame until an action plays it.
frames	The pictures, in play order. Press + frame and drop an image or a single sheet cell from the Project panel into each row, or drag several images onto the list at once. A small preview plays below the list.
on end	Actions that run once, when a non-looping clip reaches its last frame. With loop on they never run, and a warning says so.

Playing it from an action

Pick the object in any action list:

• Play Animation ▸ Restart plays it again from the first frame.
• Play Animation ▸ Play backward plays it from the last frame to the first and stops (a door closing). The on end actions don't run for this.
• Enable component on a stopped Play Animation also starts it from the first frame. It never resumes from the middle.

Example: a chest that opens once

1. Add frames of the lid opening, set loop off.
2. Set play on awake off so it stays closed.
3. On the chest's Tappable or On Event, add Play Animation ▸ Restart.
4. In on end, give the player their reward.

Good to know

• Add it alongside a Sprite or Animator if you like. While Play Animation is on, it wins over both.
• Games and apps only. On a watch face use Frame Animation.
• Runs in Preview and on both Wear OS and Apple Watch.