Scratch Game Devlog - Create "Pro" Character Animations with this FREE Software!

I found out how to create amazing character animations to boost my next Scratch video game. This is the first episode of a Scratch Devlog series following my progress as I create a new Griffpatch original puzzle platformer game called simply "Cubes". I create a player walk cycle, an idle breathing animation, a climbing animation, and a pushing animation - What you create is up to you!!! Free Spriter & Spriter Pro let you create keyframe animated cyclic animations far easier than trying to create them by hand. Watch this video and see how I was able to make use of this software for use in my latest Scratch Game - Very excited!!!
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😺 Scratch was developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. See scratch.mit.edu
-------------Video Chapters-------------
0:00 Intro
0:55 Concept Player Art (ChatGPT)
1:49 Rigging & Animating the Player using “Spriter”
3:28 Importing the animation into Scratch
5:00 Playing back the Animations
5:44 Fixing Player Position
6:56 Climbing up a Cube
9:59 Climbing into thin air
10:43 Pushing a Cube
12:31 Outro

[@griffpatch]

Spriter Download (Brashmonkey) - brashmonkey.com/download-spriter-pro/ Scrolling Tile Platformer Series - kzbin.info/aero/PLy4zsTUHwGJIc90UaTKd-wpIH12FCSoLh Scratch Studio - Coming Soon Early Access / Channel membership - www.youtube.com/@griffpatch/join

[@leanne43678]

Hey! I love your games!

[@draxgrek9880]

im on mac and i cant download it ):

[@GDNachoo]

@TimiksOMG youtubers can add custom members-only emojis

[@Your_Average_Stickman_WasTaken]

Put dispenser here

[@Mungus_Man]

Cheese is love cheese is life

[@stragejason]

Hi Grif, I’m not sure if you will see this, but I wanted to let you know, my son of 9 years old, screamed with excitement about your new series, your videos have inspired and helped him learn scratch and it just blows our minds. Anyways, William say hello and thank you. 😊

[@thatbuckethat]

we need to make griffpatch see this its so wholesome

[@stragejason]

@@thatbuckethat thanks Bucket :)

[@djazzmin1]

Let’s do it!

[@l.tgamingstudio2162]

I only wanted a smooth animation tutorial and here is the dev log for it. Thanks Griff!

[@DaWaffleman]

Even though it might be a pain, there is a site that the name starts with vectorize that will make your sprite frames SVGs. This would fix the bitmap issue as said in the video. The best way to tackle the image vectorizer is to convert the frames into a sprite sheet and put it into the site. Then using another site that you mentioned in your first RPG devlog, split the sprite sheet and put into scratch. Just note that vectorizing does not do good with gradients like shadows.

[@slavdecepticon]

or just use scratch addons to upload HD images

[@DaWaffleman]

​@@slavdecepticon That doesn't tend to work, especially in bulk for animations.

[@NowoX3]

Hey Griffpatch! We would love to continue the tile scrolling platformer series! We wanna know what scratch is capable of!

[@mattsnows7971]

Definitely. I would prefer more tools that can be adapted or help with original projects rather than just Mario concepts. Obviously a lot of those concepts give examples on how to make you’re own, but still. Whatever we get will be great though!

[@enderfire3379]

same

[@DevXP]

Wow! Those animations look so awesome! Can't wait to see the next episode!🤩

[@artupnami4ever]

Thanks, Griffpatch! I've always wanted to animate my characters in my games to make it more lifely. This will be very, very useful for upcoming projects of mine! You're the best :D

[@evanlim9098]

Can’t wait for this to premiere! Looking forward to see how I can up my game quality!

[@GDNachoo]

profily

[@BookInBlackEWOW]

u like BFDI? we can collaborate I can tell you more later

[@evanlim9098]

Holy crap its gdnacho

[@BookInBlackEWOW]

​@@evanlim9098 who? oh guess it's the other one

[@barfy]

the real geometry dash nacho!!?!?!?

[@SecondaryGamingYT]

This is exactly the type of video I’ve been waiting for! Good luck in your journey griffpatch!

[@DJLENZ-CODER]

I love the way you animate and the way you make hard things seem much more easier keep on griffpatch

[@ThatCrownedKing]

THIS TUTORIAL WILL BE SO USEFUL TO PEOPLE WHO WANT BETTER LOOKING ANIMATIONS IN THEIR PROJECTS! THANKS GRIFFPATCH!

[@digestdig9fiut217]

Even if i dont use scratch anymore i still watch your videos, they are great

[@semtel-ym3lx]

I've been waitin for a video like this for a loong time. Thanks Griffpatch ❤

[@noob27081]

This is exactly what i need! Thanks for the help griffpatch

[@CuriousLog2979]

Keep up the good work griffpatch, I’m glad you’re feeling better! ❤️

[@user-qr2sz2wr8n]

Hey Griffpatch! 🌟 Just checked out your latest project, and I'm seriously blown away! 🚀 Your coding skills are next level, man! The way you blend creativity and tech is pure genius. 🎮👨‍💻 Keep rocking those projects - you're a true inspiration to the coding community! 🙌

[@LowerJuggler68]

Whoa! This is so cool! Your coding skills have gone from amazing to unimaginable! I just got to see if I even have good enough animating skills, lol! Thanks Griff! (By the way, love your games!)

[@deepakhatwalne6241]

I have always wanted to make animations on Scratch. Now, because of you, I can Do it! Thanks!

[@Chrome_Cat]

I always enjoy the dev logs and seeing how you approach problems. You made the sprite animation look quite fun actually and if I didn't have such a tight and far in advance schedule for games I will be releasing I would even consider making a 2D game again just try it myself. I look forward to your next dev log!

[@unimator]

yooo, you are the dude who made the 3D engine in Scratch !!1!1!

[@crazychicken8290]

hey its chrome cat

[@titiomoaghe1132]

Yay your back! you've been a huge inspiration for me to make games, Thanks Griffpatch!

[@elbert1837]

yes, another devlog that griffpatch probably will forget about like the previous ones

[@nayz_playz]

Hi griff! This is awesome! Every video suprises me more each time.

[@PixelMystic124]

This looks amazing! Great job!

[@FeniteFr]

Use this software is an awesome idea! Thank you Griffpatch!

[@sqk74]

I just started watching and I already know that this will be a masterpiece video as always

[@AMAQAS_Editz]

Nice Thank you for the help! Now I can add animations to my enemy in my raycasted level you also helped me make!

[@Acrew_22]

You know griffpatch, you really just seem like an amazing person. I love your videos and scratch games. Thank you for making my day when I’m feeling sad.

[@JoshKoledoye]

wowsers griffpatch you're always awesome!

[@ladywhyte3905]

Even though I've stopped coding on scratch I still watch your vids because they're so good.Keep up the good work

[@slothbunnyyt8289]

WHAT AN AMAZING VIDEO GRIFFPATCH TYSM :D

[@djcervera]

He didn’t forget the tile scroller! Please, bring back the series

[@trioOFmischief]

Can’t wait!

[@villeolof2000]

So fun! It’s so satisfying smooth!

[@MintyTheGloop]

This looks so smooth I will download spriter FOR SURE

[@petrosmathis9818]

This is so awesom, lately I've been trying to do animations but you've solved it for me! I have a request that you make a big game out of this and share it on scratch

[@gojo_shadow]

@griffpatch looking forward for your amazing video❤

[@jportz69420]

This is so awesome! I love your videos griffpatch, keep up yhe good work 🔥❤️

[@SaiponathGames]

Loved the video so much thanks Griff!

[@N8-Squared]

3:52 That pause caught me off guard. Like you are always so professional so to have you stutter was really funny

[@thatonegamer_4168]

I don’t think that this has much to do with the video but I just want to say thank you for what you do, I can’t imagine making this kind of stuff by myself so thank you for putting the time in for this. You are a good person

[@Me-ji7uq]

Can’t wait, love your content ❤

[@friz5920]

This is what I was looking for, thank you very much❤

[@aaravbahadurmathpal]

Wow i really wanted this devlog for looong time

[@leanne43678]

needed this! thanks griffpatch!

[@robinbyr976]

The goat is back, i've been waiting so much for a new video ! 🎉

[@justin32149]

I've been struggling to find a good animation software and this is just the thing I need Griff patch thanks ❤

[@VeryCrazyDude]

ooh I can't wait to see the final product

[@Inkof9]

This is super helpful! I’ve been looking for a vector animation software

[@DragonsAreCoolScratch]

I can already see this will be an incredible game! The animations are really smooth and I now want to try making something similar myself!

[@griffpatch]

Go for it!

[@FruityFartLover]

I see u everywhere I am @blackrob183

[@Sefaw-mv8ii]

This game is really unique so far and has some potential. Although I think the blocks just need a little bit more polishing, like some sort of outline. But either way this is sick.

[@sqjrhrod]

I had a combination of flu and covid over the holidays so I understand your pain, oh my god this seems so cool!! Will be tagging along :), may steal the spriter animation software for my recasting game 😭

[@fantasimos]

WoW, you are a scratch GOD, griffpatch ❤ You Tutorial are awesome. The helps me many times

[@yountenjamtsho7715]

You mean GOD?

[@Abdo-the-dark]

​@@yountenjamtsho7715I think he wasn't muslim🫤

[@AGamerOnScratch-xw9vx]

you mean God? ☝️🤓

[@DINOCLAYFILMS]

Thanks Griffpatch for introducing this software to me 👌

[@alicksukhanov3417]

Thanks for the awesome scratch tutorial!

[@CoconutNut100.2.0]

3:34 there is actually a scratch addon called HD uploads to solve that exact problem! It allows you to import images as vector's instead of bitmap's to get better quality.

[@Hujufugu]

I love your devlogs.

[@dextertheio2857]

This is accualy pretty cool! keep it up!

[@raunakqg]

Nice i was looking for this!

[@itsmevvezgg5723]

GREAT VIDEO (I need a part 2 IM SO ENGAGED IN THIS!)

[@jennysejinlee]

You always show me the infinite possibilities of Scratch

[@Mable321]

The premiere was awesome!

[@lightenxiao1872]

Exactly what I needed!

[@Its.a.me.wavey_]

finally a good animation tutorial that wont give me a headache

[@cringeSpeedrunner]

I saw this on the discord, now it’s here as a video!

[@danielalemrangg15]

you helped me so much griffpatch

[@Jenaispasdinspi]

thank you griffpatch! Always wanted to do real animations for my scratch projects, I made a little yellow robot hopping around :))

[@betankreeper]

Holy Roly Poly Crawling in Guacamole, this is very cool

[@Robloxkid37643]

Nice Job Making a Character Animations!

[@Tech_devv]

Yay a new griffpatch video!

[@thatpenguin965]

Dude this is really helpful, could be used even out of scratch

[@user-sl6og6ug1h]

I love your tutorials they explain very well

[@user-by2io7zv2t]

That is impressive for a first animation. Not bad!

[@-MEK-]

I can’t believe you actually did the video!

[@DJLENZ-CODER]

I love it 😻

[@rockets4lifegaming]

it's always a great day when griffpatch uploads edit: i tried to install spriter but it didn't work very well (some files were missing) edit 2: griffpatch how did you make it work

[@user-ee8mz1jn4e]

you helped me griffpatch thourgh to make scratch projects that impresses my 4th other grade students 1 year ago when i was in a 4th grade student

[@ummdana294]

Nice progress

[@user-kt1sk1yu3r]

If you make it so that there are two types of moveable blocks. Others are such that when you move a block from under it, it moves with it. Others, on the other hand, are those that keep the X position the same, even if a block is moved from under it. (so that it drips down)

[@tommyanepicgameer]

I like how you say "Bug, squashed!" :)

[@VXOLET_123]

Amazing tutorial! :)

[@christaltaylor473]

i realyy like how this game is coming together

[@DJLENZ-CODER]

Really cool griffpatch

[@lupus-griseo]

This man is the icon of scratch at this point

[@Woody1775]

The intro and the “hello fello scratchers!” never gets old

[@leanne43678]

Love ur projects

[@MaliacaKit]

Fantastic video! Can't wait for Geometry Dash #13 (GD#13) It'll be worth the wait!

[@princem7349]

Thanks Griffpatch ❤

[@brandonseupersad7916]

This is soo cool!

[@ColecraftYt]

This is so cool Griffpatch

[@enderfire3379]

thank you this is rather useful for me currently

[@officialgoofymonkey]

AMAZING!

[@rojuscoolgamer9648]

Griffpatches tutorials are good👍👍

[@griffpatch]

Glad you like them!

[@PRCN142]

@@griffpatch Hi When I Was Not Very Good At Scratch I Used You Tutorials All The Time Thanku For The Help I Loved Your Mobile Joystick Tutorial

[@rojuscoolgamer9648]

​@@griffpatchThanks to you I know how to use all scratch blocks

[@SleepyLuigi]

It looks really good

[@Richard_Nixon-mr6rq]

He's back!

[@VolteonYT]

I really hope you feel better soon Griff

[@AndyNation78]

cool! thanks

[@Devious_Cone]

I love your videos griffpatch you are my favorite youtuber keep up the good work

[@kubapozniak]

This is awesome

[@waveoflife4128]

Nice! ❤❤❤

[@Scratcher_developer]

Hey Griff, hope you get better from Covid!