In the previous two lessons, we looked at how to create 2D animations for your player GameObject in Unity on a timeline (using sprites and sprite sheets), and how to configure the transitions between the different animations using the Animator. In this lesson, we will look at how to control when each of these animations plays using code written in the C# programming language. We will add this code to the existing ‘PlayerController.cs’ script created in earlier lessons in this course.

These are the three steps involved in creating player animations:

1. Create each of the player animations

2. Configure the animations in the Animator

3. Control when the animations play with C# code (this lesson)