{"id":20564,"date":"2023-09-08T15:36:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T22:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=20564"},"modified":"2023-09-11T13:14:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:14:22","slug":"tynker-toolbox-the-character-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/tynker-toolbox-the-character-creator\/","title":{"rendered":"New and Improved! Tynker’s Character Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’ve been coding with Tynker for a while now, you might have noticed that Tynker has several kinds of actors. Some actors like Codey or the Dragons are created using the Character Builder<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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You can think of these Character Builder-created actors as rigs<\/em><\/strong> that can use common animations, for example: Throw<\/strong>, Run<\/strong>, or Jump<\/strong>. Rigs are in groups<\/em><\/strong>, according to their size and their animation abilities and perspectives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teens <\/strong><\/strong>are large, customizable rigs that have 2D animations perfect for platformer games and stories. You can change their faces, outfits, and skin tones to your exact liking! These are brand-new!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kids <\/strong>are smaller rigs that have animations in four directions, side-to-side and front-to-back. This makes Kids great for \u201ctop down\u201d games as well as platformers. They have a HUGE number of available animations in various perspectives, including cool Sports Moves<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Monsters <\/strong>are little gremlins and trolls in the same style as Codey. They have a smaller number of animations like Walk<\/strong>, Jump<\/strong>, and Sleep<\/strong>, and they are only 2D. <\/p>\n\n\n

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You\u2019ll also see Rovers<\/strong> and even Dragons<\/strong> rigs, which you can explore on your own. <\/p>\n\n\n

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BTW. <\/em><\/strong>Actors that aren\u2019t created with the Character Builder use costumes for their animations, which means their costumes are simple static images. You can use the next costume<\/strong> blocks to animate these actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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