Become an animation sensation with the new Dreams update!
If you like to move it, shake it, and other things of that nature, then do we have a treat for you. Our powerful new animation update is OUT NOW in Dreams!
The launch trailer for the Up and Animate 'Em update.
This update introduces a whole host of features that not only make animation in Dreams less costly in gameplay thermo, but also make the animation process much quicker and easier in general.
An animator dressed in orange flails around wildly in her workshop. Think of this as you BEFORE our super-useful animation update.
What kind of features are we talking, here? Well, for starters, the Action Recorder’s had a big ol’ glow-up - with new recording modes, and a new canvas view that makes it much more convenient to edit your footage in all sorts of ways.
A Cuthbert puppet toy is partway through a jaunty jig, with the action recorder showing all the recorded parts of his dance.
There are a bunch of handy animation system navigation shortcuts, and quality-of-life improvements to interacting with the Action Recorder. Oh, and there’s the ability to switch between animating in FK and in IK in a single Action Recorder - as well as plenty of visual tweaks and juicy optimisations. Phwoar.
A look behind-the-scenes of the animation of the wooden workshop roof caving in. Destroy environments more easily than ever with the new update!
If we’re really speaking your language with all these delicious technical details, you’ll probably want to have a read of these release notes. They also cover the release of our final batch of Dreams TLC features you'll find in the update, which includes support for hex codes, new third-person camera options for the controller sensor, and lots more!
And if you’d like some useful tips from our developers on how to make the very most of this huge new update to Animation, you can check out our handy guide.
Toy models of D-Bug and ELE-D stand in front of an action recorder gadget window, and a little sign saying, 'Up and Animate 'Em'.
Needless to say, our Molecules have been extra excited to bring you this update; it’s been a real game-changer for our own animation tinkering in Dreams, and we can’t wait to see what you all get up to with it!
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