Los Angeles, CA -- (SBWire) -- 12/03/2014 --Today, Mighty Fingers announced the release of their highly anticipated animation editor. Mighty Fingers has already established its online presence in the gaming industry, particularly in the development of HTML5 games, in addition to offering the free open-source HTML5 Mighty Editor on their website. Mighty Editor is an open source online tool, which allows game developers to prototype and host their games. Now, with the release of the animation editor, Mighty Fingers offers a new keyframe based animation tool which can create banners, mini-clips, cut scenes and pretty much anything animated. This offers an avenue to game development at a professional level not yet seen by the industry.
Currently, the interface has been made with minimal panels and pallets to reduce user confusion and to keep the work area focused on the game. Working with the animation editor, the user will be able to easily animate objects with defining keyframes, interpolate and add a tween between two keyframes, change FPS to adjust the speed of the animation, change the length of the movie and easily group objects. Mighty Fingers has expressed that they wanted to create an interface which presented a professional standard not seen on any current open source animation platforms while at the same time providing easy-to-use tools that are not daunting to those new to game and animation development. As a result, the user will be happy to find that the interface and usage is to that of the top market competitors, and Mighty Fingers hopes that those comfortable with paid programs will be able to navigate the Mighty Editor with ease.
In the past, animation software was been oriented to the flash market. However, recently the focus has been shifting drastically to the HTML5 platform, especially to Phaser based game and animation tools. The reason for this is that many devices simply do not support flash. In addition, flash based content often takes an extremely large budget and lots of time to develop fully. Mighty Fingers has stated that game programmers have become frustrated with using "industry standard" software that is not currently following the industry trends. Consequently, as HTML5 is the most available platform for web and mobile, Mighty Fingers developed the Mighty Editor to export in mobile compatible formats, and the new animation editor will do that as well. This means that all games, animations, clips and banners people create with the Mighty Editor will be capable of being played on web platforms as well as IOS and Android platforms without the need of reprogramming the entire game. This feature on an open source program is unique to the Mighty Editor as developers often have to choose between IOS or Android platforms. Also unparalleled by any online open source animation tool is the ability to embed elements within a webpage via iframe, exporting in json format, or adding them to an external webpage with only one line of code.
User interactivity of the Mighty Editor is extremely oriented to help save time while programming the game. The integration of a drag and drop asset panel makes loading components non-burdensome for the novice and expedites workflow for the professional. As with the Mighty Editor for games, the newly released animation editor is ideal for both the coder and the designer in that it separates the two aspects of the project into separate windows. Graphically, the drag and drop feature as well as the stamp and brush tool enables quick creations of backgrounds and assets. Sprite sheets are easily utilized within the program using both the graphics window as well as the Phaser based scripting. From a coding perspective, the drop down menus and contextual information presented allows for a more fluent workflow.
Previously, with the launch of the Mighty Editor, Mighty Fingers has also included an array of tutorials. These range in content from creating a simple Phaser game in less than an hour how to export the data created. The goal is to make game programming and development accessible and easy to understand for all those which want to embark upon a game development project as well as provide real world examples of games which have been proven within the gaming industry to be successful. The same ideology drives the introduction of the animation editor, bringing viable and easy-to-implement animation solutions to the end user on a free, open-source basis.
The release of the animation editor presents a new avenue for potential animators and gaming developers. Where in the past animation tools were limited to those who have extensive coding knowledge and a large development budget, the Mighty Editor makes it possible for developers to now make their visions come to life quickly and hassle-free, for a fraction of the budget The goal of releasing the animation editor is to provide a means for both novice and experienced animators and game developers to create a more diversified creative market.
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