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4 directional character

BirdOne

I am making a 4-directional character. I figured I would make 3 skeletons. Up/Down and Right. For the left direction I would flip the right skeleton.

However when my character holds an item in his right hand, it becomes the left hand in the flipped variation. If my character kicks with his left leg, the character kicks with the right in the flipped variation.

Is there any clever workaround to do this, or should I make a 4th skeleton which is just a copied and flipped right-facing skeleton and then do the animations seperately?

Misaki

BirdOne To match the hand holding the item even if the skeleton is flipped, I think the general approach is to use method 2 of Spinebot's answer, which is to use skins for the asymmetric parts. Or, if the item images were not originally included in the skeleton and would be added at runtime, then the skeleton would only have empty slots for adding item images, and the visiblity would be switched to which slots they are in according to the direction the character is facing.

As for the kicking animation, I think the only way to match this would be to have a kicking animation for each leg and switch the animation that plays according to the direction the character is facing.

Spinebot

For a 4-directional character where flipping the right skeleton to represent the left direction results in incorrect hand and leg positions (e.g., an item in the right hand appears in the left hand when flipped), there are a few approaches you can consider:

Create a Separate Left Skeleton: This approach involves creating a fourth skeleton specifically for the left direction. This allows you to manually adjust and animate the skeleton so that items and actions (like kicking) are correctly mirrored from the right skeleton. This method ensures that your character's actions and held items are consistent with the direction they're facing.
Use Skins or Attachments: Another method is to use skins or attachments to swap out the items or body parts that need to be mirrored when the character flips direction. This can be a bit more complex to set up but allows for more flexibility if your character will be holding various items or performing different actions that need to look correct when mirrored.
Animation Tricks: For actions like kicking, you could potentially use animation tricks where the actual movement or action is slightly adjusted when flipped to better match the expected outcome. This might involve creative use of the animation frames to simulate the correct action without needing a separate skeleton.

Each of these methods has its pros and cons. Creating a separate left skeleton is the most straightforward way to ensure accuracy in the character's actions and held items when facing left, but it does increase the amount of work required for animation. Using skins or attachments offers flexibility but requires careful planning and setup. Animation tricks can be a creative solution but might not work for all actions or items.