How do I warp a Sprite?

Hi All,

Is there a way I can manually manipulate the shape of a sprite using C3?

Something like this:

If so, how do I even apply such feature?

Construct 3 does not natively support sprite mesh deformation. I don't know if there are any third party plugins for it.

I would look for a dedicated imaging program for this type of image manipulation. I believe Spine is a well known one, and Spriter 2 (not yet released) plans to support mesh deformation.

construct3.ideas.aha.io/ideas/C3-I-908

Although I'm on the fence for third party editors since we now have timelines.

Construct 3 does not natively support sprite mesh deformation. I don't know if there are any third party plugins for it.

I would look for a dedicated imaging program for this type of image manipulation. I believe Spine is a well known one, and Spriter 2 (not yet released) plans to support mesh deformation.

I see, so this is a limitation of C3.

I'm looking for a way for my users (who will use my software) to have more control, but I guess it's not possible with the built-in tools at the moment.

Although I'm on the fence for third party editors since we now have timelines.

I thought the timeline is for animating over time, not deforming shapes, but I may be confused after all I'm still a noob, I have much more to learn. :)

I thought the timeline is for animating over time, not deforming shapes, but I may be confused after all I'm still a noob, I have much more to learn. :)

It would probably apply more to bones.

You're going to want bones at some point, editing a mesh row by row takes far too long.

Then again that's a toolset thats possibly even more complicated than deformations, physics, inverse kinematics, chains, etc.

You're going to want bones at some point, editing a mesh row by row takes far too long.

Then again that's a toolset thats possibly even more complicated than deformations, physics, inverse kinematics, chains, etc.

If I could just make a deformation tool only for the OUTLINE of the shape, for example give it 4-8 points for the user to move around, a basic control to change the overall shape of the sprite. but... if there is no way to do it in C3, at least not for a non-advanced user like myself, maybe it is too much to ask from C3 to do at the moment.

People are experimenting with things, but it will be a while before we see a full implementation.

In the meantime:

construct.net/en/make-games/addons/315/deformquad

Thanks newt! I'll check it out :)