by ppcStudios » May 16, 2003 @ 5:25am
I generally use a single surface for an animation object. For example, a man walking may have 8 different directions, each with say 10 frames of animation. My image would be a 10x8 array of sprites all loaded onto a single surface. Then you just need to update the x coordinates of the source rectangle depending on the animation frame, and the y coordinates depending on the direction of movement.
Sprites and the framerate
