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feat(anim): animation ergonomics — named clips, Anim.play/Motion.to, frame events, fluent Tween handles (#48)
The ergonomic layer over the engine-owned SpriteAnim/Motion systems (#43):

- Named clips: Anim.clip("run", frames, fps, mode) registers a clip by name and
  Anim.play(entity, "run") plays it; Anim.play(entity, fps, frames, mode) sets
  the clip directly. A name-keyed registry in systems.ludic.
- Frame events: Anim.on_frame(entity, frame) arms optional SpriteAnim
  event_frame/event_fired fields; the engine flags the tick the clip first lands
  on that frame, and Anim.fired(entity) reads it — the game reacts, so it stays
  inside the no-runtime-dispatch event model.
- Motion.to(entity, from, to, dur, ease) starts a value tween over the Motion
  component in one call (reflection-ABI writes, resetting the timer).
- Fluent Tween handles (runtime/native/tween.ludic): Tween.to / Tween.chain /
  Tween.delay build a sequenced, disposable handle advanced by a new engine-owned
  system (esys_tween, run each Update tick); Tween.value / Tween.done /
  Tween.parallel / Tween.stop read and control it. The 1-arg Tween.done(handle)
  is disambiguated from the 2-arg pure Tween.done(timer, dur).

Splicing: g_uses_anim_rt pulls in systems.ludic; g_uses_tween_rt pulls in
tween.ludic and inserts esys_tween into the Update phase. All integer and
deterministic, so animation and motion reproduce exactly under replay/lockstep.

Worked example + regression: examples/library/anim_sugar.ludic
(4 8 2 1 0 100 100 0 0 1 20 20 30 0 1). Twelve new docs pages (Anim, the new
Motion namespace, Tween handles). Full suite 77 passed, self-host C-free fixpoint
intact, no golden drift.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-31 16:53:16 +03:00

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---
id: anim-play
name: Anim.play
category: anim
kind: namespace-method
tokens: Anim.play
sig: Anim.play(entity, clip) | Anim.play(entity, fps, frames, mode)
tip: Start (or restart) a spritesheet clip on an entity in one call.
order: 30
ns: Anim
member: play
---
Starts a spritesheet clip on an entity's <code>SpriteAnim</code> component and rewinds it to its first cell, so gameplay swaps or replays an animation with one call instead of setting five fields by hand. Two forms: <code>Anim.play(entity, "run")</code> plays a <a href="anim-clip"><code>named clip</code></a> registered with <code>Anim.clip</code>; <code>Anim.play(entity, fps, frames, mode)</code> sets the clip directly (<code>mode</code> 0 loop, 1 once, 2 ping-pong). A no-op if the entity has no <code>SpriteAnim</code>. The engine advances the clip from there each tick.
Parameters:
- `entity` — the entity carrying `SpriteAnim`
- `clip` — a registered clip name (2-argument form), **or**
- `fps`, `frames`, `mode` — the clip rate, cell count and play mode (4-argument form)
```ludic
program Demo {
property SpriteAnim { ticks: int = 0, fps: int = 0, frames: int = 0, mode: int = 0, frame: int = 0 }
model Hero { SpriteAnim }
entry {
Anim.clip("run", 6, 12, 0)
spawn Hero { SpriteAnim { } }
let e = World.query_next(World.prop_id("SpriteAnim"), 0)
Anim.play(e, "run") # by name
Anim.play(e, 8, 4, 1) # or directly: 4 frames @ 8fps, once
quit()
}
}
```