v1.0.0 (Current Release)

June 2026

We are excited to announce the initial release of Animation Montages for Game Creator 2! This extension brings a powerful Unreal-style timeline authoring workflow and runtime wrapper to Game Creator 2, letting you design rich, animation-driven gameplay sequences without modifying core files.

Key Features:

• Normalized Timeline (0% - 100%): Timing is calculated as a percentage of the animation rather than raw seconds. Your event markers and curves automatically scale and stay in sync if you change clip lengths or playback speeds.
• Point Notifications: Define precise timing for gameplay cues (e.g., footstep audio, VFX bursts, camera shakes) to fire standard Game Creator 2 instruction lists.
• Range Windows: Define active intervals for interaction zones, precision snapping windows, combo buffers, cancel timings, or movement constraints. Executes distinct Game Creator instruction lists when windows open and close.
• Sections & Branches: Segment montages for looping, transition queuing, and combo sequences. Evaluate branch conditions to dynamically alter playback (e.g., jump, stop, change speed).
• Transform Tracks: Apply smooth, timed transform offsets directly to characters or targets with configurable easing, blending, and automatic restoration on end.
• Smart Coexistence & Layers: Play persistent animation States on multiple layers alongside one-shot Gestures, supporting layer and priority-based overrides that work with Game Creator 2's native interrupt rules.
• One-Click Examples Installer: Includes pre-packaged, zero-bloat interaction, combo, cancel, and locomotion example scenes that you can unpack with a single click.

Deep Game Creator 2 Visual Scripting Integration:

• 8 Actions: Play, Stop, Cancel, Pause/Resume, Speed Override, Set Branch Result, and Transform Track control.
• 8 Conditions: Check if playing, active windows, current percentages, notifications fired, and branch availability.
• 6 Triggers: Fire actions On Montage Started, Completed, Cancelled, Notification Reached, Window Opened/Closed, and On Branch.

Behind the Scenes:

• Built with modern UI Toolkit styling for a clean, responsive, and seamless Editor experience.
• Includes a robust Playmode Interactive Diagnostics panel inside the Animation Montage Player inspector to inspect active slots, layers, priorities, playback time, and external interruptions.
• Highly optimized UI rebuilds and PlayableGraph synchronization to prevent layout stutters or frame-gaps during looping.
• Shipped with an extensive test suite verifying timeline filters, search, frame math, loop behaviors, and character busy limb management.