Animation With Timers
Last time I talked about using timers for scheduling events by simply keeping track of a time limit and how much time elapsed. Another good use for timers is performing some action over time, such as modifying alpha to fade an object in or out, or sliding an object from one location to another. Let’s use the fading example. Fading is often done by animating transparency. The object starts out completely transparent, and gradually becomes less transparent until it’s fully…