idle animation
Waiting character fidgets
An idle animation is the subtle movement a video game character performs when the player isn't pressing any controls—shifting weight, looking around, scratching, yawning.
These loops keep characters from appearing frozen and lifeless during pauses in gameplay: Leave Mario alone long enough and he'll tap his foot impatiently.
The term extends to any default animated state in software interfaces.
- video gameElectronic interactive visual entertainment
- loopCurve closing on itself
- fidgetRestless small movements
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- waitingRemaining in expectation
waiting around · blink · stance · standing still · twitch · rest · pause · standby · character · sprite · cycle · subtle · sway · yawn · stretch · shift · weight · ambient
- animationcartoon, cartoons, toons, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny
- pixel artpixel art, sprite, sprite art, pixel perfect, dithering
- sprite assetswalk cycle
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