Making a Hack’n’slash #5: Introducing combo attacks

Let’s keep developing our Hack’n’slash and add some attack logic to our hero!

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In the previous episodes, we saw how to import a 3D model from Adobe Mixamo and animate it according to its current “state” (Idle or Running). Our hero is now a little guard that moves around when we activate the keyboard or gamepad controls and stops when we release the key/joystick.

But of course, any hack’n’slash has to have to some fighting, too! So, in this tutorial, we are going to see how to design a simple attack system with 3-punch combos. This way, we’ll be able to do one quick light attack, a medium attack or even a full chain of punches:

Adding the attack states

Alright — first things first: let’s import some new punch animations for our character! Again, I went ahead and downloaded…