Here is the Game Plan

Before moving ahead, I want to give a quick rundown of what we are doing. We have an object with two animation states: idle and moving. Idle is the default mode. We have created an idle parameter with the checkbox checked, which makes the condition true.

In the next section, we will write a script that has the following two main functions:

• If the object is selected, it changes idle from true to false or vice versa
• In the update function, it checks for two conditions: whether idle is true or false and to play the correct animation

When the application loads, you will see the two boxes; because idle is the default state, nothing will happen until they are selected. Once they are, they will move. If they are selected again, they will go idle once more:

1. With LeftRect selected in the Hierarchy view, search for the Inspector panel, scroll to the bottom, and click on Add Component:

2. Scroll down to New Script and select it.
3. Name the new script RectAnim:

4. Click on Create and Add.

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