Mesh Animation for Unity

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Your objects feel dead. Mesh Animation fixes that - no animator, no bones, no shaders. Add one component. Pick from 13 ready-made effects. Hit Play.

⭐ HOW IT WORKS

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One component on any MeshFilter object. No ScriptableObjects, no prefab variants, no setup scenes.

• Add animations via the Inspector - any new effect appears automatically, no hardcoded lists
• Six trigger types: Hover, Hold, Proximity, Impact, Scroll, Spawn - enable only what you need
• Colliders auto-update each frame so physics follows the deformed shape
• Scrub any animation in Edit Mode - no Play Mode required

✅ WHAT'S INCLUDED

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💥 Hit Squash

• The mesh flattens on impact and snaps back like rubber.
• Hit a crate from above - it squashes down, then bounces back up.
• Control which part absorbs the hit: top, bottom, or centre.
• Want it to stay crushed? Toggle "Return to Original" off.

🫧 Death Bloat

• The mesh puffs outward like an inflating balloon, then collapses.
• Flip to Inward mode for the opposite: a vacuum-suck implosion.
• Add auto-destroy after collapse for instant cleanup.

🌊 Jelly Tap

• A wobbling wave spreads out from exactly where you touched the mesh.
• Poke a jelly cube - the ripple starts at your finger, not the centre.
• Works from any world-space point, so every tap feels unique.

🌬️ Breathe

• The mesh gently expands and contracts on a loop, like it's breathing.
• Perfect for ambient life - a sleeping creature, a pulsing orb, a living wall.
• Amplitude and falloff control how dramatic the pulse feels.

🏗️ Building Emerge

• The mesh rises up from underground with a satisfying squash-and-pop landing.
• Spawn a building, a character, or a prop as if it's erupting from the earth.
• The mid-air squash and snap on landing make every appearance feel physical.

🌀 Twist

• Vertices rotate around an axis - like wringing out a wet cloth.
• A pillar winds up, holds, then unwinds back to rest.
• Yoyo mode swings left → right → centre for a pendulum feel.
• A curve controls how much each part of the mesh participates.

🔴 Dent Impact

• Hits leave permanent dents that accumulate across multiple strikes.
• Hit a metal panel repeatedly - each blow leaves a deeper crater.
• Dents follow the surface curve, so craters look correct on rounded meshes.
• Includes an undo stack to reverse individual hits if needed.

🔵 Shockwave Ring

• A ring-shaped ripple expands outward from the impact point.
• A bomb explodes - a visible wave rolls across the ground mesh.
• Control ring width, speed, and how fast the wave fades out.
• Multiple rings stack together when hits overlap.

🤸 Stretch Pull

• The mesh stretches from one end toward the opposite side like taffy.
• Pull a character upward - the body elongates and the base squashes down.
• Volume-conserving squash keeps the overall silhouette believable.

🌫️ Morph Noise

• The surface breathes and writhes with layered Perlin noise over time.

💦 Melt Droop

• Vertices above a horizontal line start drooping downward.
• Lower the melt line progressively for a real-time melting effect.

📄 Crumple Collapse

• Each vertex collapses with its own timing and wobble,
• so the result looks like paper being crumpled - not a uniform shrink.
• Three modes: random chaos, peeling from the outside inward,
• or pure timing noise for a subtler organic collapse.

💨 Vertex Scatter

• Vertices fly apart in all directions, then fall and settle.
• An explosion sends debris outward with realistic gravity pull.
• Restrict scatter to the top half of the mesh for a surface burst.
• Call Reseed() before each hit for a unique pattern every time.

🔧 ARCHITECTURE

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• One component - MeshAnimation - on any MeshFilter object. No ScriptableObject assets, no prefab variants, no setup scenes.
• Add animations via the "Add Animation" button in the Inspector.The menu is auto-populated - any new effect subclass appears automatically, no hardcoded lists.
• Scroll, and Spawn. Enable only the sections you need;disabled sections have zero runtime cost. Supports bothLegacy Input and the new Input System package.MeshAnimationInteract: a single interaction component with six independent trigger types - Hover, Hold, Proximity, Impact,
• Collider sync: MeshCollider, BoxCollider, SphereCollider, and CapsuleCollider all update automatically each LateUpdate so physics follows the deformed shape.
• Edit Mode preview: scrub any animation in the Inspector without entering Play Mode. The mesh updates in the Scene view in real time
• You can also create an animation template and save it in Scriptable Objects for quick integration later on

⭐️ Feedback and feature requests are always welcome.