# Character animation (w/ actionscript mayyyybe?)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/character-animation-w-actionscript-mayyyybe/308309>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 20, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/character-animation-w-actionscript-mayyyybe/308309 "2010-04-20T20:42:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sachisachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@sachisachi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sachisachi)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/character-animation-w-actionscript-mayyyybe/308309/1 "2010-04-20T20:42:26Z")

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Hey guys! Posted here in stead of in one of the AS forums because I thought this might be the more relevant place.

So I want to be able to animate a fish that moves via the arrow keys. I have the script for coding the movement, but how do I go about animating the fish?

Do I animate his movements on the same timeline, e.g. left directional movement first, then his right, up, and down, (in any order), and convert the whole thing to a movie clip? Do I need to add any script in any frames?

Thanks!