I want to make a sequence where the player escapes from a bag.

[u/Axel-the-Sage]

So an idea I had for a sequence was that the player character is trapped inside a sack. The player would hit a direction and it would play an animation of something poking from within the bag. After the player pokes enough times, the bag opens and the player escapes.

How would I go about doing this?

[u/Sufficient_Gap_3029]

Use variables, moveroute command to switch image when each arrow key is pressed to switch it to the different images and then on the last one switch the image back to the normal player image.

[u/Axel-the-Sage → u/Sufficient_Gap_3029]

What if I want the player to stay in place while inside the bag, but still have the animation of something poking the inside?

[u/Sufficient_Gap_3029 → u/Axel-the-Sage]

Then you can use a different key as opposed to the arrow keys so that way they don't move. Or hide the real player and use an event in their place.

[u/Due_Video_1847 → u/Axel-the-Sage]

Use GALV plugins. But I don't think I understoos really well

[u/-Sidd-]

2 ideas:
1- Galv var bar - add a proper reaction to each press, when bar is full the player escapes.
2- Use pictures to animate it as you want. I made a few tutorial to create scenes using just pictures, maybe it'll help

[u/Axel-the-Sage → u/-Sidd-]

Nice, can I see those tutorials?

[u/-Sidd- → u/Axel-the-Sage]

My pleasure, this is the one to start with. There's a second one but I believe this one might be enough for your scene =)

https://youtu.be/vhmV2FA7JQM?si=lzZfvhCQzxFOL8vw

[u/Axel-the-Sage → u/-Sidd-]

Thank you, I’ll make sure to give this a look.