ComicCreator - Animate a Story, Joke or Ad

Overview

ComicScript is an animator that turns a simple story or script into a web animation. The script can be a simple natural language description of what you expect to happen in the animation:

Currently there is support for a handful of settings, actors, commands and props, but more are added daily. Check back soon for more.

ComicScript Editor

ComicScript is not just a player, it also has a full designer embedded in it. Just click this button to expand the above player into the full designer:

Show Editor

The editor is also available from the "Edit" button in the lower right corner of the player view (in the play bar). To reduce back to the player, just click again. In the designer, the button is labeled "Player".

Easy Page Embed

Animations can easily be embedded in web pages with just a few lines of script.

• <script src="http://reportmill.com/cs/ComicScript.js"><\script>
• <script>
•   ComicScript.show("container", script);
•   var script = "Setting is beach. Lady walks in. Lady waves." +
•     "Lady says, I'm glad to see you! Lady walks out.";
• <\script>

Technology

ComicCreator was built with the following tools:

• SnapKit A Java UI Kit for rich apps (Github)
• TeaVM A Java to JavaScript transpiler

Updates

2/6/19:

• Improvements for player sizing
• Support to embed in webpage
• Added player controls

1/17/19:

• Added support for walks, waves
• Added support for jumps, dances
• Added app banner at top