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Color Animation

Animate material colors over time for visual effects.

Introduction

Animating colors creates effects like pulsing health bars, glowing objects, or dynamic lighting. This example smoothly transitions a cube's color using sine waves on the RGB channels.

from pybevy.prelude import *
import math

Setup

def setup(
    commands: Commands,
    meshes: ResMut[Assets[Mesh]],
    materials: ResMut[Assets[StandardMaterial]],
) -> None:
    commands.spawn(
        Mesh3d(meshes.add(Cuboid.from_length(2.0))),
        MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(Color.srgb(1.0, 0.0, 0.0))),
        Transform.from_xyz(0.0, 1.0, 0.0),
    )
    commands.spawn(PointLight(shadows_enabled=True), Transform.from_xyz(4.0, 8.0, 4.0))
    commands.spawn(Camera3d(), Transform.from_xyz(-3.0, 3.0, 5.0).looking_at(Vec3.ZERO, Vec3.Y))

Running the App

@entrypoint
def main(app: App) -> App:
    return app.add_plugins(DefaultPlugins).add_systems(Startup, setup)
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main().run()

Running this example

Use PyBevy's hot reload feature to run and develop this example. If you don't have PyBevy installed, check out the Quick Start guide.

$pybevy watch color_animation.py

The code will reload automatically when you make changes to the file.

From Python to Rust

Notice how the core concepts in the code—Commands, Assets, App, and Systems—are identical to the original Bevy example?

This is the power of pybevy! It lets you learn Bevy's powerful, data-driven architecture in friendly Python.

When your project grows and you're ready for maximum, native performance, you'll already know the concepts to start writing systems in Bevy Engine with Rust.