Play dead

An animal on four legs plays dead: it goes down and rolls over onto its side, its legs out, still.

Use it in a cartoon Change it in the move maker The pack file (JSON)

What it is for

The dog trick, or an animal knocked out in a game. It is what Fall dead plays on four legs.

The principle it shows: a roll is a tilt

Lying on its side is the body tilted over, not turned: it goes down first, then rolls (its tilt) until its side is on the ground and its legs stick out to the side. Still is the point: after the roll nothing moves.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  show the side view
  at the same time:
    — 1:
      glide dy 0 over 0 s
      glide dy 93.75 over 0.5 s (in)
      glide dy 162.5 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 2:
      glide part:root~side 0 over 0 s
      glide part:root~side 0 over 0.5 s (in)
      glide part:root~side -6 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 3:
      glide torso 0, part:torso~tilt 0 over 0 s
      glide torso 0, part:torso~tilt -28 over 0.5 s
      glide torso 0, part:torso~tilt -84 over 0.4 s
    — 4:
      glide head 0 over 0 s
      glide head 8 over 0.9 s
    — 5:
      glide tail 0 over 0 s
      glide tail -20 over 0.9 s
    — 6:
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #2 20, right leg #3 20 over 0.9 s
    — 7:
      glide left leg #0 0, right leg #1 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #0 -15, right leg #1 -15 over 0.9 s
    — 8:
      look sleepy
  wait 0.9 s

0 s — the body up 0, the body side 0, torso 0, head 0, tail 0, front legs 0, back legs 0, the face sleepy.
0.5 s — the body up -30, the body side 0, torso 0 tilt -28.
0.9 s — the body up -52, the body side -6, torso 0 tilt -84, front legs 20, back legs -15, head 8, tail -20.

Try this

Take 0.9 s over its first change instead of 0.5 s: a slower play dead.
In the program: ramp · over 0.5 → 0.9
Sink the body to 121.9 instead of 93.75: a lower play dead.
In the program: ramp · to.dy 93.75 → 121.9

How it differs from the others

Lie down rests on its chest, upright; Loaf tucks everything in.

Works on

The two in the film above, and what the move turns on each: worked out by the build, which plays the move on each body and checks what moves. Nobody types this table.
Who	Moves?	What moves
Sunny (one of the six people)	yes	whole body, turns, head
Grump (an animal on four legs)	yes	whole body, head, front legs, back legs, tail, ears

c4c:beh:play_dead · version 1.0.0 · c4c-free · by Jabbertoon