Random Organic Movement in Cavalry

Mastering procedural animation in Cavalry can be challenging, but in this tutorial, I break it down for beginners step by step. You'll learn how to create organic, random movement on shapes using core techniques, including duplicators, color arrays, noise behaviors, and falloffs.

We'll cover:

• Building a random movement grid
• Blending between duplicator setups
• Animating a wave-like falloff effect

You'll also discover tricks for controlling randomness, avoiding unwanted patterns, and looping animations seamlessly. Explore more at cavalrycourse.com.

Inspired by @TristanYoung on Scenery and @TheVideoShop – check out their work!

Timestamps

• 00:00 - Introduction
• 01:45 - Setting up a duplicator
• 03:14 - Using a color array for variation
• 06:38 - Creating a random distribution of color
• 09:56 - Adding procedural noise movement
• 14:56 - Blending duplicator setups with blend submesh positions
• 20:20 - Creating a falloff animation
• 23:38 - Looping seamlessly