Gameplay Camera Animations is now released!

[hollow plinth]

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlzcw3wZONw

💡 What is Gameplay Camera Animation? 💡
It’s your new go-to solution for dynamic, animated camera control in Unreal Engine. Plug it in, and instantly unlock the ability to play, blend, and reset camera animation sequences. No complicated setup, no code rewrites, no more fighting with awkward transitions.

🎬 Features Built for Real Projects 🎬
✅ Effortless Sequence Playback: Play, stop, blend, and loop camera animation sequences at runtime with a single Camera Modifier.
✅ Smooth Blending and Easing: Customize ease-in and ease-out durations, choose from industry standard easing curves for that extra cinematic feel.
✅ Control What Happens When the Animation Finishes: Take control of what happens after your animation with options like return back to start, keep final animation view-point, or use your own custom rotation. No more jarring camera snaps or awkward handoffs to the player.
✅ World & Relative Space Support: Whether your animations are authored in world space or relative to an actor, this modifier handles them correctly. Making it perfect for gameplay, cutscenes, and everything in between.
✅ Player Control Integration: Cameras hand back to gameplay exactly as you intend, aligning player control smoothly with the end of your animation.
✅ Automatic Sequence Management: Handles lifecycle, looping, random start times, and blending, so you can focus on creativity.

🚀 Why use Gameverse Gameplay Camera Animation 🚀

• Save Time: Spend less time wrestling with camera logic and more time making your project shine.
• Cinematic Quality: Every transition looks polished and intentional. Your players (and artists) will notice the difference.
• Empower Your Team: Artists and designers can set up camera animations without relying on engineering support.
• Works Where You Do: From gameplay cameras to cutscenes and trailers, this plugin adapts to your workflow, not the other way around.

[hollow plinth]

Camera Animation Sequences in Unreal sound like a great way to improve immersion in gameplay, not just for cinematics, but for things like:

• Dash, recoil or combat hit reactions
• Dialogue or interaction sequences
• Execution scenes and slow-mo finishers
• Any player driven event like walking up to a Point of Interest location in the world

I went in with high hopes and started designing animations tied to player character sequences, but quickly hit a wall with the default system.
I tested both the Gameplay Cameras Subsystem and the Camera Animation Camera Modifier, but the issues were consistent:

• Camera transform was always off (even when created around world origin)
• The handoff back to gameplay cameras was unpredictable
• There's no clean runtime control or proper blending

It just didn't feel like the system was meant for dynamic, runtime gameplay at all.
More like a leftover tool from Matinee-era workflows. So... I built something new.

🎯 I created a custom Camera Animation Plugin based on the Camera Modifier system, and finally got the results I was aiming for.
It supports everything from cinematic dash effects to hit reactions, transitions, cutaways, even full-on sequences with clean blending and runtime control. I also added features I didn't originally plan for once I saw how flexible the base system became.

👉 Bonus: One big pain point was animating the camera with reference to character movement/pose. So I also made a short tutorial on how to animate cameras properly in Sequencer with a skeletal reference.
You can check it out here (useful even without the plugin): https://youtu.be/SegdWCT91r4?si=8HmCIK2lF0G5eHNM

I would love to hear:

• Have you tried using Camera Animations in gameplay?
• Did you run into similar issues?
• Would a runtime-friendly system like this be useful in your projects?

Open to feedback or questions, just excited to finally share this!