What is unity animation events?

Unity Animation Events are special marker points that can be placed in an animation timeline that allow developers to trigger specific actions or behaviors in their game objects at specific points during a running animation sequence. Unity Animation Events can be used to perform a wide variety of tasks, from causing a character to jump, to playing a sound effect or spawning an object.

Animation events can be added to a Unity animation clip by opening the clip in the Animation window and selecting a specific frame where an event should occur. Once the frame is selected, a new event can be added by right-clicking on the timeline and selecting "Add Animation Event". The developer can then define a function or method call to be triggered at the designated frame.

Although Unity Animation Events offer a great degree of flexibility and customization to animators and developers, it is important to use them sparingly and wisely to optimize performance and avoid creating overly complex and convoluted animations.