Question Procedural control of animation. What are ways to do that?

Hello!

So, basically let's say we have a player that can perform a special attack: jump, hit the ground pushing everything away with some particle effects

With my knowledge this is what i got:

Code (CSharp):

1.     private IEnumerator Animate(Player player)
2.     {
3.         var playerRb = player.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
4.  
5.         // Jump animation
6.  
7.         playerRb.AddForce(Vector3.up * 15, ForceMode.Impulse);
8.  
9.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);
10.  
11.         playerRb.AddForce(Vector3.down * 50, ForceMode.Impulse);
12.  
13.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.15f);
14.  
15.         playerRb.velocity = Vector3.zero;
16.  
17.         // Push enemies back
18.  
19.         IEnumerable<Enemy> enemies = SpawnManager.EnemyList.Where(e => Vector3.Distance(e.transform.position, player.transform.position) <= 10f);
20.  
21.         foreach (Enemy enemy in enemies)
22.         {
23.             Vector3 directionAway = (enemy.transform.position - player.transform.position).normalized;
24.  
25.             enemy.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(directionAway * _knockbackStrength, ForceMode.Impulse);
26.         }
27.  
28.         Instantiate(_fxPrefab, player.transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
29.     }

But it seems very verbose and really hard to control, it also feels like using

WaitForSeconds 

is wrong because I have to nail down the timings and the timings may differ depending on the situation.

What are other ways to achieve what I want? How does one usually handle all that sequence of actions stuff with precise control over what part to execute next?

Thanks!

 

Was able to almost get rid of timings but I don't know...

Code (CSharp):

1.     private IEnumerator Animate(Player player)
2.     {
3.         var playerRb = player.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
4.  
5.         float jumpTime = Time.time + _hangTime;
6.         float startYPoint = player.transform.position.y;
7.  
8.         while (Time.time < jumpTime)
9.         {
10.             playerRb.velocity = new Vector2(playerRb.velocity.x, _smashSpeed);
11.  
12.             yield return null;
13.         }
14.  
15.         while (player.transform.position.y > startYPoint)
16.         {
17.             playerRb.velocity = new Vector2(playerRb.velocity.x, -_smashSpeed);
18.  
19.             yield return null;
20.         }
21.  
22.         playerRb.velocity = Vector3.zero;
23.  
24.         // Push enemies back
25.  
26.         foreach (Enemy enemy in SpawnManager.EnemyList)
27.         {
28.             enemy.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddExplosionForce(_knockbackStrength, player.transform.position, _radius, 0.0f, ForceMode.Impulse);
29.         }
30.  
31.         Instantiate(_fxPrefab, player.transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
32.  
33.         StopCoroutine(Animate(player));
34.     }