# How state-based animation works (/interaction-states-events-and-actions/concepts/how-state-based-animation-works) When you want to start adding animation and interactions to your scene, it's time to understand ***States,*** ***Events, and Actions***. State-based animation works by adding, well, you guessed it, multiple states to your objects. ### How to create an object state [#how-to-create-an-object-state] 1. Select an object. 2. Go to the **States** panel on the right sidebar and click the `+` icon. 3. You'll see two new states. The `Base State` (the state your object was already in) and another one called `State`. 4. The `State` will be automatically selected, meaning you're ready to start applying changes to your object, like changing the scale, position, rotation, color, etc. 5. Once you made changes to `State`, you can switch between `Base State` and `State` on the States panel to see the differences. *Read also:*\ [Animatable Properties](/interaction-states-events-and-actions/concepts/animatable-properties)