did a minor tweak

Assets/Scripts/MeanBird.cs

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+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+public class MeanBird : MonoBehaviour
+{
+    // Start is called before the first frame update
+    // public Movement controller;
+    public Animator animator;
+    [SerializeField] float runSpeed = 5.0f;
+    // private Rigidbody2D m_Rigidbody2D;
+    private bool attack;
+    private Vector3 direction;
+    Transform player;
+    [SerializeField] float detectRange;
+
+    private float accelTime = 1f;
+    private float elapsed = 0f;
+    private float t;
+
+    //constructs an NPC using parameters
+
+    void Start()
+    {
+        player = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").transform;
+        animator.SetInteger("Animation", 2);
+    }
+
+    // Update is called once per frame
+    void Update()
+    {
+        // if(Movement.pause) {
+        //     animator.SetFloat("Horizontal", 0);
+        // }
+        // if (animator != null && !Movement.pause) {
+        //     animator.SetFloat("Horizontal", (horizontalMove/Mathf.Abs(horizontalMove)));
+        //     animator.SetBool("Airborne", !controller.m_Grounded);
+        // }
+        
+
+    }
+
+    private void FixedUpdate() {
+        if(!attack) {
+            direction = player.position - transform.position;
+            if(direction.magnitude < detectRange) {
+                attack = true;
+                animator.SetInteger("Animation", 3);
+                Debug.Log("attack");
+
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            if(t < 1f) {
+                t = elapsed / accelTime;
+                t = t * t * (3f - 2f * t);
+            }
+            else {
+                t = 1f;
+            }
+            GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().MovePosition(transform.position + direction.normalized * runSpeed * t / 100f);
+            elapsed += Time.fixedDeltaTime;
+        }
+    }
+    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision) {
+        if (collision.tag == "Player") {
+            collision.GetComponent<Health>().takeHit();
+        }
+    }
+}