Learning Unity 2D Sprites

Learn the basics of how sprites work in Unity. Discover how to import sprites, create new GameObjects in a scene, optimize sprites, and create animations.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Introduction to Unity

• Create a new project
• Configuring the IDE
• What are scenes?

2. Working with Sprites

• Import sprites
• Create GameObjects
• 2D camera
• Cut up sprite sheets

3. Optimizing Sprites

• Texture compression
• What are draw calls?
• Sprite packer

4. Creating Animations

• Timeline animations
• Create new timeline animations
• Animation state machine
• Changing animations via code

Conclusion

• Next steps