Backgrounds and layers
Now that we have our hero in play, it would be nice to give him a place to live and walk around, so let's set up the home town and decorate it.
Firstly, we are going to need some more assets. So, from the asset pack you downloaded earlier, grab the following assets from the Environments pack, place them in Assets\Sprites\Environment, and name them as follows:
- Name the
ENVIRONMENTS\ STEAMPUNK\background01.pngfileAssets\ Sprites\Environment\background01 - Name the
ENVIRONMENTS\STEAMPUNK\environmentalAssets.pngfileAssets\Sprites\Environment\environmentalAssets - Name the
ENVIRONMENTS\FANTASY\environmentalAssets.pngfileAssets\ Sprites\Environment\environmentalAssets2
To slice or not to slice
As we progress through this book, you will notice that some assets are single textures, whereas others contain multiple images and you may wonder which method is best to create your assets and why it is best.
The answer (as it is in a lot of these situations) depends on the needs...
