Useful assets

The asset store holds a vast array of good and not so good offerings, some free, some reasonable, and some just down right ludicrous.

Based on what we have covered in this book, the following are some prebuilt alternatives you can use if you don't want to roll your own; above all, they are highly rated and reviewed:

• LeenTween isn't just a powerful tweening solution (a framework that will create transitions smoothly between two points, like animations), but it also has a very robust and easy-to-use messaging system bundled with it. It is available at https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/#/content/3595.

  For more details on how to use LeanTween or its event dispatcher (messaging), visit the DentedPixels website, http://dentedpixel.com/.

  You might also find some other interesting topics there (my favorite being procedural textures scripts).

  Tip

  Also what's noteworthy on the store is a very in-depth review of all the competitor tweening solutions and the pros/cons of each...