Exploring new features in Unity 2020
Before we start our first project, let's take a moment to look at the new features introduced since the previous edition of this book. We'll cover all of these, and much more!
Starting with Unity Hub, while not technically part of Unity 2020 (it is a separate application), it makes it easy to manage multiple Unity projects and versions. I will guide you through creating a new project using Unity Hub in this chapter. Once an empty project has been created, we will import assets using the new Package Manager — an easy way to manage a project's assets (more on this shortly).
In the world of 2D, a new tool called Sprite Shape will help us create more dynamic and flexible environments from within the Unity editor. Whether 2D or 3D, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an ever-evolving field, and not to be left behind, Unity has introduced a new machine learning toolkit called ml-agents. This is an exciting new way to create intelligent...