Chapter 4: Creating Animations with the Unity Animation System
Whether for 2D games or 3D games, if you want a game to be lively and interesting, good animation is essential. As a very popular game engine, Unity provides easy-to-use and powerful animation development tools. In this chapter, we will explore the animation system in Unity, sometimes referred to as Mecanim, to make Scenes and characters in your game not static, but dynamic. Then, we will demonstrate how to implement 3D and 2D animation in Unity with two examples. Finally, we'll cover how to improve the performance of the animation system in Unity.
We will cover the following key topics in this chapter:
- Exploring the Unity animation system's concepts
- Implementing 3D animation in Unity
- Implementing 2D animation in Unity
- Improving the performance of Unity's animation system
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to create 3D and 2D animations in Unity, as well as knowing...