Unity 2D toolset includes many new features for dynamic lighting, materials, shaders, and post-processing. Find out how to unlock these tools for big artistic and workflow gains.

1. GenerativeArt—MadewithUnity
Power to the Artists:
The Evolution of 2D
Game Tools

2. The speaker
Rus Scammell
Technical Product Manager, 2D
Unity Technologies
@rustumscammell

3. Animation
Sprite Rigging
● Skinning Module
● Sprite Skin
2D in Unity
Worldbuilding
Layouts
● 9-Slice
● Tilemap
○ Rectangular
○ Hexagonal
○ Isometric
● Scriptable Tile
● Scriptable Tile Brush
● Sprite Shape
Foundation
Data
● Sprite Data
● Sprite Atlas
● Sorting Group
● Axis Distance Sort
● 2D PSD Importer
Visuals
● Sprite Renderer
● Sprite Mask
● Pixel Perfect Camera
○ Cinemachine
Pixel Perfect
extension
Simulation
● Rigidbody2D
● 2D Colliders
● 2D Composite
Collider
● 2D Joints
● 2D Effectors
Graphics Physics

4. AnimationWorldbuildingFoundation Graphics Physics
In pre-release
Layouts
● Sprite Shape
○ Stretched Corners
Sprite Rigging
● Sprite Swapping
○ Sprite Library
○ Sprite Resolver
Simulation
● Rigidbody2D XY
Position Constraint
● Per-frame
Auto-Simulation
● Improved Edge
Collider
Visuals
● 2D Renderer in
Universal RP
○ 2D Lights
○ 2D Shadow Caster
○ Shader Graph
Masternodes
Data
● Improved 2D
Template
● Sprite Atlas v2

5. The future
Continued focus on:
● Stability
● Performance
● Workflows

6. 2D outcomes in Lost Crypt

7. Lost Crypt
● A collaboration between B2tG
and Unity
● Goals:
○ Use in-development tools
together
○ Raise visual quality bar
for 2D in Unity

8. Outcomes in Lost Crypt
Organic 2D world Bone-based character Natural Lighting

9. Organic 2D world
Aspects Features
● Organic shaped terrain
● Dappled light
● Pollen and dust
● Sorting Groups
● Sorting Layers
● Sprite Shape
● 2D Lights
● Particles

10. Bone-based 2D character
Aspects Features
● Sprite rigging
● Physics-controlled joints
● 2D Animation
● 2D PSD Importer
● 2D Physics
○ Rigidbody2D
○ 2D Colliders
○ 2D Joints

11. Natural Lighting in 2D
Aspects Features
● Achieve natural lighting
● Changing lighting for different times
of day with
○ Scripts
○ Gradients
● 2D Lights
○ Global Lights
○ Point Lights
○ Sprite Lights
○ Freeform Lights

12. Where can I get it?
2D Packages
● Package Manager
● New 2D template in 2020.1 onwards
Physics examples on GitHub
github.com/Unity-Technologies/PhysicsExamples2D

13. Where can I get it?
Get the Lost Crypt sample project
from the Unity Asset Store
tinyurl.com/LostCrypt

14. ● Drop by the 2D forums here:
forum.unity.com/forums/2d.53/
● We want to hear about your projects and teams
● Share your workflows with us
● Tell us what works, what doesn’t, and what we
might have missed
Keep making amazing 2D experiences in Unity 😃
Let’s do this together

15. GenerativeArt—MadewithUnity
Thank you.