Creating a 2D game with Unity

Fengol

http://pixelnest.io/tutorials/2d-game-unity/

Chapters

• Install Unity and create your first scene
  
• Adding and displaying a background
  
• Create a player and its enemies
  
• Shooting (1/2)
  
• Shooting (2/2)
  
• Parallax scrolling
  
• Playing with particles
  
• Making some noises on music
  
• Menus - loading and restarting the game
  
• Build, release and deploy
  
• Conclusion
  

I thought this might be interesting for anyone who's struggling with the next 2D bits. I was particularly drawn to see the parallax scrolling and particles.

FanieG

@Fengol - Thanks for sharing this link. This is going to come in very handy.

DeadPixel

this is quite cool i think im going to give it a go :) saw @FanieG working on it when i was over at his place awhile ago looks fun :)

Bladesway

http://www.digitaltutors.com/learningpath/110-2D-Racing-Game-Series-in-Unity Personally I like this one, if you can afford it, the teachers are good and the source material is also awesome.

Tuism

Ah, saw this when I first researched for Unity 2D, it's quite good. Do however also go through the official potato 2D platformer thing, that's a great example set:

http://blogs.unity3d.com/2013/08/28/unity-native-2d-tools/

trobok

@fengol Great find, just the thing I was looking for thanks.

FanieG

@DeadPixel - also check out http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/2d/2d-controllers. It is the 2nd official unity 2D tutorial by Will Goldstone. It was super helpful too.

DeadPixel

cool will check it out :)