Hey, my friend and I were wondering what the easiest way to start a 2D sidescroller is in Unity. We’re just amateurs and realized 3D wasn’t really working out. If you wanna tell us what would be more simple and a great place to start for an amature.
Thanks a lot.
a good start is to go through the 2D platformer tutorial.
It’s not “2D” as in sprites, but it works on the 2D mechanics and shows you how to make 2D or 2.5D
I would also looking into picking up EZGUI and SM2(SpriteManager2).
SM2 is great, I would also recommend it.
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