I made all the bones, auto-generated meshes for each of the layers, and used the Auto Weights feature to bind the bones. This allowed me to have an editable file in case I wanted to make some tweaks to the character.Īfter importing the PSB file into Unity, I rigged the character in the Skinning Editor. So I had two files for each character sprite: One was a source vector, and the other a rasterized version.

To import a character into Unity, I had to rasterize each layer and export the file as PSD (and change the file extension to PSB). I designed my characters using vectors, so each layer consisted of a number of paths.

To import the characters into Unity, I used the PSD Importer because it allows me to have the same layer structure and positions as in Affinity. Normal Painter Krita’s Tangent brush Sprite Illuminator Laigter Sprite Lamp Choose the technique that will give you the best results for the least effort. You will most likely have to make many assets for your game, so focus on the objects that will be visible most of the time and simplify other parts of the game. For example, when you need a concave spherical shape, you can rotate the sphere 180 degrees to create a hole.Ĭhoose the method of generating normal maps that’s best for you. But this can also be used to your advantage. When you have a cylindrical shape, you can take a part of the sphere, paste and stretch it.īe aware that when you copy and paste parts of normal maps and then rotate them, it breaks the shading. Start with simple shapes like boxes or barrels to understand how to do it correctly, and in time you’ll master this technique.Ī couple of shortcuts to note: When there’s a spherical shape, you can paste the normal sphere from your palette. Painting normal maps can be tricky at the beginning because it requires good spatial imagination. If you use an angle color that doesn’t make sense in context, the whole shape will fall apart when lit. However, keep the overall shape of the sprite believable.

One of the key points is demoing the game object brush which lets you paint copies of a trap or other scene object across your scene and snapping to the tilemap.Angle colors don’t need to be 100% accurate a few degrees won’t make a difference. Showing an example of level building for 2d games in Unity engine using the tilemap and tile palette tools.

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