Preface

The Unity engine has revolutionized the gaming industry, by making it easier than ever for indie game developers to create quality games on a budget. Hobbyists and students can use this powerful engine to build 2D and 3D games, to play, distribute, and even sell for free! Unity 4.3 dramatically reformed the way developers could create 2D games when they included sprite rendering, 2D physics, and sprite key-frame animation. Unity 4.6 further shook the gaming world by adding a new and elegant UI system that perfectly complimented the 2D games developers began creating. Now, Unity 5 has arrived! And this text will explore all the wonderful features it has to offer for 2D game development.

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