Unity 5.x Cookbook

Flipping a sprite horizontally

Perhaps the simplest 2D animation is a simple flip, from facing left to facing right, or facing up to facing down, and so on. In this recipe we'll add a cute bug sprite to the scene, and write a short script to flip its horizontal direction when the Left and Right arrow keys are pressed.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we have prepared the image you need in a folder named Sprites in folder 1362_03_01.

How to do it...

To flip an object horizontally with arrow key presses, follow these steps:

1. Create a new Unity 2D project.
2. Import the provided image EnemyBug.png.
3. Drag an instance of the red Enemy Bug image from the Project | ...