How to get started with the splines package

Splines make it easy to work with curves and paths. This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Splines package to solve common spline use cases, animating a GameObject's position and rotation along a spline, instantiating prefabs along a spline to create environments, and more.

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Get all the assets used in this video for free from the Unity Asset Store to follow along with the tutorial:

Train scene:

Karting Microgame:

Viking Village:

WW2 Thunderbolt Airplane:

Practical Game Accessibility: Case study:

Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Drawing splines
2:01 - Curve types
2:54 - Splines for laying out prefabs
5:47 - Create geometry from splines
6:25 - Create a racetrack using splines
8:13 - Create a cutscene using splines
13:30 - Train animation
14:19 - Scripting for splines

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[telesgamelab]

Happy to see new tutorials being added here

[GameDevBox]

The recent tutorials released by Unity are pure gold! Thanks!

[knightoftheblood]

This tutorial came just when I needed it. Thank you!

[impheris]

i really appreciate this tutorials on specific features...

[iamQuicklearner]

Wow! today learned about spline feature. Thanks.

[bobhawkey]

I learned so much here! Thank you! I've been wanting to build a monorail sequence and this makes it possible. ❤🎉

[lemetamax]

You guys have been hoarding awesome and brilliant tutorials like this. Not cool!
This could've saved me hours of figuring out level design layouts.
Even back then I tried the spline tool but it was too challenging, but this video made it simpler. Thanks!

[vrfxrealtime]

Amazing thank you so much for this new package and the good introduction 🎉❤

[nishantkumarai]

Great Tutorial, I want to make road system and look there is tutorial. Thank you @unity

[janikcodes]

Okey, the racetrack example really blew my mind. Great new tool! Love it.

[aaronansay]

I really like this package but it lacks:
1. An intersection feature for the road, I know there is an example that has that but it just overlaps 2 splines which creates z fighting/planefighting issue. You can code an intersection yourself like what Game Dev Guide did though.
2. Create paths/roads for terrain.
It would be great if Unity provide this kind of features.

[alperturan]

That’s the way a game engine should follow, thank you! 🎉

[fiiqlvk]

Thank you very much! It would be interesting to see how to animate hands with weapons correctly)))

[_techniker_]

I see there is an animation feature splines, but what about a spline path follower? Is that possible so I can for instance put an object on the spline that moves along when force is applied to the object?

[BongokuhleChirwa]

I wanna learn how to make a game like Car Parking Multiplayer😢

[SuperZymantas]

spines in 2024 while all is on AI welldone :D

[CyberAngel]

Typical Unity, show how coding guidelines means nothing!! What is the point of distributing a Coding Guidelines, if Unity themselves can not adhere to this!! There is a lot of bad practices out there, without Unity adding to it!!

[hjkhjkfhtuyu]

As usual, with A LOT OF BUGS. Nice job Unity.

[Vldimir]

The year was 2024, Unity invented splines hahaha. Keep it up, in 15-20 years you will catch up with UE 4.26

[asdfsfdcccc]

Spline Extrude is really useless for road or river (or anything). Please add plane or tessellated plane shape.