How to Import a 2D Character Sprite Sheet and Use in a GameObject in Unity (2021)

Simple guide to bringing in 2d art assets, breaking up sprite sheets into individual frames, placing animation frames into animations as Unity understands it, and adding a couple necessary components for 2d game characters.

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Timestamps:
0:00 What to Expect
0:13 Extracting Files
0:56 Add Sprite Art to Unity
1:56 Creating Character Game Object
2:28 Image Settings for Pixel Art Spritesheet
4:40 Adding Sprite to Game Object
6:17 Setting Up Animations
8:39 Adding Move, Attack, Hurt, and Death Animations
11:02 Creating a Prefab for the Character
11:35 Animator Window Next Steps
12:46 Adding Rigidbody to Character
13:48 Adding Collision Shape
14:53 Creating a 'Floor' & and Testing Gravity
17:12 Video Wrapup & Next Steps

[JasonRobards]

Excellent tutorial. Clear, concise and a good tempo for the intended skill level.

[cube]

I liked how you explained the animations with sprite import too loved it

[itzaikohere]

i've literally been looking for a tutorial like this for so long, it's so satisfying to know i've finally found it.

[raploky]

Smooth and clear tutorial! Thanks for nicely done work

[SuperDutchrutter]

Super helpful, straight to the task at hand. Thank you.

[adammccraw]

This is one of the most straight forward and clearly explained tutorials I've found. Thank you for making this so easy.

[RafaelCosta-mkbn]

been looking for a decent tutorial for a while. Definitely saved me many hours of searching. Thank you!

[LoveOverEgo]

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[potato]

You need more subscribers, I was looking all night for a tutorial like this (I mean the animation and stuff)

[NewUser]

Thank you! I had a weird animation, but thanks to you I've solved the problem

[Senayoshy]

absolutely perfect and just what i needed, thank you!

[Commonwealthgoose]

Incredibly helpful! Thank you a ton for this video!

[karaknight]

This is super helpful and detailed, thank you.

[akx_edits]

Exactly what I needed, omg thank you so much. Literally had no one teach me and this is perfect knowledge to use for my asignments. Of course, the teachers at my college didn't know jack. THANKS A LOT

[ehluzion]

Thank you, this was really well explained and very helpful!

[argentumstaar]

This is absolutely beautiful, just what I needed. Thank you very much! :)

[slevinstayshere]

Thank you for this! A lot of other tutorials work with template assets and jump over this simple basic steps and finally someone explains it well (:

[bobekd]

thank you so much, i couldn't find anywhere how to transfer the character, and i was already thinking i would have to do it all over again. Even though I am Polish, I thank you.

[AlqueMeteor]

Very Useful and straight to the point, Thank you!

[nathancook]

Yes, thank you, you taught me tips that were not in my online class.