Oh Boy, This is Starting to Feel Like a Real Game — Importing Sprite Sheets for Animation in Unity

It hasn’t been that long since I started working on my top-down shooter. I already have my player reacting to user input and some enemies spawning intermittently. I can shoot them down and be destroyed by colliding with them. This project is starting to feel like a real game!

IMPORTING SPRITES

The new sprites are making a big difference in the look and feel of my game. In this quick walkthrough, I would like to take a moment to outline how to import new sprites and sprite sheets into your project and convert them to GameObjects ready for animation.

You can import a new asset into your project in one of three ways:

• On the menu bar, you can select Assets, Import New Asset. A file explorer window will open. You can navigate to the assets you wish to include and click on the import button.

• You can right-click in the Assets window of your…