Unity2D DevLog 02 — Player Acceleration

If you’re an avid gamer like myself, you are very familiar with sprinting mechanics. In short, this mechanic boosts your character’s speed to allow for short bursts of faster movement. Sprinting can assist the player move to objectives faster, evade attacks, or perform a long jump. As a mouse and keyboard jockey, reaching for the L-Shift to get a speed boost is as natural as breathing.
I will show you how I added this…