Animating Sprites in Unity

Animations are absolutely key when it comes to making your video game or project feel like they’re coming to life. They simulate movement by quickly cycling through a series of pictures or sprites — and in this case, I’m going to be animating the Triple Shot Powerup from my previous article.

Unity makes it super easy to do this with 2D sprites. To navigate to the Animation tab, you go to Window > Animation > Animation. Alternatively, you can open it by pressing CTRL + 6.

Once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to see the Animation tab, like so:

Depending on what you’re animating, you can drag and drop the assets or sprites as necessary into the player.

Press the Play button and the Sprite will now be animated!