Creating a 2D sprite doll animation with the Animation View

In this recipe, we will use a different approach: a 2D sprite doll animation. It is based on creating a 2D doll character with all its limbs as separate sprites and then animating those sprites using Unity's Hierarchy and the Animation View.

Getting ready

To create a 2D doll animation, first you need to prepare your character sprite sheet with all the limbs as separate sprites. See the following screenshot for reference:

You can also use the example project, and go to the Chapter 03 2D and user interface animation\Recipe 03 Creating a 2d sprite doll animation with the animation view directory. You can find the Example.unity scene there, with a Warrior character already animated in the scene's Hierarchy. In the Animation directory, you can find a Warrior.png sprite sheet with all the body parts of the character.

How to do it...

To create a 2D sprite doll style animation, follow these steps:

1. Import your character sprite sheet with all the...