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2D games face challenges when it comes to meeting players’ visual expectations. Developers must deliver sophisticated animations, changing camera angles, cutscenes, a sense of depth, immersive, versatile gameplay.<\/p>\n
While 2D is expressive, adding 3D elements adds greater depth. 3D animated characters can be easier to animate (for example, in isometric 2D games ) and you can use different camera angles or make close-up cutscenes with 3D characters. 3D props can also create unique gameplay situations or reinforce depth.<\/p>\n
In Unity 6.3 and beyond, 2D projects using the URP 2D Renderer can now blend 3D elements into the 2D world with the 3D-as-2D workflows. Under the same renderer, 3D elements using the included Mesh-2D-filter materials or any Shader Graph sprite-based shader (with 3D-as-2D compatibility enabled) can be rendered and sorted in the 2D world.<\/p>\n
In the new 3D-as-2D workflows, 3D GameObjects behave like sprites in sorting layers, will receive 2D lighting, and can even be masked using a 2D mask.<\/p>\n
To demonstrate all these possibilities we created the new sample, Bunny Blitz.<\/p>\n