2D Content WorkflowsUsing Popular Authoring Tools with Unity

Brett BibbyUnity Evangelist/Field Engineer

Southeast Asia & Hong Kong

Content Workflow

Content Workflow

Content Workflow

Content Workflow

ExtendScript

• Free IDE from Adobe that allows you to create and debug scripts for Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, After E!ects, Fireworks, Bridge, Dreamweaver, InDesign and a few others

• Write scripts in Javascript

ExtendScript

Content Workflow

Content Workflow

Importing in Unity

• Write an importer that understands the intermediate XML

• Can’t use AssetPostprocessor because you can’t create files then

Data class to hold deserialized XML

Editor class to process to import the data

Authoring Games in Photoshop

1. Use meta-data to tag Groups and Layers

2. Export using ExtendScript that outputs the imagery and meta-data as intermediate files

3. Import using Unity’s editor scripting to process the intermediate files into the final desired format

Anime Studio

Anime Studio

• Simple animation tool

• But it’s scriptable!

• Uses Lua, love it or hate it

No Limits!

• Flash exporter

• https://github.com/grapefrukt/grapefrukt-export

• ScriptableObject assets for animated and static sprites

• See Tim Cooper’s talk on serialization to learn more

Summary

• Leverage your 2D art tools and Unity

• Let each tool do what it's best at

• Give meaning to your assets where possible using meta-data

• Take the leap into editor scripting, you won’t regret it

Questions?

• Email: brettb@unity3d.com

• Skype: bibbinator

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