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Unity3D Is Prepping To Roll Out A Number Of 2D Improvements

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Gaming on 13 June 2016 at 07:28 AM EDT. Add A Comment

Developers behind the Unity Game Engine have announced the 2D Experimental Preview with new features.

The Unity 2D Experimental Preview is offering up new and experimental 2D features for the engine. Some of the 2D features being baked include 9-slice sprites, an outline editor, a sorting group component, sprite masks, 2D physics improvements, tile map improvements. and more.

Those interested in making 2D games out of Unity can learn more about the 2D Experimental Preview via this Unity3D.com blog post.

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