Objective: To understand what an Input Action Asset is in Unity. What is an Input Action Asset? This type of asset in Unity holds the bindings and control schemes with their associated Input Actions into an Action Map. It is an asset that sits in your project folder in Unity and can be simply created by…

Objective: To get your next Unity project setup with the New Unity Input System. It is time to get started with a new project and of course that calls for a new article series! This series is going to concentrate on the New Input System in Unity and no better…

Objective: To remove the player input while a Timeline sequence is playing in Unity. I have just finished up the ‘Combining Cinemachine and Timeline to Open a Treasure Chest in Unity’ article and have noticed that the player still has full control while the sequence is playing. …

Objective: To combine both Cinemachine and Timeline to create a cinematic opening of a treasure chest. I have recently posted a couple days ago the article the showed how to open a treasure chest using Timeline. …

Objective: To show you how to build an interactive security camera system in Unity using different Cinemachine cameras. Let’s say you have a scene and the main character needs to move past a bunch of security cameras (possibly down some hallways) and you have access to watching them. Now let’s…

Objective: To create a Timeline animation of a Treasure Chest opening with a weapon coming out. Let’s continue putting the pieces together of everything we have learnt with Timeline in Unity so far. This time, we are going to create a treasure chest opening animation sequence with a weapon coming…

Objective: Using Timeline, Cinemachine and sequenced character animations, let’s create a cutscene of a running race with the winning character raising their arms in victory and then limping off injured. It’s time to have a little fun and create a running race scene using some of the concepts we have…

Objective: To learn how to use the Animation Override Track feature in Unity’s Timeline. Following on from the Character Animations in Timeline article, let’s now take a look at how to use the Animation Override Track feature in Timeline. You will only find this when you right-click on the ‘Animation…

Objective: To learn how to make Playback adjustments using Signal Emitters in Unity’s Timeline. By accessing our Playback controls from Timeline through code, we are able to create some runtime scenarios such as pausing a cinematic cutscene with the spacebar or holding down the Esc key to end the cutscene…