Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Shaders and 2D
Believe it or not, all 2D elements (even in their default state) are drawn using a
shader—albeit a specially written shader designed to light and draw the sprite in a very
specific way. If you look at the player sprite in the inspector, you will see that it uses a spe-
cial
Material
called
Sprites-Default
, as shown in the following screenshot:
Note
This section is purely meant to highlight all the shading options you have in the 2D system.
Shaders have not changed much in this update except for the addition of some 2D global
lighting found in the default sprite shader.
For more detail on shaders in general, I suggest a dedicated Unity shader topic as it is more
than I can cover here.
Clicking on the button will bring up the material selector, which also shows the two
other built-in default materials, as shown in the following screenshot:
