Creating a platform game with Tiles and Tilemaps

One of the powerful 2D tools introduced by Unity is the Tilemapper. In this recipe, we'll create a simple 2D platformer, building a grid-based Scene using some free Tile Sprite images:

 

Getting ready

For this recipe, we have prepared the Unity package and images you need in folder 08_07.

Special thanks to GameArt2D.com for publishing the Desert image Sprites with the Creative Commons Zero licence: https://www.gameart2d.com/free-desert-platformer-tileset.html.

How to do it...

To create a platform game with Tiles and Tilemaps, follow these steps:

1. Create a new Unity 2D project.
2. Import the provided images.
3. The tile Sprites we've using for this recipe are 128 x 128 pixels. It's important to ensure that we set the pixels per unit to 128, so that our Sprite images will map to a grid of 1 x 1 Unity units. Select all the Sprites in the Project | DesertTilePack | Tile folder, and in the Inspector set Pixels per Unit to 128:

4. Display the Tile Palette panel, by...