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Embark on a guided experience where you unlock free assets, prepare to get Unity Certified, and earn shareable badges to demonstrate your learning to future employers.
Unity Essentials
Pathway
Foundational
+600 XP
2 Weeks
Designed for anyone new to Unity, this guided learning journey is your first step toward gaining the background, context, and skills you need to confidently create in the Unity Editor and bring your vision to life. Experience hands-on learning as you discover what’s possible with Unity and unlock free assets to support you in creating your best projects. Completing this Pathway will equip you with the foundation you need to further your learning and specialize in your area of interest.  
Junior Programmer
Pathway
Foundational
+3000 XP
12 Weeks
Welcome to Junior Programmer! Designed for anyone interested in learning to code or obtaining an entry-level Unity role, this pathway assumes a basic knowledge of Unity and has no math prerequisites. Junior Programmer prepares you to get Unity Certified so that you can demonstrate your job-readiness to employers.
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Guided learning experiences
Gain the Unity skills you need to advance your goals and bring your vision to life.
Unity Essentials
Pathway
Foundational
+600 XP
2 Weeks
Designed for anyone new to Unity, this guided learning journey is your first step toward gaining the background, context, and skills you need to confidently create in the Unity Editor and bring your vision to life. Experience hands-on learning as you discover what’s possible with Unity and unlock free assets to support you in creating your best projects. Completing this Pathway will equip you with the foundation you need to further your learning and specialize in your area of interest.  
Junior Programmer
Pathway
Foundational
+3000 XP
12 Weeks
Welcome to Junior Programmer! Designed for anyone interested in learning to code or obtaining an entry-level Unity role, this pathway assumes a basic knowledge of Unity and has no math prerequisites. Junior Programmer prepares you to get Unity Certified so that you can demonstrate your job-readiness to employers.
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Importing Assets
Tutorial
Beginner
+10 XP
5 Mins
During development of any project in Unity, there will be a need to import assets, whether they be 3D or 2D. Assets come in various file formats such as .fbx, .png, and .tga. These are just a few, but are commonly used in Unity development. In this tutorial, you will learn different ways to bring in your assets.
Recommended Unity versions
2019.4
Unity Essentials
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Rigging a Sprite with the 2D Animation Package
Tutorial
Beginner
+10 XP
20 Mins
In development at Unity is a 2D Animation package that allows you to rig Sprites as one might rig a 3D model for animation. In this tutorial, you will go through the process of importing the 2D Animation package and rig a sprite ready to be animated. You will learn about all the features of the 2D Animation package, including Bones, Weights and Sprite Skins.
Recommended Unity versions
2019.4
Art & Animation
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Working with Animation Clips
Tutorial
Beginner
+10 XP
20 Mins
In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up animation clips in Unity after they have been imported from an external application, such as Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender, via an FBX file.
Recommended Unity versions
2019.4
Unity Essentials
Art & Animation
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Animating a Sprite with the 2D Animation Package
Tutorial
Beginner
+10 XP
15 Mins
Once you’ve rigged your Sprite with Unity’s Skinning Editor, the process of animating it is identical to animating any other animateable property in Unity.
Recommended Unity versions
2019.4
Art & Animation
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Working with SpriteShape
Tutorial
Beginner
+10 XP
15 Mins
SpriteShape lends an organic, hand-crafted feel to projects by allowing you to tile Sprites along a path, rather than the typical grid pattern.
Recommended Unity versions
2019.4
Art & Animation
Working with Hexagonal and Isometric Tile Shapes
Tutorial
Beginner
+10 XP
30 Mins
In addition to square and rectangular tile shapes, Unity can also create hexagonal and isometric tile maps. In this tutorial, you'll experiment with hexagonal and isometric shapes, and learn how to configure their size, swizzle, and position.
Recommended Unity versions
2019.4
Art & Animation
Introduction to Tilemaps - 2019.3
Tutorial
Beginner
+10 XP
20 Mins
Unity’s Tilemap system makes it easy to create and iterate level design cycles within Unity. It allows artists and designers to rapidly prototype when building 2D game worlds. In this tutorial, you'll create a Tilemap and explore the Tilemap system including Tilemap settings, and you'll use the Tile Palette to edit your Tilemap.
Recommended Unity versions
2019.3
Art & Animation
Introduction to Sprite Editor & Sheets - 2019.2
Tutorial
Beginner
+10 XP
30 Mins
The Sprite Editor is used to take images with multiple elements like a Sprite Atlas or Sheets and slice them into individual Sprites. This allows importing optimized Sprite Atlases and retrieving the individual elements as needed without the need to have a handful of separate Sprite assets. In this tutorial, you'll learn to create and edit Sprites and Sheets.
Recommended Unity versions
2019.2
Art & Animation
Platformer Mod: Decorate Your World
Tutorial
Foundational
+10 XP
10 Mins
Decorate your level in the Platformer Micro-Game with some fun Prop Prefabs.
Recommended Unity versions
2018.4 - 2019.3
Unity Essentials
Art & Animation
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For Educators: Curriculum Guide
Tutorial
Beginner
10 Mins
Making a spinner in Unity is a great entry-level project to get students to think about programming and development. This series was created with students in middle/high school in mind, but it could be used for younger and older students with modification on how the content is presented. Learn more about teaching ideas in this video and by downloading the curriculum guide here.
Recommended Unity versions
4.x - 2019.1
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