(Unity) HOWTO : Add 2D Characters to a Scene

Follow this brief video demonstration to add your character image (usually a PNG file) to your unity scene.

• Drag your image file from your filesystem to the Unity Editor’s “Project” pane.
• Click on these new images within your project pane, then visit the inspector pane on the right side of the editor. Change the Texture type to “Sprite”, then click the “Apply” button at the bottom of the inspector.
• Drag the image asset from your project pane into your “Scene” view. The 2D character should now be visible in the 3D scene as a new gameobject (you should be able to see its name in the “Hierarchy” pane to the left.
• Move, rotate, and scale your new gameobject to your liking.

…And then play your game to test it out!