Gem Hunter Match - 2D Sample Project
Gem Hunter Match is an official Unity sample that showcases 2D lighting and visual effects in the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) for Unity 2022 LTS.

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- Category:
- Essentials › Tutorial-projects
- Developer:
- Unity Technologies
- Price:
- FREE
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- Supported Unity Versions:
- 2022.3.41 or higher
- Current Version:
- 1.6
- Download Size:
- 30.92 MB
- Last Update:
- Oct 13, 2024
- Description:
- Gem Hunter Match is a cross-platform sample project that demonstrates the capabilities of 2D lighting and visual effects in the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) in Unity 2022 LTS. It's a sample slice of the popular grid-based, match 3 genre that shows developers and artists how to use multiple 2D light techniques to make static objects and casual gameplay more visually appealing.
The techniques used in the sample include:
* A Sprite Custom Lit Shader Graph to apply custom lighting per tile
* VFX Graph to create glare and ripple effects
* Tilemap system for gameplay logic and background board visuals
* UI Toolkit for in-game UI
* 2D Animation package for smooth skeletal animation and Inverse Kinematics (IK)
* Sprite mask and render texture to add the character to the UI
This sample is a great starting point for creating great-looking 2D dynamic lighting in match 3, word, and card games. You can add the sample content to your own creative (non-commercial) projects or add your own systems, graphics, levels, or collectables to the sample.
To get started, open the Main scene in the Scenes folder, or any of the levels directly, and press Play. You control everything with the mouse or touch screen; swipe gems to line up at least three of the same color, remove blockers like the wooden box by matching next to it, or the rope, by matching the gems underneath it. Matches of more than three gems generate boosters and coins that you can use to purchase additional boosters in the shop when you complete a level.
Gem Hunter Match is distributed under the Unity Companion License and is available for use in your own projects. - Technical Details:
- Gem Hunter Match is made with Unity 2022 LTS, and uses the 2D Renderer in URP and the 2D toolset. We recommend that you open a new empty 2022 LTS project to view this sample project because it imports assets into the root/Assets folder.
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