Is Anima 2D going to be still updated and supported in the future ?

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Hi, we are looking in having some rigged animation in our future games while still having most of our visuals animated by frames through TK-2D. We'd animate mostly environmental stuff like trees and vegetation.

I learned how to use anima 2D a little while ago and finds it has everything I need. We were wondering if Anima 2D will keep on being supported and updated since it's developper has integrated the Unity team and Unity now has a new rigging feature : https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/2d-animation-samples/blob/master/Documentation/2DAnimation.md

Thank you.

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Answer by ow3n · Dec 07, 2018 at 11:56 PM

@Alex-7575 I have this question too. At Unite LA 2018 they demo'd a skeletal animation tool that looked just like Anima2d with a few changes, however they made no mention of Anima. Just found this "preview" in the Package Manager UI https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.2d.animation@1.0/manual/index.html I suspect the best parts are being integrated into Unity as a package but have no way to confirm.

UPDATE: According to this article integration is indeed the plan. So if you are reading this in Dec 2018, the future looks uncertain for Anima2d, though the "preview" version has a "no backwards compatibility" disclaimer. "Sergi Valls will be working to build the same features directly into the core software." and “The end result will be seamless and not a Unity with Anima2D preinstalled.”

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ow3n · Jan 01, 2019 at 12:06 PM 0

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Tutorial with 2D Animation tools in Unity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXIuizGzY2A

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Answer by LilGames · Feb 01, 2021 at 07:41 PM

Anima2D is now discontinued. https://forum.unity.com/threads/discontinuing-anima2d-consider-2d-animation-for-skeletal-animation-in-unity.1037605/#post-6786146

It will not work with 2019.3 and newer.

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