Desktop Mascot Maker

Desktop Mascot Maker - DirectComposition Edition is a Unity asset that allows you to display characters and animations created in Unity as Windows desktop mascots (desktop accessories).

Key Features

• High-Performance Rendering: GPU hardware acceleration using DirectComposition + Direct3D 11
• Zero-Copy Texture Sharing: Direct sharing of Unity RenderTexture on GPU, eliminating CPU transfer
• Significant CPU Load Reduction: 70-90% reduction in CPU usage compared to the previous version (v2.2.0 GDI/WinForms edition)
• Alpha Mask Window: Cell-based window shape formation modeTwo Window Modes:Rectangle Window: Fast and lightweight rectangular window mode
• Context Menu Support: Display custom menus with right-click
• IL2CPP Support: Supports both Mono and IL2CPP build backends
• Rich Event System: Handle mouse and window events with UnityEvent

❌ Previous Version Issues:

• High CPU load (texture copy from GPU→CPU every frame)
• GDI/GDI+ is not GPU accelerated
• Issues with DPI scaling in high-DPI and multi-monitor environments
• Only Mono build backend supported (no IL2CPP support)

✅ DirectComposition Edition Improvements:

• 70-90% CPU usage reduction (zero-copy processing on GPU)
• Hardware acceleration via DirectComposition
• Full support for high-DPI and multi-monitor environments
• IL2CPP build backend support

⚠️Notice

• The target platform is Windows only.

Forum

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Demo Program (for Windows)

This asset includes "Unity-chan!" model (Ver1.2). The "Unity-chan!" model is licensed under the original EULA "Unity-Chan License (UCL)".

You can download latest "Unity-chan!" model here:

Unity-chan! official website