Happy Harvest | 2D Sample Project

Happy Harvest is an official Unity sample project showcasing a range of 2D tools and techniques using the Universal Render Pipeline (URP).

Explore a top-down farming simulation demonstrating how lighting, animation, Tilemaps, shaders, and visual effects can be combined to create a polished 2D world.

Core Features:

• Dynamic 2D lighting and shadows
• Day-to-night lighting cycle
• Secondary Textures with normal and mask maps
• 2D skeletal animation and Inverse Kinematics (IK)
• Sprite Libraries and Sprite Swap
• Tilemap environments and Rule Tiles
• VFX Graph, Particle System, and Shader Graph effects
• Reusable artwork, scripts, and gameplay content

Learn More:

• Happy Harvest Unity Blog
• 2D light and shadow techniques in URP
• How to animate 2D characters
• How to create art and gameplay with 2D Tilemaps
• 2D special effects with VFX Graph and Shader Graph
• 2D game art, animation, and lighting for artists
• Unity Best Practices Hub
• Explore the project files on Unity Samples

Getting Started:

Open the MainMenu scene to play the demo.

• Restart the Editor if prompted when enabling the new Input System
• This is a complete project and will override the settings and packages of an existing project

Compatibility:

• Made for Unity 2022 LTS
• Uses the 2D Renderer in the Universal Render Pipeline (URP)

Licensing:

All the assets can be repurposed and added to your own projects. Review the full licence for usage and redistribution terms: Unity Companion License