Unity is a great game engine that implements the animate everything philosophy, which allows you to visualize even the most creative gameplay ideas. Through the course of this book, we will learn a variety of recipes that will help you unleash the power of Unity 5.x animation tools and make your games more fun.

In this first chapter, we will get more familiar with using skeletal animations in Unity. It will guide you through the process of importing such animations, editing them, and assigning them to your in game characters. This knowledge is essential for understanding recipes described in further chapters.