Rotating in the Direction of Movement 2D (Unity Tutorial) @KetraGames

Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

In this Unity game development tutorial we're going look at how
we can rotate a 2D object so that it faces the direction it’s moving in.

The final script from the video can be found here - dotnetfiddle.net/zyxR2c

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00:00 - Introduction
00:15 - Setting up the Scene
01:13 - Creating a script to move the character
04:40 - Making the character rotate
06:28 - Handling sprites of different orientation
07:52 - Summary

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