

Go to its inspector, click again the 3-dotted button and select Paste Component Values. To do that, select the camera that we created earlier.

Next, let’s apply the copied values to our camera. So go ahead and select your player, navigate to its inspector, and copy its transform position by clicking on the 3-dotted button and selecting Copy Component. Now, the next thing we need to do is to make sure that the position of this camera is the same as our player. Navigate to your hierarchy and create a new camera. This is what we’re going to do as it is much faster and easier to customize. The second camera is for the minimap which is mostly placed above the player and pointing towards the player from an orthographic projection. One is for the player which could be like what the character above is using (Third person camera) or a first-person camera. Most minimaps are created using two cameras. We’ll start this project with the following scene.įeel free to use your pre-made scene but we highly recommend that your scene contains a player character that can move around so you know that the minimap is working. In addition, the L.V.E 2019 – Lava & Volcano Environment 2019 asset will be offered for FREE during the sale with the coupon listed below. So to make things fast and easy, we’ll create a very simple minimap like below.īut before we proceed, we just want to mention that starting today, we’re pleased to announce a new sale featuring assets by Unity Asset Store publisher, NatureManufacture!Īll assets from NatureManufacture will be on sale for 50% off from January 18, 2021, through January 22, 2021. Some minimaps provide coordinates, some minimaps provide a button to change the theme of the minimap. However, time depends on how much information you wish your minimap to be displaying.


In fact, you can create a minimap system in less than 10 minutes. Well, to be fair, creating a minimap does NOT actually take that much time. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a circular minimap that displays the player’s position in just 10 minutes. Now that begs the question, how do you actually create a minimap? Most minimaps are circular like in the image below: Most games like role-playing games provide a feature where players can identify their current location or the NPC’s location.
