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2D Tilemap is a powerful tool that provides you with a simple way to create

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2-dimentional environments, based on the grid layout.

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In 2018.3, Unity is adding support

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for a new type of grid

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which will allow you to make isometric levels

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the like of which can be seen in:

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Pillars of Eternity

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The Banner Saga

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Shadowrun, and many more.

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In addition, since 2018.2,

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Unity also support hexagonal grids

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which are commonly encountered in strategies,

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and other turn-based games.

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In this video, you will learn how to setup

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the new isometric and hexagonal tilemaps,

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as well as all the essential workflows

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that will help you get started.

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Be sure to check out the demo project[br]in the video description,

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if you'd like to use the demonstrated assets yourself

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Tilemap has been a part of the editor since 2017.2

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and doesn't require any additional package downloads to work.

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To use the new tilemap grids,

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you just need to make sure

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that you are on the right version of Unity.

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You are going to need 2018.2 or higher for hex tilemaps.

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And 2018.3 onwards for isometric。

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Tilemap consists of several components working together.

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First we have a grid GameObject.

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This create your chosen grid type in the scene

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and gives you further options to customize its parameters,

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such as the cell size.

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We can then attach one or more tilemap game objects to our grid.

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Once we have a tilemap,

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we need to create a palette which will hold our tile assets.

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You can access the tile palette menu

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from Window -> 2D -> Tile Palette

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From here, you can create new palettes

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corresponding to each of the different grid types.

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You can add tiles to a palette

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by simply dragging the sprites from the Project Window onto the palette.

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Once you have a tile ready,

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select it with the brush tool,

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and choose the tile map game object you wish to paint on.

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If you go back to the scene view,

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you will now be able to start painting with your tile.

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Your isometric or hexagonal grid can hold more than one tilemap.

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You can use this to place some decorative objects on top of your tiles.

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Or to create elevation levels and buildings.

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You can change the sort order of the new tilemap,

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so that it renders on top of the previous one.

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You can also change the tile anchor setting,

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to place your tiles on the higher point relative to the grid.

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If you're using isometric tiles, you could also use a Z as Y tilemap,

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and create elevation by simply changing the Z position of the tiles.

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There's an example available on the 2d tech demos repository,

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where you will find a scripted brush

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that lets you adjust the set value dynamically as you paint.

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You can find a link to the repository down in the video description.

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At some point you will likely want to add collision to your tiles.

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For this purpose you can use a Tilemap Collider 2D component,

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which will automatically generate collision shapes for each individual tile.

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In the tile asset settings,

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you can adjust the type of physics shape each tile has.

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You can change the collider to be either sprite based or grid based.

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If your tile has a grid Collider,

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its collision shape will match exactly with the shape of the grid cell

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it is attached to

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With a Sprite Collider you can add a custom physics shape to your tiles

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by using the sprite editor.

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Once you have a tilemap collider,

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you might wish to merge the individual shapes into one

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by using a Composite Collider 2D

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As you can see tilemap offers a simple and fast[br]solution to creating physics shapes.

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If you have characters in your top-down[br]game,

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you will most likely want them to be able to

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go behind and in front of objects on your level.

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In this case

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be sure to set the sort mode on the tilemap with your objects

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to "Individual".

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Now if your character sort order is the same as that of the tile map

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it will appear to go behind and in front of the tiles on that tile map

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You could adjust the sort order dynamically

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to move the character to higher or lower elevation levels

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If you want to speed up your world building with tilemap,

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you can use Rule Tiles to extend your tile presets.

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For example, you could make it so that when you're painting a certain type of terrain,

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the correctly oriented tiles are chosen automatically for you.

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You could also randomize different variations of the same tile.

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Rule Tiles can save you a great amount of time in creating complex 2d environments.

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The new hexagonal and isometric Rule Tiles are now available

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on the 2d tech demos repository.

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So feel free to go ahead and check them out for yourself.

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Of course you're also able to extend tilemap with your own tile types.

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Take a look at the featured documentation to learn more

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Hopefully, this video has taught you some useful workflows for the new types of tilemap.

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There's a lot more you can do,

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but these basics will be a good starting point

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if you want to try them out yourself.

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You may also want to check out some of our tilemap blog posts,

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including the one on procedural generation by Ethan Bruins.

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The assets used in this video are available down in the link below

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and are free for you to use as you wish.

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As always, we're looking forward to seeing all the awesome projects

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that you will create using unity's new tools.

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Please share your creations and feedback on the unity forum