A complete tutorial explaining how to create a very basic 2D platform game for Android with touch-screen controls in Unity.

The Genie is out of the bottle for gaming, with GoogleDeepMind's AI model now capable of taking an image and turning it into a platform game.

That's Eron: a short 2D platformer for Windows, Linux and Mac. Eron is the work of David Mulder, a solo developer working with assets from the Unity store.

In a world filled to the brim with excellent platformers, how do you create a new game in the genre that does something a little different? Well, how about stripping away all of the features that ...

The timeless appeal of the 2D platformer has nothing to do with mere nostalgia.

This 2D sidescrolling platformer is fantastic for beginners to the genre since it gently guides you through new stages with Kirby's yarn moves unlocking at specific intervals.

The reboot of the 2D platformer was something no one thought would happen again, but lo and behold, it did and in a big way. Could the 3D platformer come back in the same fashion?

In part two of this tutorial we look at adding hazards, multiple platforms, ground detection and much more to create a basic but fun platformer.