[Book] Character Customization in Unity

Check it out at https://jettelly.com/store/mastering-character-customization-in-unity

Designed for Unity developers working on both 2D and 3D projects, Unity Character Customization: Modular 3D and Spine 2D is a complete guide to building scalable and flexible character customization systems from scratch in Unity 6. You will start by learning how to modify 3D models, materials, and textures in real time, then attach modular parts, build an intuitive customization UI, and integrate your characters directly into gameplay. The book also shows you how to change textures and colors dynamically and save player choices so customizations persist between sessions. For 2D games, you will explore how to work with Spine animations, swap skins and body parts, and customize character colors on the fly. With practical, step-by-step instructions and a modular structure, this book ensures that whether you are creating stylized RPG avatars or animated 2D heroes, you will have the tools needed to implement robust customization systems in Unity.

This is a playable build of the 2D character project: https://jhocking.itch.io/2d-character-customization

You're taught how to import a 2D character animated in Spine, build controls with UI Toolkit, use Scriptable Objects for configuration, serialize data as JSON, etc.