Christina Creates Games
Unity UI tutorials and game-building guides on YouTube: layout groups, masks, drag-and-drop lists, card systems, the new Input System, UI shaders and modular level design.
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- Create a rebind menu for Unity's new input system!
Build a key rebinding menu with the new Input System, using binding overrides instead of reassigning inputs.
youtube.com · Oct 2026 - Tap vs Hold on the same key with Unity's new Input System
Assign different actions to tapping and holding the same key with the new Input System, with little code.
youtube.com · Sep 2026 - Struggling with the new input system in Unity? Watch this.
A simple way to use the new Input System through a ScriptableObject that any script can react to.
youtube.com · Aug 2026 - How to create a basic card battle system in Unity
Prototype a basic card battle system: set up skills and attach them to cards, building on a sortable UI list.
youtube.com · Jul 2026 - Sort your UI lists by dragging! (also removes from them and moves to other lists)
Build a UI list sortable by drag and drop, working with horizontal, vertical and grid layout groups.
youtube.com · Jul 2026 - What I learned about using Unity Timeline to create a short film
What she learned making a short film with Unity Timeline: how she built it and which assets she used.
youtube.com · Jun 2026 - How to create a shader for expressions and use it on your Synty Character
Create a shader that shows a range of facial expressions on a Synty POLYGON character's face.
youtube.com · Jun 2026 - How to Change the Faces of Synty Characters
Switch the faces of Synty characters with a customisable face-plate system.
youtube.com · Jun 2026 - How to create a UI Dangle and Wave juice effect in Unity
Build a reusable dangle-and-wave effect for UI elements to add game feel.
youtube.com · May 2026 - How to create a UI card flip animation in Unity
Build a UI card flip animation as a component you can attach to any UI object.
youtube.com · May 2026 - How to Create a Star Rating System in Unity (UGUI)
Build a star rating system with UGUI that supports both half and full stars.
youtube.com · Apr 2026 - 25 Unity UI Tips to Speed Up Your Work (and enjoy it a lot more)
25 UGUI tips, from hotkeys and editor settings to layout tricks and presets, to speed up UI work.
youtube.com · Mar 2026 - How to create a collapsing sidebar in Unity
Build two kinds of collapsing sidebar: a standalone overlay and one that works inside a larger layout.
youtube.com · Mar 2026 - How to create a list with flexible entries on your Unity UI
Build a scrollable UI list whose entries adjust their height to their content.
youtube.com · Dec 2025 - Unity UI Shaders you will love - Greyscale, Tints and Gradients
Use Shader Graph for UI to make four effects, including greyscale, tints and gradients.
youtube.com · Dec 2025 - What I learned about environment building in Unity
How she builds interesting environments in Unity, with what she has learned over several years.
youtube.com · Nov 2025 - How to design levels with modular asset packs in Unity
How to design levels with modular asset packs in Unity, from lessons learned over the years.
youtube.com · Nov 2025 - UI Masks in Unity - Rect, Mask, Soft and Inverted Masks
How RectMask2D and Mask work, and how to make soft and inverted masks.
youtube.com · Oct 2025 - How to correctly setup UI images in Unity by 9-slicing
Set up UI images correctly with 9-slicing so they resize cleanly.
youtube.com · Oct 2025 - How to dynamically resize a text box based on text length
Build a text box that resizes automatically to its text using the Unity layout system.
youtube.com · Sep 2025 - The Complete Guide to Unity UI Layout Groups, Layout Element & Content Size Fitter
How Layout Groups, Layout Element and Content Size Fitter work together, and when to use each.
youtube.com · Sep 2025 - A better way to start new projects in Unity - working with your own template
Set up your own project template: workspace layouts, settings, fonts and a colour palette.
youtube.com · Aug 2025 - How to place UI elements inside your world - the Unity World Canvas explained
Place UI elements inside the game world with a World Canvas, in two variants.
youtube.com · Aug 2025