Scene Transitions Free

8 scene transitions for Unity, free, in one line of C#. No prefab to place, no setup: import the package and call it.

• The transition shaders (UI shaders, on a Screen Space - Overlay canvas the first call makes), the rule masks, SceneTransition as C# source, and a demo scene with a button per style. Unity 6.3+, any render pipeline.
• Unity 6.3 or later, in any render pipeline: Built-in, URP (2D or Universal Renderer) or HDRP.
• A Documentation.txt in the package's folder says what is where and how to use it.
• Try the demo scene in your browser: https://pikoulas.com/demos/scene-transitions-free/

8 scene transitions for Unity, free, in one line of C#. No prefab to place, no setup: import the package and call it.

SceneTransition.ChangeScene("Level2", "diamonds");
yield return SceneTransition.Cover("iris", new SceneTransition.Options { CenterOn = player });
// ...teleport the player, load a save...
yield return SceneTransition.Reveal("iris");

What's inside

• 6 patterns: fade, dither, wipe, diamonds, circles, iris.
• 2 rule masks: clouds, spots. Or draw your own: any greyscale texture works as a transition.
• Every transition has options: colour, duration, easing, direction, cell count, soft edges.
• Iris closes on a point or a Transform, so the screen can close on the player.
• PixelSize gives chunky edges that match pixel-art games.
• Scenes load in the background while the screen is covered.
• Runs on unscaled time, so it works while the game is paused, and blocks clicks while the screen is covered.
• Prefer the editor? The transition is a UI shader with a Progress slider, ready for an Animator or Timeline.
• Demo scene: a meadow and a dungeon and a button for every style.

The full pack

Scene Transitions has all 32: clock, spiral, hexagons, shards and 7 more patterns, 5 screen effects that bend the game image (pixelate, swirl, ripple, zoom, slice) and 8 more rule masks, heart and star among them. The same API, so moving up is changing the using line.

Compatibility

• Unity 6.3 or later, in any render pipeline: Built-in, URP (2D or Universal Renderer) and HDRP.
• Either input handler for the demo: the Input Manager or the Input System.

The shaders, the package's C# scripts, the Python code that draws the rule masks and the demo's sprites were made with the help of AI (Anthropic's Claude); no generative image model.