Phantom UI: Game Intro – Video, GIF & Image Intro Tool

Create a polished in-game intro using video, image, animated GIF, or Unity Animation - without adding a dedicated scene or changing your Build Settings.

• Unity version: Developed and validated with Unity 6000.6.0f1 and newer
• Media types: VideoClip, Sprite, Texture2D, animated GIF, prefab with AnimationClip
• Video playback: Unity VideoPlayer with an internally managed RenderTexture
• Animation playback: Unity Playables API; no Animator Controller required
• UI: Runtime-generated Screen Space Overlay Canvas
• Text: TextMeshPro
• Input: Unity Input System
• Audio: Unity Audio
• Timing: Unscaled-time playback and effects
• Startup integration: Existing first scene; no Build Settings changes required
• Execution order: Early startup controller execution
• Completion: Completed, Skipped, and Cancelled result states
• Persistence: Every Launch, Once Per Session, Once Ever, and Once Per Version
• Integration: UnityEvents, static C# events, public API, and coroutine gate
• Render pipelines: Built-in, URP, and HDRP
• Third-party runtime code: None
• Demo scene: Included
• Documentation: Full user manual included
• Source code: Included
• Assembly definitions: Included

Required Unity packages/modules

• New Input System
• Unity UI
• TextMeshPro

Phantom UI: Game Intro is a lightweight Unity tool for creating a polished media-driven intro inside your game.

Play a video, still image, animated GIF, or Unity Animation immediately after Unity’s native splash screen - without adding a dedicated intro scene or restructuring your existing Build Settings.

Features

• Video intro support
• Still image support using Sprite or regular Texture2D assets
• Animated GIF import and playback
• Unity Animation prefab and AnimationClip playback
• No dedicated intro scene required
• Designed to complement Unity’s native splash screen
• Automatic startup playback
• Optional scene rendering behind video
• Automatic media-end or manual-duration completion
• Separate audio support for image and other intro types
• Preserve-aspect presentation
• Any-key skipping through Unity’s New Input System
• Optional hold-to-skip behavior
• First-launch, session, once-ever, and version-based policies
• Deterministic completion and cancellation
• Existing startup behaviour gating
• Coroutine and event-based integrations
• Lightweight runtime-generated Canvas
• Editor setup wizard via Tools → Phantom UI → Create Game Intro
• Custom inspector and validation
• Demo scene included
• Full user manual included

Built-in Effects

• Fade in and fade out
• Slide
• Scale punch
• Typewriter
• TMP character-spacing reveal
• Shader-free flicker and glitch
• Custom easing curve

Ideal For

• Indie games
• Atmospheric games
• Horror games
• Narrative games
• Branded startup videos
• Publisher or studio introductions
• Animated title reveals
• Projects with an existing Setup or EULA scene
• Developers who want more control than Unity’s native splash screen provides

Phantom UI: Game Intro avoids complicated timelines, additional scenes, and oversized frameworks. It provides a focused startup tool for developers who value clarity, speed, and creative control.

This package does not contain third-party runtime dependencies.