An asset for camera shake in Unity.

Features:

• One line of code shake with presets
• Several shake algorithms suitable for a wide range of use cases
• Change strength and direction of the shake depending on
  position of the shake source
• Easy to write custom shakes

Watch video tutorial

1. Installation
2. Usage
   • Setup
   • Using Presets
   • Without Presets
3. Presets
4. PerlinShake
5. BounceShake
6. KickShake
7. Time Envelope
8. Spatial Attenuation
9. Writing Custom Shakes

1. You can install the package via Package Manager using this URL: https://github.com/gasgiant/Camera-Shake.git#upm.

2. Or you can download .unitypackage and import it into your project.

1. Make the camera a child of another gameobject. When you want to move the camera move the parent.

2. Add CameraShaker component to the camera gameobject.

By default CameraShaker works with its own transform. Alternatively, you can add CameraShaker to any gameobject you like and set it's cameraTransform field in inspector, or by calling CameraShaker.Instance.SetCameraTransform.

The simplest way to shake the camera is to use presets. Class CameraShakePresets allows to generate some common shake types with one line of code.

Call CameraShaker.Presets.Explosion2D to start a shake. Don't forget to add CameraShake namespace.

using UnityEngine;
using CameraShake;

public class MinimalExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    private void Explode()
    {
        // Something explodes ...

        CameraShaker.Presets.Explosion2D();
    }
}

If you need more options, than provided by presets, you need to create an instance of some shake class and pass it into the CameraShaker.Shake. There are three default shake classes: PerlinShake, BounceShake and KickShake. You can also write your own shakes. The example below is for PerlinShake.

using UnityEngine;
using CameraShake;

public class Gun : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField]
    PerlinShake.Params shakeParams;

    public void Shoot()
    {
        // Shooting ...

        CameraShaker.Shake(new PerlinShake(shakeParams));
    }
}

The constructor of PerlinShake takes an instance of PerlinShake.Params as an input. You can expose the parameters variable on some MonoBehaviour or ScriptableObject to tweak the parameters in the inspector.

Shakes can have more options in their constructors. For example you can pass position of the source of the explosion into the PerlinShake constructor, and the shake will change the strength depending on the distance from the source to the camera.

public class Grenade : MonoBehaviour
{
    public void Explode(float explosionStrength, PerlinShake.Params shakeParams)
    {
        CameraShaker.Shake(new PerlinShake(shakeParams, explosionStrength, transform.position));
    }
}

ShortShake3D
Suitable for short and snappy shakes in 3D. Rotates camera in all three axes. Uses BounceShake algorithm.

ShortShake2D
Suitable for short and snappy shakes in 2D. Moves camera in X and Y axes and rotates it in Z axis. Uses BounceShake algorithm.

Explosion3D
Suitable for longer and stronger shakes in 3D. Rotates camera in all three axes. Uses PerlinShake algorithm.

Explosion2D
Suitable for longer and stronger shakes in 2D. Moves camera in X and Y axes and rotates it in Z axis. Uses PerlinShake algorithm.

PerlinShake combines layers of Perlin noise with different frequencies to create smooth and nuanced shake. Works better for longer shakes. For very short shakes consider using BounceShake.

For more details on maxAmplitude and manualStrengthControl see Time Envelope.

For more details on envelope see Time Envelope. For more details on attenuation see Spatial Attenuation.

BounceShake is useful for short and precise shakes. Unlike PerlinShake, it will provide reliable shake strength. Consider using PerlinShake for longer and stronger shakes.

Creates BounceShake with random initial direction.

For more details on attenuation see Spatial Attenuation.

Makes one kick in specified direction. Useful for recoil.

Creates an instance of KickShake in the direction from the source to the camera.

For more details on attenuation see Spatial Attenuation.

Class Envelope controls amplitude of the shake over time. It can work in two modes. In automatic mode it plays the shake ones with selected maxAmplitude.

In manual mode you can keep the reference to the PerlinShake and change amplitude whenever you like.

public class Vibrator : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField]
    PerlinShake.Params params;
    PerlinShake shake;

    private void Start()
    {
        shake = new PerlinShake(params);
        CameraShaker.Shake(shake);
    }

    public void Vibrate(float amplitude)
    {
        shake.AmplitudeController.SetTargetAmplitude(amplitude);
    }
}

See interactive demonstration.

Class Attenuator provides methods for changing strength and direction of the shake depending on position of the shake source relative to the camera.

See interactive demonstration.

CameraShaker works with any class that implements ICameraShake interface.

public interface ICameraShake
    {
        // Represents current position and rotation of the camera according to the shake.
        Displacement CurrentDisplacement { get; }

        // Shake system will dispose the shake on the first frame when this is true.
        bool IsFinished { get; }

        // CameraShaker calls this when the shake is added to the list of active shakes.
        void Initialize(Vector3 cameraPosition, Quaternion cameraRotation);

        // CameraShaker calls this every frame on active shakes.
        void Update(float deltaTime, Vector3 cameraPosition, Quaternion cameraRotation);
    }

Here is a basic example of a custom shake class.

public class VeryBadShake : ICameraShake
{
    readonly float intensity;
    readonly float duration;
    float time;

    public VeryBadShake(float intensity, float duration)
    {
        this.intensity = intensity;
        this.duration = duration;
    }

    public Displacement CurrentDisplacement { get; private set; }

    public bool IsFinished { get; private set; }

    public void Initialize(Vector3 cameraPosition, Quaternion cameraRotation)
    {
    }

    public void Update(float deltaTime, Vector3 cameraPosition, Quaternion cameraRotation)
    {
        time += deltaTime;
        if (time > duration)
            IsFinished = true;
        CurrentDisplacement = 
            new Displacement(Random.insideUnitCircle * intensity, Vector3.zero);
    }
}