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Events are something I want to utilize more consistently and more effectively in my code setups, so this seemed like a good supporting block to look into to understand their usage better. It also covers the usage and differences between Unity Events and the standard C# Events, so this gives me more options to explore and utilize as well more so than some other sources.
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After finding a decent basic starting point for 2D melee combat in Unity, I wanted to find a few more sources and options to support and develop that further. These sources I found look more into the animation options a lot, as well as some minimal input buffering as well as chaining/comboing, hitbox activation, and state machine implementation.
Source #1 uses some transition animations to provide an example how to nicely transfer between various action animations when allowing characters to combo. This option also shows some minimal state machine usage (which seems like a strong candidate as a foundation for these character controllers).
Source #2 delves into a large chunk of setting up a character controller with a focus on the melee combat. It explores the animation setup as well as an in depth showing of the programming behind everything. This includes basic character controller work as well as how to perform the combat input and hitbox activation. Most control is done directly through the Update methods here so it works better as a learning tool than a foundation for a proper system.
Source #3 is another very basic option that is also in a tutorial set, so it will most likely provide the least information but could still give some helpful options. Being part of a tutorial set also helps me keep track of the entire set in case I wanted to follow it more before or after this specific tutorial.
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I want to explore making 2D character controllers, so looking to add melee combat as an option is a very common addition that I want to understand better. Being a Brackeys tutorial this is a rather basic approach with very Unity specific options, but it at least provides a good starting point to get something up and running. I would like to look into other options to add to this so I know a few ways to add hitbox generation nicely to characters and agents alike.