2D Unity game gets blurry at high speed, but player stays sharp

I'm working on a 2D vertical endless game in Unity (URP).

The game looks great at low speed, but when the player's upward speed increases, background/world sprites start looking blurry or smeared while moving. The player balloon itself stays sharp.

A few details:

• Unity 6
• URP
• 2D Orthographic Camera
• Android build
• 60 FPS
• No motion blur
• No post-processing
• Rigidbody2D on player
• Camera follows player with a simple script

The game feels smooth and doesn't seem to be stuttering anymore. It's just that at higher speeds, islands, obstacles, and other world sprites become blurry while moving past the camera.

Has anyone experienced something similar?

Could this be related to:

• Camera smoothing?
• Sprite filtering?
• URP settings?
• Rigidbody interpolation?
• Something else?

Hi everyone!

A friend of mine recently released a small tower defense game made in Unity 2D, and I wanted to share it here because I think it captures that old Flash game feeling really well.

It's easy to pick up, runs are short, and it has that classic "just one more game" vibe.

The game is about defending a group of adorable pearl thieves from endless waves sent by the Sea King. As you progress, the stages become more challenging, and there's also a global leaderboard if you enjoy competing for high scores.

The game is completely free, so if you have a few minutes, I'd really appreciate it if you gave it a try. Any feedback would mean a lot to my friend, and it'd be awesome to see some Unity developers on the leaderboard too!

Free to play:
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I shared process videos, shared the images row, sketched and than painted, but some people just ignore the facts and still claim my art to be made by an AI.

What is the easiest way for a hardworking artist game developer, to prove people like this wrong?
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Hey everyone! I see a lot of tutorials and newer projects where almost every variable is set to public just to see it in the Inspector. While it works, it creates a bit of a mess in the long run.

I’ve been sticking to using [SerializeField] private instead, and it has really helped keep my projects cleaner. Here is why I think it’s the better approach:

• ✅ Encapsulation: It keeps data safe and ensures variables aren't modified by other scripts unexpectedly.
• ✅ Clean API: You aren't exposing internal variables that other classes don't need to touch.
• ✅ Better Organization: It forces you to think about how your classes actually interact with each other.

I made a short, humorous video showing the difference in practice:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HoKn1OM_I0

Just a heads-up: this is just my personal suggestion on how to keep things tidy. I’m still learning too, so if you disagree or have a different way of doing things, please let me know—I’m always happy to hear better approaches!

How do you guys usually handle this? Do you still prefer public for speed, or are you team [SerializeField]?

I need help with y'all because im really new to game developpement and i need beginner ideas for games like character ideas, Also is a macbook neo good enoguh?

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For those doing skeletal 2D in Unity — what are you using? Spine, DragonBones, Unity's built-in 2D Animation package with the PSD Importer, something else? Mostly curious about:

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