2D characters in mirrors

This script allows you to create the effect of 2D characters appearing reflected in mirrors - while respecting their facing direction. It works by controlling a second character that is updated each frame according to the original character's state.

To use it:

1. Set up your character to use Sprites Unity Complex animation.
2. Duplicate the character you wish to mirror
3. Remove the Player or NPC component for duplicated character (used for the mirror) but keep their Animator and sprite
4. Create a new C# file called MirrorCharacter (below) and attach to the duplicated character.
5. Assign the fields in the Mirror Character component's Inspector
6. Use Unity's Sprite Mask component to limit rendering of the mirror character to the boundary of the mirror.

MirrorCharacter.cs:

using UnityEngine;
using AC;

public class MirrorCharacter : MonoBehaviour
{

	public bool isPlayer;
	public AC.Char originalCharacter;
	public Animator _animator;
	public Vector3 positionOffset;

	private void Update ()
	{
		if (isPlayer)
		{
			originalCharacter = KickStarter.player;
		}

		if (originalCharacter == null)
		{
			return;
		}

		// Position
		transform.position = originalCharacter.transform.position + positionOffset;

		// Move speed
		if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty (originalCharacter.moveSpeedParameter))
		{
			float moveSpeed = originalCharacter.GetAnimator ().GetFloat (originalCharacter.moveSpeedParameter);
			_animator.SetFloat (originalCharacter.moveSpeedParameter, moveSpeed);
		}

		// Direction
		if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty (originalCharacter.directionParameter))
		{
			int direction = originalCharacter.GetAnimator ().GetInteger (originalCharacter.directionParameter);
			int flippedDirection = FlipDirection (direction);
			_animator.SetInteger (originalCharacter.directionParameter, flippedDirection);
		}

		// Talking
		if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty (originalCharacter.talkParameter))
		{
			bool isTalking = originalCharacter.isTalking;
			_animator.SetBool (originalCharacter.talkParameter, isTalking);
		}
	}

	private int FlipDirection (int direction)
	{
		// 0 = Down, 1 = Left, 2 = Right, 3 = Up, 4 = DownLeft, 5 = DownRight, 6 = UpLeft, 7 = UpRight
		switch (direction)
		{
			case 0:
				return 3;

			case 1:
				return 2;

			case 2:
				return 1;

			case 3:
				return 0;

			case 4:
				return 7;

			case 5:
				return 6;

			case 6:
				return 5;

			case 7:
				return 4;

			default:
				return direction;
		}
	}

}