Runner_Iceland_2019/Assets/Core/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public static class StringExtensions {

	public static byte[] GetBytes(this string str)
	{
	    byte[] bytes = new byte[str.Length * sizeof(char)];
	    System.Buffer.BlockCopy(str.ToCharArray(), 0, bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
	    return bytes;
	}
}