Asset

How it is used

Used all day by artists, designers and programmers. You create, import, reuse, optimize and replace assets; placeholder assets are temporary ones used until the final art arrives. Engines also have asset stores that sell ready-made content.

Example sentences

1. These are placeholder assets, so don't worry about how the trees look yet.

2. We bought a few environment assets to save time on the prototype.

Common collocations

• placeholder asset
• import assets
• asset store
• art assets
• asset pipeline

Related terms

• textureA 2D image wrapped around a 3D model to give it color and surface detail, such as wood grain, skin or rust. Extra textures can control shine, bumps and roughness.
• spriteA 2D image used as an object in a game, such as a character, an enemy, a coin or an explosion. Several sprites shown one after another create an animation.
• prefabA saved, reusable game object with all its parts and settings, such as an enemy or a door, that you can place many times; editing the prefab updates every copy.
• game engineA software framework that gives developers ready-made systems for graphics, physics, sound, input and scripting, so they can build a game without writing everything from scratch.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• asset · Software Engineering
• asset · Finance & Banking
• asset · Accounting & Tax

More terms: Game Engines & Tools

• script
• game loop
• scene
• profiler
• component