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Prefab

Meaning in game development, with examples

/ˈpriːfæb/nounCommon term

In game development, prefab means: A 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.

In Turkish: prefab, hazır nesne şablonu

How it is used

A Unity term that many developers also use for similar systems in other engines; Unreal uses Blueprint classes and Godot uses saved scenes for the same idea. You create, edit, apply changes to and override prefabs.

Example sentences

  1. Make the torch a prefab so we can change its light radius in one place.

  2. Someone overrode the enemy prefab in this level, so the fix didn't apply here.

Common collocations

  • create a prefab
  • prefab variant
  • apply to prefab
  • prefab override
  • nested prefab
  • sceneOne part of a game project in the engine, such as a menu, a level or a test area, that contains the objects, lights and cameras placed in it.
  • assetAny piece of content used in a game, such as a 3D model, texture, sound effect, animation or music track, usually stored as a file and imported into the engine.
  • componentA piece of functionality attached to a game object, such as a collider, a light, an audio source or a script; an object's behavior comes from the components it has.
  • scriptA piece of code that controls how something in the game behaves, such as a door that opens, an enemy that patrols or a quest that starts, usually attached to objects in the engine.

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