Scene

How it is used

Unity and Godot use the word scene; Unreal calls the same thing a level or map. You open, save, load, unload and switch scenes. Two people editing the same scene file at once often causes merge conflicts.

Example sentences

1. Please don't touch the main scene today; I'm reorganizing the lighting.

2. Loading the next scene in the background lets us remove the loading screen.

Common collocations

• load a scene
• main scene
• test scene
• scene hierarchy
• switch scenes

Related terms

• 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.
• 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.
• componentA reusable, self-contained piece of a user interface, such as a button, modal or product card, with its own markup, styles and logic.

This word in other fields

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

• scene · Game Development
• scene · Film & Television

More terms: Architecture, Design Patterns and Graphics

• framework
• dependency
• tech stack
• architecture
• design pattern
• trade-off
• scalable
• microservices
• monolith
• modular
• abstraction
• separation of concerns