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Script

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/skrɪpt/nounCore term

In software engineering, script means: A 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.

In Turkish: script, betik, kod dosyası

How it is used

In Unity scripts are written in C#, in Godot usually in GDScript, and in Unreal designers often use Blueprints instead of text scripts. Designers who write gameplay logic are sometimes called scripters. The verb is script: to script an event.

Example sentences

  1. Attach the health script to the player prefab and set the max value to 100.

  2. The bridge collapse is a scripted event, so it happens the same way every time.

Common collocations

  • write a script
  • attach a script
  • scripted event
  • gameplay script
  • scripting language
  • 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.
  • componentA reusable, self-contained piece of a user interface, such as a button, modal or product card, with its own markup, styles and logic.
  • 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.
  • triggerA piece of code stored in the database that runs automatically when a certain event, such as an insert, update or delete, happens on a table.

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