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Game Development

Posted by gaurav8199
gaurav8199
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What is the difference between a game asset and a game object

so if a frog is a game asset what is a game object just a little confused between an asset and an object

1 Answer

Matt Milburn
Matt Milburn
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Matt Milburn
Matt Milburn
20,786 Points

Hi gaurav8199,

An asset in a program (not just a game) is often a piece of media, such as an image, audio file, video file, custom font, etc. An object in a program is often a term referring to a generic Object data type or a base class for other type of objects in the program.

If you're working with Unity, an Object is a base class for all objects in Unity. But a GameObject is a base class for all entities within scenes.

To put it more simply... an asset is something you created that you're loading into your program and an object is a programming construct.