How do I specify a prefab in a json file?

[Kurt-Dekker]

Have you heard about ScriptableObjects? You can link anything in Unity using them.

And you can build up vast chains of interesting structures this way.

Using ScriptableObjects to configure game modes and play modes:

How the best way to handle different game modes?

One handy way is to make a ScriptableObject class that contains all your mode-controlling items as variables. Then you make as many instances as you have different game modes. This is also a place to centralize logic such as bool IsBeginnerFriendly(); which can consider a bunch of different properties to return true / false, and then everywhere in your game that uses IsBeginnerFriendly() gets the same answer. You can even go nuts with it and make a master “game mode” thing that contains other…

ScriptableObject usage in RPGs:

ScriptableObjects for an RPG with multiple units in your team

The most important concept about ScriptableObjects (SOs) is that they are custom-shaped blobs of data that you can edit inside the Unity inspector. The serialized values inside a SO map directly to that created asset on disk, the instance of the SO. When your game runs, it needs some data. One way to get that data is to hard-code it in the code. That is bad because when you change it, you need to change code. That’s why we have things like a SO to configure existing unchanging shipped code. W…

Creating lookup tables that can be assigned in the inspector.

This looks like a job tailor made for ScriptableObjects! ScriptableObjects are basically structured blobs of predefined data to help you create content for your game. For instance if I had a ScriptableObject called Weapon, it might have these properties: name detailed name description damage toughness weight what it looks like in the inventory what model it uses in game what animations the player uses to swing it I would create many of these Weapons, each one a file on disk (also called an…

Usage as a shared common data container:

Better Data with Scriptable Objects in Unity! (Tutorial)