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Topic 12 · 4 workflows

Authored content

Keep game data in assets a human can open and edit in the Editor: ScriptableObjects, prefabs, importers and baked output, checked by validators.

  1. Authored over generatedWhy game data must live in assets a human can open and edit in the Editor, and what that rules out.
  2. Authored data assetsScriptableObjects, prefabs, variants, asset references and text serialization as the single source of truth.
  3. Importers and baking into editable assetsScriptedImporter, AssetPostprocessor and bake steps that write inspectable, committed assets instead of hidden runtime state.
  4. Validation and the authored-system checklistEditor validators that flag broken data, and the checklist an agent runs before building any new system.