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Manage GameObjects with prefabs

Tutorial

Foundational

+10 XP

30 Mins

(8065)

Overview

Skills

For Educators

Summary

In this tutorial, you’ll use prefabs to design, create, and organize many GameObjects in a scene. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to: 
Explain how to use prefabs in a scene.
Add a prefab to a project.
Edit a prefab in prefab mode.
Create a prefab variant.
Apply or revert changes to a prefab variant.
Nest prefabs.
Describe the process and outcomes for changing a nested prefab or prefab variant.

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Last updated: February 16, 2023

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Manage GameObjects with prefabs