7.1 - What is an asset bundle?


With asset bundle we mean a file with which we load an external asset in game. Example mods using asset bundles are:

After loading the asset bundle in game we can spawn the asset as a standard GameObject and freely play with it.

How do we make an asset bundle?

You can download free assets from the Unity Asset Store or make them yourself if you are able to with programs like Blender. Either way, we need to install the Unity game engine and continue with the instructions from the next lesson.