Want a great introduction about prefabs in Unity 2018? Watch this intro session! Seasoned game developer and technical evangelist Ciro Continisio will explain all the major aspects of our new Prefab workflow (e.g., Nesting, Variants, Prefab Isolation Edit mode). He'll also tell you about the new UI/UX elements and the reasoning behind them.

1. GenerativeArt–MadewithUnity
New Prefab
Workflows
Introduction and tips for the improved Prefab
workflows from Unity 2018.3
Ciro Continisio
Technical Evangelist, Unity
@CiroContns
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2. Prefabs
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3. Prefabs (before)
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Prefab1
ChildObject
ChildObject
ChildObject
GameObject

4. Prefab1
ChildObject
Prefab2
ChildObject
ChildObject
GameObject
Prefabs (before)
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5. Prefab1
ChildObject
Prefab2
ChildObject
ChildObject
GameObject
Prefabs (before)
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Apply
ChildObject

6. Prefabs
Introducing the new Prefab
workflows
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8. Prefabs
Thinking of Prefabs as boxes
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9. Creating a Prefab
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11. Unpacking
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12. Unpacking
Unpacking reveals the contents
of a Prefab, removing the
wrapping
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14. Overrides
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15. Overrides
Overrides are stickers on top of
these boxes
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16. Overrides
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Revert Apply

18. Overrides
Overrides can be encapsulated
into Prefabs or Variants
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19. Variants
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20. Variants
A wrapper for Prefabs
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21. Variants
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Prefab Variant
root

22. Scenes
The scene is the biggest box
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23. Scene
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24. GenerativeArt–MadewithUnity
Thank you.
Ciro Continisio
Technical Evangelist, Unity
@CiroContns
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