SKILL.md
Unity ScriptableObject Architecture
Use ScriptableObject assets to store shared data and decouple systems in Unity 6.3 LTS —
configuration, event channels, and registries that live as project assets instead of being
hard-wired into scenes or singletons. Targets Unity 6.3 LTS (6000.3).
When to use
- Use when you need designer-editable config (weapon stats, level data), to share one value
between unrelated systems, to decouple senders from listeners via event channels, or to
build a runtime registry of active objects — without a
static/singleton manager. - Use when the project has
*.assetdata files backed by: ScriptableObjectclasses.
When not to use: per-instance runtime state that differs per GameObject (that belongs on
a MonoBehaviour) — a ScriptableObject asset is shared by everyone who references it. Saving
player progress to disk → save-systems. Plain DTOs that never need to be an asset can just be
[System.Serializable] classes.