ECS feature set

Build projects with a data-oriented design approach using the Entity Component System (ECS) feature set. Applying data-oriented design to a projects’s architecture empowers creators to scale processing in a highly performant manner.

Getting started

For information (including samples) about ECS, refer to the ECS repository on GitHub.

Configuration

If you plan to create an ECS-powered game that includes networking, also download and install Unity’s Netcode for Entities package.

Packages

The ECS feature set contains the following packages:

• Entities
• Entities Graphics
• Unity Physics

Samples

The following GitHub repository contains samples for the packages included in the ECS feature set:

• Entity Component System Samples

Unity Learn resources

• Basics of DOTS: Jobs and Entities
• DOTS Best Practices
• Physics for ECS: Havok Physics for Unity and Unity Physics

Related forums

• Entities category on Unity Discussions
• DOTS channel on Official Unity Discord

Additional resources

• ECS for Unity