What exactly are sprites and entities and what are the differences between the two? Well I was looking at a few game based tutorials, as well as articles. I found out about two terms Entities and Sprites. Now they seem related but different, what is each and how are they the same and or different? I have some basic ideas already An entity is an item thing object person any object that can be interacted with in the world. A sprite is like an entity, but usually for NPCs players monsters. Or a sprite can be the name of a picture assigned to a specific entity. Do I have the right idea or are sprites and entities something completely different?