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Assets/Scripts/Effects/Effect.cs

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+using UnityEngine;
+
+public class Effect : ScriptableObject
+{
+    [SerializeField] private EffectInstance effectInstanceObject;
+    [Header("Stats")]
+    public float duration;
+    public bool isConstant; //that means if it uses the tick function or not
+    
+    public virtual void ApplyEffect(Entity affectedEntity)
+    {
+        EffectInstance newEffectInstance = Instantiate(effectInstanceObject, affectedEntity.transform);
+        newEffectInstance.affectedEntity = affectedEntity;
+        
+    }
+
+    public virtual void EffectTick(Entity affectedEntity)
+    {
+        
+    }
+
+    public virtual void RemoveEffect(Entity affectedEntity)
+    {
+        
+    }
+}

Assets/Scripts/Effects/Effect.cs.meta

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Assets/Scripts/Effects/EffectInstance.cs

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+using System;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+public class EffectInstance : MonoBehaviour
+{
+    public Effect thisEffect;
+    public Entity affectedEntity;
+    public float timeElapsed;
+    private void Update()
+    {
+        timeElapsed += Time.deltaTime;
+        if (timeElapsed > thisEffect.duration)
+        {
+            thisEffect.RemoveEffect(affectedEntity);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (thisEffect.isConstant)
+        {
+            thisEffect.EffectTick(affectedEntity);
+        }
+    }
+}

Assets/Scripts/Effects/EffectInstance.cs.meta

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