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title: Intrinsic Objects
slug: develop/intrinsic-objects
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T07:07:17.199Z
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In general, this manual uses the term “object” to refer to “BrightScript components”, which are C or C++ components with interfaces and member functions that BrightScript uses directly. With the exception of some core objects (*roArray*, *roAssociativeArray*, *roInt*, *roMessagePort*, etc.), BrightScript objects are platform specific.

You can create intrinsic objects in BrightScript, but these objects are not BrightScript components. There is currently no way to create a BrightScript component in BrightScript or to create intrinsic objects that have interfaces (intrinsic objects can only contain member functions, properties, and other objects).

A BrightScript object is simply an *roAssociativeArray*: When a member function is called from an associative array, a “this” pointer is set to “m”, and “m” is accessible inside the Function code to access object keys. A “constructor” in BrightScript is simply a normal function at a global scope that creates an *roAssociativeArray* instance and fills in its member functions and properties 

See the “snake” game in [Example Script](docId\:Y0Kc8rImhidp_FotmgZtR) for examples of creating intrinsic objects.