diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/assets.dart b/packages/flame/lib/assets.dart
index b2b00251c50..c8fce99b6e5 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/assets.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/assets.dart
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-export 'src/assets/assets_cache.dart';
-export 'src/assets/images.dart';
+@Deprecated('Use the cache.dart file instead')
+export 'src/cache/assets_cache.dart';
+@Deprecated('Use the cache.dart file instead')
+export 'src/cache/images.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/cache.dart b/packages/flame/lib/cache.dart
index 4abfd688ab9..1e17836c936 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/cache.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/cache.dart
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+export 'src/cache/assets_cache.dart';
+export 'src/cache/images.dart';
 export 'src/cache/memory_cache.dart';
 export 'src/cache/value_cache.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/assets/assets_cache.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/cache/assets_cache.dart
similarity index 84%
rename from packages/flame/lib/src/assets/assets_cache.dart
rename to packages/flame/lib/src/cache/assets_cache.dart
index 3d26346bd2c..9cc2a0bcb19 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/assets/assets_cache.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/cache/assets_cache.dart
@@ -3,26 +3,26 @@ import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart' show rootBundle;
 
-/// A class that loads, and cache files
+/// A class that loads, and caches files.
 ///
-/// it automatically looks for files on the assets folder
+/// It automatically looks for files in the `assets` directory.
 class AssetsCache {
   final String prefix;
   final Map<String, _Asset> _files = {};
 
   AssetsCache({this.prefix = 'assets/'});
 
-  /// Removes the file from the cache
+  /// Removes the file from the cache.
   void clear(String file) {
     _files.remove(file);
   }
 
-  /// Removes all the files from the cache
+  /// Removes all the files from the cache.
   void clearCache() {
     _files.clear();
   }
 
-  /// Reads a file from assets folder
+  /// Reads a file from assets folder.
   Future<String> readFile(String fileName) async {
     if (!_files.containsKey(fileName)) {
       _files[fileName] = await _readFile(fileName);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class AssetsCache {
     return _files[fileName]!.value as String;
   }
 
-  /// Reads a binary file from assets folder
+  /// Reads a binary file from assets folder.
   Future<List<int>> readBinaryFile(String fileName) async {
     if (!_files.containsKey(fileName)) {
       _files[fileName] = await _readBinary(fileName);
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class AssetsCache {
     return _files[fileName]!.value as List<int>;
   }
 
+  /// Reads a json file from the assets folder.
   Future<Map<String, dynamic>> readJson(String fileName) async {
     final content = await readFile(fileName);
     return jsonDecode(content) as Map<String, dynamic>;
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/assets/images.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/cache/images.dart
similarity index 94%
rename from packages/flame/lib/src/assets/images.dart
rename to packages/flame/lib/src/cache/images.dart
index 5b4d9128e87..c076b002de1 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/assets/images.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/cache/images.dart
@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ class Images {
   }
 
   /// Loads the specified image with [fileName] into the cache.
-  Future<Image> load(String fileName) {
-    return (_assets[fileName] ??= _ImageAsset.future(_fetchToMemory(fileName)))
+  /// By default the key in the cache is the [fileName], if another key is
+  /// desired, specify the optional [key] argument.
+  Future<Image> load(String fileName, {String? key}) {
+    return (_assets[key ?? fileName] ??=
+            _ImageAsset.future(_fetchToMemory(fileName)))
         .retrieveAsync();
   }
 
@@ -121,6 +124,9 @@ class Images {
     return loadAll(imagePaths.toList());
   }
 
+  /// Whether the cache contains the specified [key] or not.
+  bool containsKey(String key) => _assets.containsKey(key);
+
   /// Waits until all currently pending image loading operations complete.
   Future<void> ready() {
     return Future.wait(_assets.values.map((asset) => asset.retrieveAsync()));
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/parallax_component.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/parallax_component.dart
index 20531712cbb..facdbf05240 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/components/parallax_component.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/components/parallax_component.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 
 import '../../components.dart';
 import '../../game.dart';
-import '../assets/images.dart';
+import '../cache/images.dart';
 import '../parallax.dart';
 
 extension ParallaxComponentExtension on FlameGame {
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/flame.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/flame.dart
index 229c1a75070..95b8acafb50 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/flame.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/flame.dart
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ library flame;
 
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 
-import 'assets/assets_cache.dart';
-import 'assets/images.dart';
+import 'cache/assets_cache.dart';
+import 'cache/images.dart';
 import 'device.dart';
 
 /// This class holds static references to some useful objects to use in your
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/mixins/game.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/mixins/game.dart
index 0c3641824c1..21495faa442 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/game/mixins/game.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/game/mixins/game.dart
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 
+import '../../../cache.dart';
 import '../../../components.dart';
-import '../../assets/assets_cache.dart';
-import '../../assets/images.dart';
-import '../../extensions/offset.dart';
+import '../../../extensions.dart';
 import '../game_render_box.dart';
 import '../projector.dart';
 
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/parallax.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/parallax.dart
index b7ad148c5ac..5959842b746 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/parallax.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/parallax.dart
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import 'dart:ui';
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/painting.dart';
 
+import '../cache.dart';
+import '../extensions.dart';
 import '../game.dart';
-import 'assets/images.dart';
-import 'extensions/canvas.dart';
-import 'extensions/image.dart';
 import 'flame.dart';
 import 'sprite_animation.dart';
 
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite.dart
index ae198b59997..cf8222dd503 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:ui';
 
 import 'anchor.dart';
-import 'assets/images.dart';
+import 'cache/images.dart';
 import 'flame.dart';
 import 'image_composition.dart';
 import 'palette.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_animation.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_animation.dart
index bb242b9f16b..7631817e955 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_animation.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_animation.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'assets/images.dart';
+import 'cache/images.dart';
 import 'extensions/vector2.dart';
 import 'flame.dart';
 import 'sprite.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_batch.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_batch.dart
index aac656478f7..ae45f663b30 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_batch.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_batch.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:collection';
 import 'dart:ui';
 
 import '../game.dart';
-import 'assets/images.dart';
+import 'cache/images.dart';
 import 'extensions/image.dart';
 import 'flame.dart';
 
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/animation_widget.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/animation_widget.dart
index f0e9e83d3ca..aa56e9be2fd 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/animation_widget.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/animation_widget.dart
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import 'dart:math';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide Animation;
 
 import '../anchor.dart';
-import '../assets/images.dart';
+import '../cache/images.dart';
 import '../sprite_animation.dart';
 import 'base_future_builder.dart';
 import 'sprite_painter.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/nine_tile_box.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/nine_tile_box.dart
index 10564dc3638..9ed1a49552e 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/nine_tile_box.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/nine_tile_box.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:ui';
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide Image;
 
-import '../../assets.dart';
+import '../../cache.dart';
 import '../../flame.dart';
 import '../nine_tile_box.dart' as non_widget;
 import '../sprite.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/sprite_button.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/sprite_button.dart
index cd3924f904d..3cfa6ca8bcf 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/sprite_button.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/sprite_button.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 
-import '../../assets.dart';
+import '../../cache.dart';
 import '../extensions/size.dart';
 import '../extensions/vector2.dart';
 import '../sprite.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/sprite_widget.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/sprite_widget.dart
index 636e32375fb..8605eecc1bf 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/sprite_widget.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/widgets/sprite_widget.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 
-import '../../assets.dart';
+import '../../cache.dart';
 import '../../extensions.dart';
 import '../anchor.dart';
 import 'animation_widget.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/assets/images_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/cache/images_test.dart
similarity index 81%
rename from packages/flame/test/assets/images_test.dart
rename to packages/flame/test/cache/images_test.dart
index 88aabf647dd..2ecf2b160f4 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/assets/images_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/cache/images_test.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'package:flame/assets.dart';
+import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
+import 'package:flame/cache.dart';
 import 'package:flame_test/flame_test.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:mocktail/mocktail.dart';
@@ -58,12 +59,23 @@ void main() {
       for (var i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {
         cache.add(i.toString(), images[i]);
       }
-      expect(images.fold<int>(0, (agg, image) => agg + image.disposedCount), 0);
+      expect(images.map((image) => image.disposedCount).sum, 0);
       cache.clearCache();
-      expect(
-        images.fold<int>(0, (agg, image) => agg + image.disposedCount),
-        images.length,
-      );
+      expect(images.map((image) => image.disposedCount).sum, images.length);
+    });
+
+    test('contains', () {
+      final cache = Images();
+      final images = List.generate(10, (_) => _MockImage());
+      for (var i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {
+        final key = i.toString();
+        cache.add(key, images[i]);
+        expect(cache.containsKey(key), isTrue);
+      }
+      cache.clearCache();
+      for (var i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {
+        expect(cache.containsKey(i.toString()), isFalse);
+      }
     });
 
     testWithFlameGame(
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/components/parallax_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/components/parallax_test.dart
index 8dde0c6cf5d..10640d2bc44 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/components/parallax_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/components/parallax_test.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import 'package:flame/assets.dart';
+import 'package:flame/cache.dart';
 import 'package:flame/components.dart';
 import 'package:flame/extensions.dart';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame_fire_atlas/lib/flame_fire_atlas.dart b/packages/flame_fire_atlas/lib/flame_fire_atlas.dart
index 76ad91cf1fb..aeee915238e 100644
--- a/packages/flame_fire_atlas/lib/flame_fire_atlas.dart
+++ b/packages/flame_fire_atlas/lib/flame_fire_atlas.dart
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ library flame_fire_atlas;
 import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:archive/archive.dart';
-import 'package:flame/assets.dart';
+import 'package:flame/cache.dart';
 import 'package:flame/extensions.dart';
 import 'package:flame/flame.dart';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame_fire_atlas/test/flame_fire_atlas_test.dart b/packages/flame_fire_atlas/test/flame_fire_atlas_test.dart
index 3299f5a5bd6..7476338b826 100644
--- a/packages/flame_fire_atlas/test/flame_fire_atlas_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame_fire_atlas/test/flame_fire_atlas_test.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'package:flame/assets.dart';
+import 'package:flame/cache.dart';
 import 'package:flame/flame.dart';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
 import 'package:flame_fire_atlas/flame_fire_atlas.dart';
diff --git a/packages/flame_svg/lib/svg.dart b/packages/flame_svg/lib/svg.dart
index 8eb02bf1e21..6cd70003ca3 100644
--- a/packages/flame_svg/lib/svg.dart
+++ b/packages/flame_svg/lib/svg.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'package:flame/assets.dart';
 import 'package:flame/cache.dart';
 import 'package:flame/extensions.dart';
 import 'package:flame/flame.dart';