diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 364119d5..3f522ce0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 	path = examples/libs/zigimg
 	url = https://github.com/slimsag/zigimg
 	branch = zig-master
-[submodule "examples/assets"]
-	path = examples/assets
-	url = https://github.com/hexops/mach-example-assets
 [submodule "freetype/upstream"]
 	path = freetype/upstream
 	url = https://github.com/hexops/freetype
@@ -31,3 +28,12 @@
 [submodule "sysaudio/upstream"]
 	path = sysaudio/upstream
 	url = https://github.com/hexops/soundio
+[submodule "examples/image-blur/assets"]
+	path = examples/image-blur/assets
+	url = https://github.com/hexops/mach-example-assets
+[submodule "examples/textured-cube/assets"]
+	path = examples/textured-cube/assets
+	url = https://github.com/hexops/mach-example-assets
+[submodule "examples/gkurve/assets"]
+	path = examples/gkurve/assets
+	url = https://github.com/hexops/mach-example-assets
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 8cbd301e..1a7e4a6e 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) void {
     ensureGit(b.allocator);
     ensureDependencySubmodule(b.allocator, "examples/libs/zmath") catch unreachable;
     ensureDependencySubmodule(b.allocator, "examples/libs/zigimg") catch unreachable;
-    ensureDependencySubmodule(b.allocator, "examples/assets") catch unreachable;
+    ensureDependencySubmodule(b.allocator, "examples/gkurve/assets") catch unreachable;
+    ensureDependencySubmodule(b.allocator, "examples/image-blur/assets") catch unreachable;
+    ensureDependencySubmodule(b.allocator, "examples/textured-cube/assets") catch unreachable;
 
     inline for ([_]ExampleDefinition{
         .{ .name = "triangle" },
diff --git a/examples/assets b/examples/gkurve/assets
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/assets
rename to examples/gkurve/assets
diff --git a/examples/gkurve/main.zig b/examples/gkurve/main.zig
index 5469bc16..d9d5387d 100644
--- a/examples/gkurve/main.zig
+++ b/examples/gkurve/main.zig
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub fn init(app: *App, core: *mach.Core) !void {
         .rows_per_image = @intCast(u32, atlas_size.height),
     };
 
-    const img = try zigimg.Image.fromMemory(core.allocator, @embedFile("../assets/gotta-go-fast.png"));
+    const img = try zigimg.Image.fromMemory(core.allocator, @embedFile("./assets/gotta-go-fast.png"));
     defer img.deinit();
 
     const atlas_img_region = try app.texture_atlas_data.reserve(core.allocator, @truncate(u32, img.width), @truncate(u32, img.height));
diff --git a/examples/image-blur/assets b/examples/image-blur/assets
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..b5a84047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/image-blur/assets
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b5a8404715e6cfc57e66c4a7cc0625e64b3b3c56
diff --git a/examples/image-blur/main.zig b/examples/image-blur/main.zig
index 35256713..bece3c33 100644
--- a/examples/image-blur/main.zig
+++ b/examples/image-blur/main.zig
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub fn init(app: *App, core: *mach.Core) !void {
         .min_filter = .linear,
     });
 
-    const img = try zigimg.Image.fromMemory(core.allocator, @embedFile("../assets/gotta-go-fast.png"));
+    const img = try zigimg.Image.fromMemory(core.allocator, @embedFile("./assets/gotta-go-fast.png"));
     defer img.deinit();
 
     const img_size = gpu.Extent3D{ .width = @intCast(u32, img.width), .height = @intCast(u32, img.height) };
diff --git a/examples/textured-cube/assets b/examples/textured-cube/assets
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..b5a84047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/textured-cube/assets
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b5a8404715e6cfc57e66c4a7cc0625e64b3b3c56
diff --git a/examples/textured-cube/main.zig b/examples/textured-cube/main.zig
index 04ed2439..df6771c5 100644
--- a/examples/textured-cube/main.zig
+++ b/examples/textured-cube/main.zig
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub fn init(app: *App, core: *mach.Core) !void {
         .min_filter = .linear,
     });
     const queue = core.device.getQueue();
-    var img = try zigimg.Image.fromMemory(core.allocator, @embedFile("assets/gotta-go-fast.png"));
+    var img = try zigimg.Image.fromMemory(core.allocator, @embedFile("./assets/gotta-go-fast.png"));
     defer img.deinit();
     const img_size = gpu.Extent3D{ .width = @intCast(u32, img.width), .height = @intCast(u32, img.height) };
     const cube_texture = core.device.createTexture(&.{