ERROR CODE: Cannot convert type `UnityEngine.Transform' to `UnityEngine.GameObject' via a built-in

hi all, I am following Brackeys tutorial on how to create a 2D platformer game in unity. I am using this for my project at school and going to give credit to the man himself. However the tutorial is a few years old so when I use the code he provided I get the error come up, it was in the title thread. Please, could I have help I have been stuck on this for a long time and there are no answers anywhere?

ERROR CODE: Assets/Scripts/GameMaster.cs(55,106): error CS0039: Cannot convert type `UnityEngine.Transform' to `UnityEngine.GameObject' via a built-in conversion

Game Master Script:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4.  
5. public class GameMaster : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.  
8.     public static GameMaster gm;
9.  
10.     void Awake()
11.     {
12.         if (gm == null)
13.         {
14.             gm = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("GM").GetComponent<GameMaster>();
15.         }
16.     }
17.  
18.     public Transform playerPrefab;
19.     public Transform spawnPoint;
20.     public float spawnDelay = 2;
21.     public Transform spawnPrefab;
22.  
23.     public CameraShake cameraShake;
24.  
25.     void Start()
26.     {
27.         if (cameraShake == null)
28.         {
29.             Debug.LogError("No camera shake referenced in GameMaster");
30.         }
31.     }
32.  
33.     public IEnumerator _RespawnPlayer()
34.     {
35.         GetComponent<AudioSource>().Play();
36.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(spawnDelay);
37.  
38.         Instantiate(playerPrefab, spawnPoint.position, spawnPoint.rotation);
39.         GameObject clone = Instantiate(spawnPrefab, spawnPoint.position, spawnPoint.rotation) as GameObject;
40.         Destroy(clone, 3f);
41.     }
42.  
43.     public static void KillPlayer(Player player)
44.     {
45.         Destroy(player.gameObject);
46.         gm.StartCoroutine(gm._RespawnPlayer());
47.     }
48.  
49.     public static void KillEnemy(Enemy enemy)
50.     {
51.         gm._KillEnemy(enemy);
52.     }
53.     public void _KillEnemy(Enemy _enemy)
54.     {
55.         GameObject _clone = Instantiate(_enemy.deathParticles, _enemy.transform.position, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
56.         Destroy(_clone, 5f);
57.         cameraShake.Shake(_enemy.shakeAmt, _enemy.shakeLength);
58.         Destroy(_enemy.gameObject);
59.     }
60.  
61. }
62.  

Enemy Script:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class Enemy : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.  
7.     [System.Serializable]
8.     public class EnemyStats
9.     {
10.         public int maxHealth = 100;
11.  
12.         private int _curHealth;
13.         public int curHealth
14.         {
15.             get { return _curHealth; }
16.             set { _curHealth = Mathf.Clamp(value, 0, maxHealth); }
17.         }
18.  
19.         public int damage = 40;
20.  
21.         public void Init()
22.         {
23.             curHealth = maxHealth;
24.         }
25.     }
26.  
27.     public EnemyStats stats = new EnemyStats();
28.  
29.     public Transform deathParticles;
30.  
31.     public float shakeAmt = 0.1f;
32.     public float shakeLength = 0.1f;
33.  
34.     [Header("Optional: ")]
35.     [SerializeField]
36.     private StatusIndicator statusIndicator;
37.  
38.     void Start()
39.     {
40.         stats.Init();
41.  
42.         if (statusIndicator != null)
43.         {
44.             statusIndicator.SetHealth(stats.curHealth, stats.maxHealth);
45.         }
46.  
47.         if (deathParticles == null)
48.         {
49.             Debug.LogError("No death particles referenced on Enemy");
50.         }
51.     }
52.  
53.     public void DamageEnemy(int damage)
54.     {
55.         stats.curHealth -= damage;
56.         if (stats.curHealth <= 0)
57.         {
58.             GameMaster.KillEnemy(this);
59.         }
60.  
61.         if (statusIndicator != null)
62.         {
63.             statusIndicator.SetHealth(stats.curHealth, stats.maxHealth);
64.         }
65.     }
66.  
67.     void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D _colInfo)
68.     {
69.         Player _player = _colInfo.collider.GetComponent<Player>();
70.         if (_player != null)
71.         {
72.             _player.DamagePlayer(stats.damage);
73.             DamageEnemy(9999999);
74.         }
75.     }
76. }

 

You are trying to instantiate Transform? It doesn't make sense. Instantiation is a creating copy of some Object. I think, you should have deathParticles type GameObject.