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How to structure code for many unique weapons/spells/powers
I'm an inexperienced programmer creating a "roguelike-like" game in the vein of FTL, using Python (no PyGame as of yet as I'm still only concerned with text).
My game will contain a large number of ...
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How should I structure an extensible asset loading system?
For a hobby game engine in Java, I want to code a simple but flexible asset/resource manager. Assets are sounds, images, animation, models, textures, et cetera. After a few hours of browsing and some ...
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Game engine and data driven design
I've heard about data driven design and have been researching about it for a while. So, I've read several articles to get the concepts.
One of the article is Data Driven Design written by Kyle ...
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Processing component pools problem - Entity Subsystem
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I'm creating (designing) an entity system and I ran into many problems. I'm trying to keep it Data-Oriented and efficient as much as possible. My components are POD ...
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Drawbacks of using reflection for a component based system at loading-time
I'm coding a little casual game in Java using Slick2D.
This game use a lot of different "objects", managed in a composite way. So, firearms, furniture in the map, NPC and player character will be ...
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Integer vs String for “type” data in data-driven games
I've been developing a few mobile games, in which those games fetch their data from a server-database.
I'm used to storing "type" values as an integer identifier, and an enum in the client to ...
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How do i make player input object spawning data driven?
I'm using component based design and am at the stage or re-factoring simple player input to be data driven.
Currently i have a PlayerControlComponent, which an entity has if it should be player ...
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'Game rules' as data in data driven engines?
I've read the definition of data driven game engine in several places and one item usually mentioned is the game rules: separating them from the logic of the engine. What is meant by a 'game rule'? ...
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Compile-time checking for component-based, data-driven games
This is not a specific question, but rather someone who is looking for opinions about a typical design problem. In a component based data-driven games, I've often seen something similar to the ...
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How to store data in a data-driven RPG [duplicate]
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Would it be better to use XML/JSON/Text or a database to store game content?
I'm working on a 2D data-driven RPG. I intend for it to be modabble; my intention is to ...
