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Is it good to sort objects list before every rendering?

I need to render a "tile" game, which are like these: or or I don't know how to render them in correct order. I intend to perform a sorting operator before every rendering (depending on their ...
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Boolean checks with a single quadtree, or multiple quadtrees?

I'm currently developing a 2D sidescrolling shooter game for PC (think metroidvania but with a lot more happening at once). Using XNA. I'm utilising quadtrees for my spatial partitioning system. All ...
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Optimizing updating thousands of enemies? (Or break up the enemies that need updated?)

Thanks in advance for wanting to help. I have an array of (right now) ~1000 enemies that I need to update every frame. The issue, I believe, is mainly brute-force checks. I've profiled my ...
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Optimizing HTML5 canvas transformed drawing in Javascript

I am trying to optimize my HTML5 game engine and have noticed that currently a majority of the time taken in the game loop can be taken when drawing transformed tiles. I think this is because each ...
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Optimizing an XNA 2D game

Does it make sense to implement the logic to skip rendering objects outside the viewport or should I not care about it and let the Framework do it?