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How can I design lots of different attack types that can be combined?
I'm making a top down 2D game and I want to have a lot of different attack types. I'd like to make the attacks very flexible and combine-able the way The Binding of Isaac works. Here's a list of all ...
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Passing data between engine layers
I am building a software system (game engine with networking support ) that is made up of (roughly) these layers:
Game Layer
Messaging Layer
Networking Layer
Game related data is passed to the ...
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Whats the best way to expose current settings to your classes? [duplicate]
Just as the title states, whats the best way to expose current settings like resolution to my classes?
(I know this might have been asked, but I couldn't find anything)
I was thinking of the ...
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Entity System creating Components
Over every entity system I see implemented in C++, or even in Java/C# (e.g. the Artemis framework). I see components not allocated via a new operator (or something similar, e.g. std::make_shared). For ...
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Where to put common System functionality in Entity-System Design?
I am working on an Entity System design based largely off of Adam Martin's design and Ray Wenderlich's Objective-C Implementation.
I am working on the AI system using a state machine with a System ...
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Component based game engine and dependencies - singletons [closed]
I am thinking about how to create component based game engine.
I understand that all things should be very similar as in Data Oriented Design (each object is a collection of various structures as ...
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Game Editor plugin architecture
I'm creating 3D Game Editor for my own use. As rendering i took Ogre3D and MFC as UI.
I faced with architecture problem.
I am using Document/View architecture and for each Doc. i create new ...
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Dictionary of common names for code objects [closed]
I'm looking for a common dictionary of terms (much like design patterns have a common language for how things interact) that are specific to games.
For instance, if I'm making a game of pong with a ...
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Making character's skills and abilities as commands, good practice?
I am designing for a game that consist of characters who have unique offensive skills and other abilities such as building, repairing, etc. Players can control multiple of such characters.
I'm ...
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Retrieving components from game objects (entities)
Using C# and XNA 4, I've made the decision to go for an entity-component based design for my game after reading such posts as this and this, but I'm now struggling to find how to retrieve components ...
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How can I refactor my code to use fewer singletons?
I started a component based, networked game (so far only working on the server). I know why singletons can be bad, but I can't think of another way to implement the same thing. So far I have:
A ...
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How to model / where to store relational data between classes
I'm trying to figure out the best design here, and I can see multiple approaches, but none that seems "right."
There are three relevant classes here: Base, TradingPost, and Resource. Each Base has a ...
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References about Game Engine Architecture in AAA Games [closed]
Last weeks I focused on game engine architecture and learned a lot about different approaches like component based, data driven, and so on. I used them in test applications and understand their ...
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Dynamic Components
I am attempting to design a component-based architecture that allows Components to be dynamically enabled and disabled, much like the system employed by Unity3D. For example, all Components are ...
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Techniques for separating game model from presentation
I am creating a simple 2D game using XNA.
The elements that make up the game world are what i refer to as the "model".
For instance, in a board game, i would have a GameBoard class that stores ...
