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Implementing features in an Entity System

After asking two questions on Entity Systems (1, 2), and reading some articles on them, I think that I understand them much better than before. But, I still have some uncertainties, and mainly they ...
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Why is it a bad idea to store methods in Entities and Components? (Along with some other Entity System questions.)

This is a followup to this question, which I answered, but this one tackles with a much more specific subject. This answer helped me understand Entity Systems even better than the article. I've ...
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Component-Based System online resources

I've been considering moving to a more component-based approach in my games. Does anyone else have any decent reference material or sample implementations that would help make this transition a little ...
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How to update entity states and animations in a component-based game

I'm trying to design a component-based entity system for learning purposes (and later use on some games) and I'm having some troubles when it comes to updating entity states. I don't want to have an ...
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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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Is there any option other than Component Based for game architecture?

Having read a lot recently on Component Based systems (for games), i find it hard to go back to my earlier state of mind. If static object hierarchies fail to model "objects with a dynamic set of ...
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Fundamental physics component(s) in component-based game engine

What are the "smallest" physics components in your component-based game engine? Would it make sense to create something like Positionable, Rotatable, Movable, Collidable and combine them the way you ...