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how to represent a nested menu system?

I'm wondering what would be a clever way of making a layered menu system, in terms of what data structures to use. An example of what I mean: A unit has the ability to construct buildings, and to ...
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Multithreading for a mixed-genre game in Python?

So here's the situation. I'm making a game that mixes two genres; arcade shooter and puzzler. They don't intertwine TOO much; all the interaction that really goes on is that every time an enemy is ...
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Detecting if line crosses rectangle in python. Need speed boost

I am currently writing a top down man vs robot shooter. The game works now, but if I have a decent sized level it runs slowly when you are being chased by robots. While just roaming around it can go ...
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Searching a map fewer times

... or better yet, removing the need to search the map altogether. I'm either looking for suggestions on how to optimize my code, or a change in design. In my component-based entity system, the ...