Questions tagged [architecture]
How code is structured. For questions on the internal design of a game engine.
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Abstraction for dialogue and quests in web game
I'm not very experienced with web languages, but I know a little bit of JavaScript. I'm working on creating a text-based rpg in HTML and need a way to modify dialogues for main story or quest ...
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Looking for some specific Item id's [on hold]
I'm trying to find id's to certain items, I've found a ton of useful id's in the forums. but some items i am looking for are
Roof id's
Bridge id's
Sqare post frame id's
Wall id's for solitude, ...
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Scripting's relations to RAM
So I'm still new to making games that have a baseline for computer resource usage and I'm confused with my question. I can't find an answer anywhere on the internet so I'm here.
Simple Question:
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Where should I put units and items in a squad-combat ECS-based game?
So I'm working on a game where squads of varied units would explore, fight, trade and build on an overworld map. Combat would be automated more or less, and happen on the overworld. Basically, ...
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How to make the player unable to change some of the game elements?
I am making a text turn based RPG fighting game in which you create your own spells. You also share them as JSON files with your friends. Sharing is required to win.
The game is designed so that it ...
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What's an acceptable delay between a player's action and the effects of the action being visible?
So, I'm creating a game where all the systems push events onto the event queue. Those events are then dispatched at the start of the next frame. This works fine, but there are some situations where ...
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Is it bad to store other memory in a system, alongside the components buffer using an Entity-Component-System architecture (ECS)?
I'm currently writing a simple ECS architecture for an engine and I have the fundamentals in place but after reading up on this architecture, it is designed in such a way that the memory is contiguous ...
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Use floats or doubles when writing mobile games
I know for shaders, floats should be used because they are the optimal choice for performance. Doubles are slow and use more memory which isn't ideal for shaders. While floats are less accurate and ...
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Can Mobile Games use Fragments instead of SurfaceViews?
All the tutorials of mobile games for android (such as this one), use the to display game objects. Most other applications tend to use an ...
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Does a thread in a mobile game serve the same purpose as a view model in a mobile application?
I'm trying to confirm up my understanding of the coding differences and similarities between mobile game design and mobile app design for Android devices using Java/Kotlin.
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In mobile app ...
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Software Architecture to link several individual projects with one menu/lobby? Please critique my planned architecture
I'm working on a project with a large and spread out team. Think of the project as like a way to showcase different people's work. Each person is working on an individual experience that will need to ...
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What is the cleanest way to code predictable client/server components
Lots of classic games that I've read the source code to do things like
if (clientside)
// ...
or the same but with ...
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What is the best way to implement the story functionality (dialogue and cutscene management, etc.) in an RPG?
I would like to know what the best way to implement the story functionality of an RPG would be. I am writing the game in C++ using the SFML library for graphics, and I have implemented drawing tiles, ...
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AI Behaviour design pattern which handles lots of diverse behaviours and mechanics?
I'm working on an 2D overhead topdown game in Unity3D and I want the enemies to have lots of diverse behaviours.
How should I design the architecture with this in mind?
For example I want:
A simple ...
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Moving cars on a tiled map
I'm writing a game which is situated on a tiled map. I have a PlayState on which there's a Board which cosists of Fields.
My Board is an isometric map of a city, where each tile is a kind of road. ...
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Games that mix emulated old machine code with modern languages [closed]
Is there any example of game development in a "modern" multi-purpose language (C++, Python, Java, Go) that loads game binaries of an old platform (e.g. 8-bit, 16-bit or 20-bit DOS) and emulates it ...
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Multithreading: Each system on a different thread or a thread pool?
I'm building a fairly involved game using OpenGL and C++. I've been thinking about how to implement multithreading, and the two options are:
1) Each system (Graphics, Audio, Physics, et cetera) gets ...
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Entity Component System: where do I put containers?
I'm pretty new when it comes to the whole Entity Component System structure and I got some questions I just can't wrap my head around.
I know that for example collisions, you'd have a ...
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How does one organize AI interactions with Local and Remote Players?
Scenario: In a first-person multiplayer game, an AI monster grabs a player. (This would be first-person player on the client's local machine, and a third-person remote player on the master and other ...
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Modeling complex requirements for populating loot/drop tables
I have a set of items and a data structure that describes where and how those items may be dropped. I'm looking to implement a roguelike/randomizer element to the game and want to include the special ...
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Serverless Multiplayer
I wanted to make a game with a "serverless" mobile multiplayer game.
The idea was to have devices connect to each other automatically when they are within range.
There would be no global game state ...
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TurnBased Server Design
I want to create turn based card game. Im currently writing server part in Java and I designed one little mechanism how it could work. On one server I want to be able to have lots of desks. So the ...
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Multiplayer oriented game engine object (C++)
for a personal project i started making a 2d game engine in C++ that uses sfml. The idea is having base "game object" classes from which a game will inherit.
Right now i have:
Game_engine class ...
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Why separate data from logic?
I don't understand the purpose of separate SystemClass for functions.
My composition looks like this:
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How to load assets into the game engine editor fast?
I am making a game engine with C++ and OpenGL. Currently I'm stuck making the asset explorer. I would like to be able to import assets into an engine project and then when I open the project just use ...
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How can I implement versioning into a save system?
I currently have a crude save system in my game.
When my game is first launched after download, it checks for three directories in a certain location on the client computer, ...
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Do I need a rendering system in my engine?
I am planning to create a cRPG game engine that would allow to easily create games like Baldur's Gate. I already tried to do that once, but my knowledge was vastly insufficient at the time. I settled ...
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How do I keep historical variable value tied to certain period of time?
I'm currently trying to figure out how I can keep ever-changing variable values
and make it available for other classes to access the said variables.
In my example, I have the following:
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How does a game like Minecraft handle block and entity updates?
I am not asking how Minecraft loads chunks or generates chunks, I am asking about individual blocks and entities and their behaviours.
Suppose you have a dirt block: dirt block can be converted to a ...
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How to set up an architecture and a strategy allowing the persistence of the data of a MUD in a relational database?
How to set up an architecture and a strategy allowing the persistence of the data of a MUD in a relational database?
Type of game:
My question relates to the design of a Multi User Dungeon (MUD).
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stats or profit give away result of game
Think of a coinflip game, whose logic looks as follows:
Server sends websocket message (RESULT_MESSAGE) to frontend with result of a game (won/lost)
Server sends websocket message to frontend with ...
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Dynamic Game Server Architecture
I'm trying to find a way to design a game server architecture for a real time mobile game. The design should be cost effective but still to some extend scaleable (later on).
Mobile client flow:
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Is it possible to avoid global data in a Multi User Dungeon (MUD)?
I am currently designing a Multi User Dungeon (MUD). For those who do not know what it is, they are the ancestors of MMORPGs. There is no graphics, everything is played in a console by typing commands....
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Architecture of networked game engine
So after working on my game engine for 2 years, I've decided to step into the networking environment. I just don't know if it's a good idea to rewrite the engine, or how much work it will take (but ...
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Synchronize points from UI and server
I am sorry in advance if it's not perfectly clear.
I would like to make a game with let's say the following map (in real it will be a 3D globe).
Now this map contain point, and each point is a place ...
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Possible patterns for Registering event listeners of game entities with an event queue
I'm trying to integrate the idea of an event queue with a game loop that creates entities and responds to input. Is it better practice to submit entity reaction functions to the queue during input ...
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Unity Client and Multiplayer Networking/Architecture
My background is in Enterprise and SaaS web infrastructure. Zero information about games and how their networking works. I only know about the world of browsers and RESTful APIs.
I'm planning on ...
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Handling input in a custom ECS engine
I've been implementing an Entity Component System into my custom toy engine so I can learn more about it. Currently I have the following problem:
I can't think of a way of implementing input as a ...
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What engine is used in an introductory game-development course? [closed]
I am preparing a course in game-development. It is a choice-coures for 3rd-year students of computer science, who have working knowledge of several programming languages (C, C++, Java), algorithms, ...
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Should the lobby and game room be database tables or arrays?
I'm designing a lobby which holds all game rooms
If a room is empty, it gets deleted by the lobby
If a room is full, a new room is created
For now the lobby is an array of objects on a websockets ...
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How to make rhythm game long notes in Unity?
I'm making a rhythm game for a university course and I can't figure out a way to make the long/sustained notes. For reference, this is what I mean taken from Guitar Hero:
I already have a system ...
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How do the systems find the entities they should operate on in Entity-Component-System pattern?
I have read many articles about ECS patterns. Many of them are clear on what the entity and components are but don't really talk about the system because it "varies" or just use plain English to ...
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How to code a lot of cards in a trading card game java [duplicate]
I want to make a trading card game like Yu-Gi-Oh or Magic. I have a lot of cards in my game and even the user can make new cards. Cards are objects and they have attributes like HP and Mana ,etc but ...
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How to store relations between NPCs?
For an RPG I want to generate a world with lots of NPCs, and the NPCs all have relations to eachother. They can be eachothers parents, children, siblings, friends, bosses, lovers, lieges, vassals, etc....
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Modern OpenGL, 2D only, should I be using uniforms or VBOs for sprite transformation?
I'm new to OpenGL, I'm currently building a 2D game engine. Right now I'm only using one shader as I only draw textured quads (basically sprites).
The thing is... I don't know if should I be using ...
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Dividing Data and Logic in Unity
I am currently working on a small side project (as usual), and trying to build up from previous experiences.
I have the following elements in the game:
1) Region: ...
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Does game client size always grow in size after updates? [closed]
Games that are updated in course of their lifetime (through online updates), grow in size and I can understand that new textures, sounds and other stuff takes up space.
What I'm interested in is - ...
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Uninitialized Variables with Deactivation of Objects in Game Maker Studio 2
I am currently working on some map generation for my GMS2 game, and I have run into an issue that I absolutely cannot figure out. (I am very new to GMS2, so bear with me).
I am working on map ...
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How can I handle scripting-like tasks in my ECS?
So I have been getting more and more into ECS architecture, and I am having a bit of trouble wrapping my head around how to handle custom actions/callbacks.
For instance, let’s say I want to have a ...
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What are some gameplay cases where knowing the Z as a result of the raycasting is useful in a 2D setting?
The context is an 3D engine with a 2.5D level format. Like a roller coaster tycoon level, with some other level features added, and layers removed. For example the tile functions have the following ...
