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What is a "normal" in game development

Direct Answer I see that other answer going into technical details, but I don't know if that hits the spot for answering "What are even normals" - so here's a plain English answer for ...
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What is a "normal" in game development

In the context of geometry, a normal is a vector that is oriented perpendicular to a given object. It is commonly used for lighting calculations, but it can also be used to for calculating visibility, ...
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Why wont my code work

If you want to increase the first 10 times the variable clicks + 1, and after 10, clicks + 2 you need to make sure that the names of the variables in the code are ...
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How do I react to a variable having reached a certain value?

If you want to reward the player with additional click power, then it would make sense to make that a separate variable, and use that variable instead of the constant value of ...
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Improve performance of server updating game state

As DMGregory said, You can locate the performance problems of each step, or try another communication protocol and programming language. But I think the more significant problem is that your ...
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