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There is this myth about the correct way in which one should code a game, entity/component is just the current fad of the decade, previously it was OOP.
by AlexeyBrin 10y ago
There is this myth about the correct way in which one should code a game, entity/component is just the current fad of the decade, previously it was OOP.
- krapp 10y agoI think it's more than a mere fad, but like OOP, it does have the potential for a cult to build around it. The entity/component pattern is little more than preferring to decouple data from logic, and avoiding dependency trees. That's not particularly esoteric or irrational.