Bingo. Just looked it up, and that looks like exactly what I'm talking about. I can't say for certain as I haven't ever used/read code that was described as a

Bingo. Just looked it up, and that looks like exactly what I'm talking about. I can't say for certain as I haven't ever used/read code that was described as an Entity Component system, so there may be some crucial differences I'm overlooking. But I'm pretty sure you nailed it. EDIT: Just read into this a bit more (http://vasir.net/blog/game-development/how-to-build-entity-component-system-in-javascript http://vasir.net/blog/game-development/how-to-build-entity-c...). It's something different. Kind of a mix between this and IOC.