I'm working on a survival horror action RPG^1 with a friend. We're two people^2. At a high level, I write the code, he does the art. I use visual scripting a lo

I'm working on a survival horror action RPG^1 with a friend. We're two people^2. At a high level, I write the code, he does the art. I use visual scripting a lot. Here's why: 1. He is comfortable tweaking parameters in a visual environment. This means he can iterate without me which is faster. He comes to me with a list of things he wants accomplish. I create a bunch of tools. He's off to the races. 2. For certain problems it's faster for me to whip together some visual code using re-usable code-building-blocks I've written. For example, sequencing through a series of states for some moment in the game or reacting to a game event. 3. He is familiar with finite state machines -- for example the entire animation system is built on them -- and can therefore make changes to the game without my input, say changing how the boss works in combat. 4. Plus these changes don't require recompilation, which helps speed up iteration. As a programmer I'll say once you get your head around the paradigm it's pretty cool. A ton of game code is just glue or event handling. Visual coding is often a good fit for those problems. It also forces me to write my code in a more SOLID way -- I end up writing a bunch of atomic "tasks" that get mixed and matched in creative, unexpected ways. That means my code is usually simpler and therefore less bug prone. The flip side is that it's very easy to wind up with a huge pile of visual code spaghetti strewn across a dozen places, and it's impossible to refactor safely -- pretty serious issues ... but when you're just two people trying to scrape by and release something before flaming out, they're not at the top of my list! [1]: Very out of date screenshots for those curious: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/You_Will_Die_Here_Tonight/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/You_Will_Die_Here... [2]: Plus contractors who help with the art, sound, marketing.