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Adding a new game object to a game increases its complexity ("combinatorial explosion"). Good tools are needed to deal with this. "Great tools help make great
by sdkgames 4y ago
Adding a new game object to a game increases its complexity ("combinatorial explosion"). Good tools are needed to deal with this.
"Great tools help make great games. Spend as much time on tools as possible" (c) J.Romero.[1]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFziBfvAFnM&t=884s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFziBfvAFnM&t=884s
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoThe biggest "explosion" there has got to be Dwarf Fortress, where the interplay of every object and aspect of the game causes some really interesting emergent behaviour (like catsplosions or whatnot).
- xwdv 4y agoYou tend to get these kind of emergent behaviors easily when you design a game around entity component systems.
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