Re: Gaming Engines

From: "MindShift Design" <teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 05:00:33 +0000

"John Morris" <jonmmorris@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
news:20001028202639.06090.00001594@ng-cj1.aol.com...
> MindShift theorized...
>
> <snip>
>
> >Yes. Each combat routine for each game genre is independently built using
core
> functions that are accessible to all. Then you create small procedures
that can
> be reused, such as movement, firing weapons etc that are then used by
larger
> procedures that handle the real flow of combat for that module.
>
> <snip>
>
> This reminds me of a recent story about component re-use in one of my
trade
> rags titled "SMOP" (simple matter of programming)

<snip>

Heh. I love that story. Must remember to add bazooka-carrying kangaroos to
all the games we make...

--
Jason Paul McCartan - jasonm@mindshiftdesign.com
CEO/President
MindShift Design LLC
http://www.mindshiftdesign.com

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References

Re: Gaming Engines
MindShift Design <teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com>
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 15:41:04 +0000
Re: Gaming Engines
jonmmorris@aol.comnospam (John Morris)
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 00:26:39 +0000