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Help learning how to structure code efficient and flexible

Anders Berthelsen · 2013-03-19T09:53:01

Hello, I'm new to game programming and new to this forum. I try to look through the forum, the books and the articles, but the content is so vast that I could not find what I was looking for. My background is PhD in physics and all my programming skills are through my education. I'm not a great programmer and for this reason i started playing around with game make studio, because it seemed simple. I've watched a lot of tutorials on youtube and read some articles and I think I've got the basics down. I want to make games in my past time and not professional and I think I will do it as a one man thing, at least in the beginning. Now to my problem. Whenever I try to start making a game I loose the overview of the game. I simply don't know how to make efficient structure of the game. That is what to put where, should i use the build in physics engine, should i write something my self. What code should be put in the objects what should be put in scripts, and the list goes on. All tutorials I have found are very basic, so if a tutorial says it will show you how to make a platformer, it will show you how to make a solid object and a player you can control. I can do that, however my code is very messy and not very flexible. So if I suddenly want to integrate for example a level up system for the player, it will be very difficult. Another example, I can make a player that can shoot and kill enemies, but if i want to add the possibility to change weapons, again it gets very messy. I hope someone can help me to learn writing efficient, flexible and smart code. In my head it would be very nice if i could write single modules, and then combining them to a game. And also latter easily add a new module if i get a new idea, without having to go through all single objects implementing this new module. Don't know if this is possible. Hope my problem is clear, or else write and I will elaborate. So to summarize I don't need help learning to program specific code (I learn on the fly, using google and the help file), but help to build the complete structure and combining the individual code efficiently. Ant type of help would be appreciated: books, webpages, youtube, direct guidance ... Thanks in advance.

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Started by MrAndersDk March 15, 2013 09:36 AM

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March 19, 2013 09:53 AM

sorry for the late reply. Have been away. Thanks for all your suggestions. I will just try to move on even though my code gets overwhelming. I notice though that every time i start something new it gets a little more organized, maybe someday I can actually grasp what i'm doing.

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