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minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 hours agowhatever you do, don’t look into its code. It’s basically a single lua file with more if/else/switch nesting than god intended (unless it was refactored in the last couple months)
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoYeah a lot of games have shit code and always have. Real time strategy “ai” is especially egregious if I remember right.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 hours agoWhy not? On the same way you don’t need amazing art to make a fun game, you don’t need amazing code either. If the game is fun then it’s a success.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoagreed, but not the point I was making
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 hours agoApparently Undertale works this way as well. All of its dialog is one massive switch statement.
minus-squareSynopsisTantilize@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·31 minutes agoI remember reading undertales code is nightmare fuel.
whatever you do, don’t look into its code.
It’s basically a single lua file with more if/else/switch nesting than god intended
(unless it was refactored in the last couple months)
If it works it works.
Yeah a lot of games have shit code and always have. Real time strategy “ai” is especially egregious if I remember right.
Why not? On the same way you don’t need amazing art to make a fun game, you don’t need amazing code either. If the game is fun then it’s a success.
agreed, but not the point I was making
Apparently Undertale works this way as well. All of its dialog is one massive switch statement.
I remember reading undertales code is nightmare fuel.