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Requirements: mini-games and core have inividual identifiers local logic for success tracking player progress schema Observer pattern could be a good choice Story progression – flags and tags – empty tags in char thing – start off set to no… add more? Work backwards from goal – knowing the goal/objective – usuaĺly stated at the…

Needs: Options external editor Use tiled map editor A guide to level creation with Tiled [ + how to use it with pygame ] make 2 folders, a tmx and a tsx folder Without using tiled map editor reasons – small game – online editor internal editor Or, just have a built in edit mode…

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Principles: This are the elements: Use React to handle UI https://jslegenddev.substack.com/p/why-use-react-for-game-development I do like the alpha insettion options on the SNES – where you scroll off the left hand of the page, and loop back around. Cues from Apple HUI guidelines are useful Inventory Well, this below is not a solution, but rather, a rant…

The logic is: there are two main areas: For web projects, this is not always that logical. So, what to do? The release is the same as the src folder, but has a .git ignore folder for when it’s built… Grunt file Ok, so it’s outdated, but it will do for now… Based on the Advanced…

10 reasons to use Design Patterns to design a game, 10 reasons not to, an approach to design an extensible, 2d action rpg game using vanilla javascript https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com https://www.patterns.dev GIM6UU2V architecture is about change (https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/architecture-performance-and-games.html) And also, testing… Phaser.HEADLESS https://dev.to/davidmorais/testing-phaser-games-with-vitest-3kon Data structures Memory, Cache Locality, and why Arrays are Fast (Data Structures and Optimization) Pass…

All these tools are free – or so cheap and good that you should get them… Artwork  – aseprite > auto export to img folder Level editor  – tiled > auto export to game map folder (.json) Coding Node js  – vscode > work in src folder – saving reloads/relaunches page in browser runs test…

Other places that have lots of good info: Guiding principles I think what I am looking for is an APPROACH, rather than an engine… The approach, for example, could be: when coding, it is LIKELY that it should have the following: It was reading Selecting solutions What do you need it to do? How much…

I have used: godot game engine, pico8, javascript and pyGame. All have their pros and cons. I ended up settling on javaScript, but keep up with cool tutorials etc in the others for inspiration/ideas. Well, the one below is a good reason to avoid ‘frameworks’ and Kaboom – now depricated Can’t remember the name of…