{"id":275,"date":"2025-07-01T13:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:40:29","slug":"the-knowledge-guiding-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/01\/the-knowledge-guiding-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"Engines\/approaches etc. I have used"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Engines\/approaches etc. I have used<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Godot<\/strong> Game engine &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mAbG8Oi-SvQ&amp;list=PL9FzW-m48fn2SlrW0KoLT4n5egNdX-W9a\">Make an Action RPG in Godot 3.2<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gdquest.com\/\">https:\/\/www.gdquest.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>pyGame <\/strong>(python) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qYomF9p_SYM\">Creating a Mario Maker style game in Python<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AY9MnQ4x3zk\">The ultimate introduction to Pygame<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I hadn&#8217;t considered this until i saw this tutorial and thought it was awesome!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>pico8 <\/strong>(LUA) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HnY7Inp74dw&amp;list=PLea8cjCua_P3LL7J1Q9b6PJua0A-96uUS\">Making a Roguelike #1 &#8211; Overview &#8211; Pico-8 Hero<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>javascript <\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fyi4vfbKEeo&amp;list=PLcjhmZ8oLT0r9dSiIK6RB_PuBWlG1KSq_\">Let&#8217;s build an RPG with JavaScript &#8211; Part 1: Project Beginnings #pizzalegends<\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GFO_txvwK_c\">JavaScript Game Development Course for Beginners<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phaser.js NOT v3.5\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, the one below is a good reason to avoid &#8216;frameworks&#8217; and <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaboom &#8211; now depricated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can&#8217;t remember the name of it, but there was another one I saw too that is now out of date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The kittykat one too&#8230; just many, many examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Create a Legend of Zelda Style Game With JavaScript\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pVAmEJqK-3A?list=PLXKYLdkD1_a-lfXulF2-PBaHEtZIGrDF9\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ultimate JavaScript Game Development Course for Beginners\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LNgGdw5WT1s?list=PLXKYLdkD1_a-lfXulF2-PBaHEtZIGrDF9\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Had a look at a bunch of books, but found them a struggle. Special mention this one tho: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Advanced-Game-Design-HTML5-JavaScript\/dp\/1430258004<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, then the question is: make the games using vanilla javascript, or use libraries etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I actually think this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">use ga (https:\/\/github.com\/kittykatattack\/ga) or hexi (https:\/\/github.com\/kittykatattack\/hexi) as a basis &#8211; then add stuff in\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Game Programming Patterns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a good one too: How to make an RPG<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zotero.org\/google-docs\/?fZ0MYH\">(Schuller, 2017)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And so\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, I have decided that I am going to go it alone and start from scratch &#8211; fairly confident I understand the concepts\/structures etc. enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am going on the basis of: get the data MODEL right, everything follows from there\u2026 graphics are the VIEW of the data MODEL &#8211; etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8216;frameworks&#8217; and Kaboom &#8211; now depricated Can&#8217;t remember the name of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"wp-custom-template-nlx-the-knowledge-page","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-knowledge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonlinearexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}