[HN Gopher] Gamedev from Scratch 1: Scaffolding
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       Gamedev from Scratch 1: Scaffolding
        
       Author : luu
       Score  : 56 points
       Date   : 2023-05-11 21:28 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | barbariangrunge wrote:
       | eev.ee wrote some great articles about doom, and made one of my
       | favourite doom maps
        
         | junon wrote:
         | eev.ee also writes a lot about programming language design that
         | I've really enjoyed in the past. Definitely worth the read.
        
       | citizenkeen wrote:
       | I'm sad that this is the second part and then the series stopped.
        
       | robertlagrant wrote:
       | > Part 2: Collision - (coming soon!)
       | 
       | Harrumph!
        
       | sovietmudkipz wrote:
       | I really like watching other people do game dev from scratch. If
       | this is a space you're into and are fine with an nonstandard
       | opinionated developer, I'd recommend Molly Rocket's YouTube
       | channel.
       | 
       | However; I shutter in horror at the thought of embarking on this
       | journey for myself. This is a statement about me rather than a
       | general statement. I know I fixate on problems and "perfect"
       | solutions at the detriment of my project's velocity e.g. TDD for
       | my game projects --- especially since most tutorial code isn't
       | written with testing in mind. I highly suspect I would be doomed
       | to misery if I tried.
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       | Maybe if/when I get more skilled. I feel like projects like these
       | are an expression of programmers who are very comfortable and
       | experienced with writing complex systems.
        
         | themodelplumber wrote:
         | I find that I tend to get to the interactivity parts of gamedev
         | and go "maybe it'd be neat if this ran itself as a simulation".
         | 
         | ChatGPT even wrote a game for me and I thought the same then. I
         | think this might be related to why I write so many dashboards
         | as a hobby.
         | 
         | Spectating is pretty cool by itself perhaps?
        
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