“Game Programming Patterns” is now finished

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Post by rockybox » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 3:48 PM UTC

“Game Programming Patterns” is now finished
gameprogrammingpatterns.com

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Post by softbuilder » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:18 PM UTC

Congrats to Bob! He's been working on this forever, in public.

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Post by TillE » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

Thanks so much for all of this. It's extremely well put together.

I'm still trying to figure out the optimal way to organize every part of a Dwarf Fortress-style simulation (but multi-threaded of course), and I feel like I'm reinventing the wheel somewhat poorly. Component-based design is an important part of that, but there are still so many hairy problems to solve.

These are problems which most games don't encounter because they're not complex simulations. And the agent-based simulation literature isn't much of a help either.

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Post by pvnick » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

I remember seeing one of Bob's posts earlier about how he struggled to finish this. Congratulations to him, I know how difficult it is to complete big projects (they say there's the first 90%, then when the finish line is in sight, there's the second 90%). His perseverance is inspiring!

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Post by codecondo » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

Great work, and thank you from the community.

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Post by pcmccull » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:36 PM UTC

Thank you Bob! I've been reading through your book and applying the patterns to both work (web applications) and my hobby game projects. The way you describe the patterns, especially the component pattern, made it clear exactly how to apply it to my projects. This is an awesome resource.

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Post by dudeson » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

pvnick wrote: post #4

I remember seeing one of Bob's posts earlier about how he struggled to finish this. Congratulations to him, I know how difficult it is to complete big projects (they say there's the first 90%, then when the finish line is in sight, there's the second 90%). His perseverance is inspiring!

True, always the last 10% consume as much effort as the 90%

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Post by pachydermic » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

This looks awesome - I have been wishing for a resource exactly like this for a while now. With my first game under my belt I learned the hard way how difficult game programming can be. I need some high level advice and this looks perfect.

Thanks!

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Post by Arjuna » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

Congratulations, Bob!

He had some interesting comments on his writing process in a previous thread entitled, "Write Code Every Day." [1]

He also graciously answered some questions I had regarding his writing workflow, as well as his plans to self-publish a print version of the book. [2]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7569108

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7569660

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Post by DanAndersen » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

Thank you so much for writing this! As someone working to transition from webdev and enterprisey CRUD app development to something that, if not gamedev itself, deals more with simulation and modeling worlds, it's been difficult to deal with the true change in mindset that's needed. Over the past few weeks I've had "read a chapter of Game Programming Patterns" as a recurring to-do item, and it's opened my eyes greatly.