Comments on: Roots http://www.brainfold.org/blog/2008/02/18/roots/ On Python, game development and everything Fri, 21 May 2010 13:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephen http://www.brainfold.org/blog/2008/02/18/roots/comment-page-1/#comment-524 Stephen Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:09:00 +0000 http://www.brainfold.org/blog/2008/02/18/roots/#comment-524 I've found that the secret to finishing games tends to be moderation. The art of not overplanning/designing your game, but at the same time not jumping in blind and underplanning. Overplanning bloats your initial framework to the point that you don't know how to work on it, while underplanning will eventually result in your game code collapsing on itself. On my project, I've been taking the route of carefully designing parts of the game/engine that I know are pinnacle to keeping the rest of the game supported solidly, but I tend to go lax on the areas that aren't quite as important. This way, I don't need to plan out every line of code I write, but at the same time I'm not digging myself deathtraps for the future by writing careless code, either. I think once you find a nice balance of the two, you'll really be sailing forward with gamedev progress. :) I’ve found that the secret to finishing games tends to be moderation. The art of not overplanning/designing your game, but at the same time not jumping in blind and underplanning. Overplanning bloats your initial framework to the point that you don’t know how to work on it, while underplanning will eventually result in your game code collapsing on itself.

On my project, I’ve been taking the route of carefully designing parts of the game/engine that I know are pinnacle to keeping the rest of the game supported solidly, but I tend to go lax on the areas that aren’t quite as important. This way, I don’t need to plan out every line of code I write, but at the same time I’m not digging myself deathtraps for the future by writing careless code, either.

I think once you find a nice balance of the two, you’ll really be sailing forward with gamedev progress. :)

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