Category: Game Engine
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Data-Driven Prototyping
The challenge of video game development isn’t just making functional, usable software. Games need an additional special ingredient: fun! Not only is fun subjective, it often takes exploration, feedback, and iteration to find. gr4Xity itself emerged from several failed prototypes and is still deep in discovery. My favorite example: the addictive one more turn mechanic…
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Graphecs: the graph-first entity component system
While firmly rooted in the 4X genre, gr4Xity doesn’t look, feel, or play like anything else. The focus on emergent systems-based gameplay warrants taking a fresh look at data structures, execution models, and even the style of programming itself. This is especially true to support the complex interactive economy and artificial intelligence systems in development.…