The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoThe audacity!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down13
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minus-squareSkaveRatlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours agowhatever you do, don’t look into its code. It’s basically a single lua file with more if/else/switch nesting than god intended (unless it was refactored in the last couple months)
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours agoApparently Undertale works this way as well. All of its dialog is one massive switch statement.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoWhy not? On the same way you don’t need amazing art to make a fun game, you don’t need amazing code either. If the game is fun then it’s a success.
whatever you do, don’t look into its code.
It’s basically a single lua file with more if/else/switch nesting than god intended
(unless it was refactored in the last couple months)
Apparently Undertale works this way as well. All of its dialog is one massive switch statement.
Why not? On the same way you don’t need amazing art to make a fun game, you don’t need amazing code either. If the game is fun then it’s a success.
agreed, but not the point I was making