One of the first problems I tackled in my prototype was persistence, because I foresaw the difficulties of object serialisation, and I feared them. Because I’ve chosen Python as my language of first resort, serialisation isn’t as big of an issue as it would be, say, in C++: it’s built in to the language as the pickle module. The mechanics [...]
In my research, I’ve spent a lot of time reading what the developers of rogue-likes have to say. One of the more famous rogue-likes, Angband, uses text files to define just about everything in the game. This sounds a lot like the Pragmatic Programmer dictum: “put abstractions in code, details in metadata.”
For a comprehensive RPG like Free Sky, we’re going to need a good object system. This system should be no more complicated than necessary, allowing for easy design of game objects and quick overhauls when the game design changes. This mini-series will be a quick sketch of my thoughts toward this end.
Some principles, before I get started:
Enable data-driven object [...]
Anyone out there want to start a game company with me?
In honor of the new “geeky” category, I’d like to skim over the joys and terrors of dynamic Python.
I’m adding a new category: “geeky”. Mind you, it’s not because geeky things are not “the truth”, nor is it because geeky things are never “trivial”, but simply because there are things that I occasionally talk about that the mainstream reader (that is, most of the people I know) might not find interesting, [...]
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The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
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