Not All Plugins Save Time
So this past week as been a lot of non sexy work. I've been working on the save system, which is one of the more complicated aspects thus far (which I really didn't expect). I've written custom serialization (save) systems
Managing All That Sweet Sweet Data
This is going to be a very technical post so you've been warned :) Perhaps the task I spent the longest time on so far was figuring out exactly how to store and manage all the data for all the things
The Various Types Of Types Of Types
If you were to look at my code base, one of the most common words you would see is "Type". Everything is a type, and many things are many combinations of types. For example, a monster is a type, and
Why Targeting Is Not So Simple!
I'm sure you've played games like Final Fantasy 6 where the enemies are on one side and your party is on the other. When it's a units turn, he picks an ability and then picks a target (friend or foe).