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Engine-independent guidance

Programming & Architecture

Code and systems designed to change safely.

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Choose the principle closest to your current decision. Start with its recommendation and conditions, then follow connected principles if the decision crosses into another subject.

You do not need to read every entry. The list below keeps the whole topic available when you need a wider view.

All principles

Make the game data-driven — push behavior and tuning out of code into editable data

contextual guidance · Read conditions and exceptions →

Favor composition over inheritance — build entities from components

contextual guidance · Read conditions and exceptions →

Decouple systems through events, not direct references

contextual guidance · Read conditions and exceptions →

Keep game logic decoupled from engine and platform specifics

contextual guidance · Read conditions and exceptions →

Architect for iteration speed — treat the change-to-feedback loop as first-class

objective guidance · Read conditions and exceptions →

Decide your authoritative state and how it serializes — early

contextual guidance · Read conditions and exceptions →