boensaw

Aug 25, 2026

Mar 25, 2026

the more experienced I get programming games the more that I realize patterns like inheritance and components don't matter, the only thing that matters is functions and entities which run functions...

Mar 26, 2026

@BOENSAW Just go full haskell and realize that everything is a function

Mar 26, 2026

@BOENSAW This is a take for the whole software industry

Mar 26, 2026

@BOENSAW Functions that Operate on Structs/Classes/Entities/Objects makes things simple.

Mar 26, 2026

@BOENSAW you are almost there unc

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW GameMaker introduced me to the Entity paradigm.

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW Entities don’t have to go but having a mental framework where entities run functions is probably not helpful.

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW How do you even have a functioning game without entities

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW Object { data stuff; function stuff }

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW everything is just functions and variables, it's functions all the way down

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW there's a whole book about this https://www.dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW So, not an ecs but only a es

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW Patterns are guidelines, but coding is a holistic and spiritual activity.

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW The only thing you ever need to think about is how the data flows, and sometimes when it flows if the paths leak.

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW Thats because entities and ECS are the new shiny thing and everyone loves to jump on the cool train.

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW Finding out being Turing complete just requires less and not more?

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW All that matters is memory and logic, everything else is a made up abstraction

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW There are no universal pattern common to every game, especially if you are searching for efficiency.

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW Objects, arrays, singletons.

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW I feel like the actually useful patterns just emerge by themselves if you try doing something that needs them.

Mar 25, 2026

@BOENSAW team fat struct!

Mar 25, 2026

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the more experienced I get programming games the more that I realize patterns like inheritance and components don't matter, the only thing that matters is functions and entities which run functions...

@BOENSAW Just go full haskell and realize that everything is a function

@BOENSAW This is a take for the whole software industry

@BOENSAW Functions that Operate on Structs/Classes/Entities/Objects makes things simple.

@BOENSAW you are almost there unc

@BOENSAW GameMaker introduced me to the Entity paradigm.

@BOENSAW Entities don’t have to go but having a mental framework where entities run functions is probably not helpful.

@BOENSAW How do you even have a functioning game without entities

@BOENSAW Object { data stuff; function stuff }

@BOENSAW everything is just functions and variables, it's functions all the way down

@BOENSAW there's a whole book about this https://www.dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/

@BOENSAW So, not an ecs but only a es

@BOENSAW Patterns are guidelines, but coding is a holistic and spiritual activity.

@BOENSAW The only thing you ever need to think about is how the data flows, and sometimes when it flows if the paths leak.

@BOENSAW Thats because entities and ECS are the new shiny thing and everyone loves to jump on the cool train.

@BOENSAW Finding out being Turing complete just requires less and not more?

@BOENSAW All that matters is memory and logic, everything else is a made up abstraction

@BOENSAW There are no universal pattern common to every game, especially if you are searching for efficiency.

@BOENSAW

@BOENSAW Objects, arrays, singletons.

@BOENSAW I feel like the actually useful patterns just emerge by themselves if you try doing something that needs them.

@BOENSAW team fat struct!

@BOENSAW Eventually you realize literally nothing matters except for love and friendship!!!!