Dittymyman
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- Feb 23, 2019
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I was not saying python is bad for games, I was saying it is bad for Rogue Like. I do not believe there is a "right" choice to language. It is whatever the creator feels provides the best performance and tools, etc. Doki-Doki is a visual novel and renpy is a visual novel engine; Rogue Like is presented as a visual novel but has systems more akin to a simulator. Visual novels are linear by design where python exceeds. Rogue like being a simulator makes multiple calls and checks at multiple times during gameplay, nonlinear; that is something python does not do easily, more importantly conveniently. Where if the program was written in C++, C#, or java(javascript is more basic than java and I am not familiar enough with it to say it is better than python for this) you could compartmentalize many of the systems of Roguelike to make for easier calling. The game itself would also perform better.Why do you say Python is not a good language for games?
I personally hate unity, it is a bloated engine that many developers use out of convenience and not because they want to wrangle or understand it; I am absolutely NOT advocating for unity. That being said, I do not believe Oni would learn a new language to be able to use SDL2(A free 2d engine, with opengl support) so he could use unity because it is "accessible" and I know it supports 2d graphics.you don't need to jump to Unity.
This next bit is not directed towards anyone particular, please do not think I am ousting anyone. Love and Peace:
Oni has in fact been polishing his code, I know because I mod my game and have seen the changes. There is a lot of deserved and rightful anger and criticism of Oni. But I wanted to throw in my two cents and give him some credit; I could make a pretty long list of things I think are half assed in this game. But maybe instead of just dog piling dissatisfaction; people could coordinate and talk about how to make it better. Because every time someone says how messy and horrible the code is, you just scared away a potential modder. The basics needed to know how to mod Rogue Like are so minimum that anyone can do it. I am the chef Gusteau of coding, anyone can code. Doesn't mean everyone should but everyone can.
Anyway my rant is over, happy thanksgiving or happy end of November everybody