Ways to create game engines

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  • ecs-faq

    Frequently asked questions about Entity Component Systems

  • Godot has a node based system (nodes can have child nodes linked to them, and there are different types of nodes for the type of functionality they represent). Another alternative could be a more OOP approach (utilising inheritance as the main means of extending functionality), not aware of any modern engines that take this approach anymore. It’s also worth noting that ECS implementations can differ wildly, this faq from the flecs creator has a good rundown on what some of different variants are.

  • piston

    A modular game engine written in Rust

  • And I really like generic systems where you can create a lot of different things. A program that interested me is Piston (https://github.com/PistonDevelopers/piston), I haven't researched it in depth yet, but the concept of being able to create several things with a base and different modules is very interesting

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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