Is anyone using the any design patterns such as the Model View Controller, Observer, Command, or Chain of Responsibility to help separtion the view from the model? If so, I would be very interested in your experiences to date.

Well, there is no particular experience about using design patterns, but I can only tell you that they improve your code dramatically, so using them (wisely) is always a bonus for your project. Most books and articles foster their usage as well, so I guess some other people deem them worth it as well...

Btw, there is a forum dedicted to software engineering, you'll probably find more about design patterns there:
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/forum.asp?forum_id=34


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[edited by - grbrg on June 26, 2003 5:59:49 AM]

I separated the model from the view in the turn-based game I was working on, only because I hoped to change the view dramatically at some point in the future (2D -> 3D).

If I wasn''t going to alter the view, I don''t think I''d have bothered separating them, since it''s a giant pain in the ass.