Concerning 'how many lines of C++ == how many lines of ASM' I think it really matters how you code.
My game loop looks something like (this is pseudocode, too lazy to look it up):
if (no messages)
{
GameC.Main();
}
How many lines do you think that translates to?
The point here is that there is no point. You can argue this to the moon and back because it depends how 'high' in the implementation you are. At the top level, you run the game with a function call. At the lowest you're... programming ASM?
I'd rather type
pObjectC->Move();
than cut and paste three pages of code.
I would be very disappointed if your ASM game took so long to compile... especially seeing that even though I cannot program in ASM (although I know how it works), I happen to know, like everybody else, that .exe's are just piles and piles of ASM. So basically, we have one massive copy.
And what was that about 'cut & paste' earlier? What decade are you living in, dude? The only good programmer is a lazy programmer; never, EVER, repeat a line of code, unless that line is calling other lines. Both are quotes. Learn them.
Have you ever played Half-Life? Unreal Tournament? Any game developed within the last five years? You guessed it: object-orientated programming.
'Big deal,' you say. Within a meagre 10+ years you could hand-crafted the entire thing from scratch. Congratulations. You're using technology dated 10 years with no hope of incorporating it.
Ever make a mod for a game? Notice how these tend to prolong the games live's by years? How popular do you think Half-Life would be without TFC and Counter-Strike? And where do the royalties go when the mods start selling?
Planning to sell your engine? Good luck. You'll need it. I'd rather make my own than try and figure out what the hell you where doing. And then when they figure out, try and work with it.
I could carry on, but I won't. I hope that you will at least take what I say into consideration.
If any of the above information is wrong, please correct me! I hate being incorrect and not knowing it.
Thank you for your time.
The_Minister1C3-D3M0N InteractiveEdit: Aah screw the source tags, I prefer HTML
Edited by - The_Minister on December 31, 2000 10:14:07 AM
