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    What is your opinion?

    What does coding add to modern games that prefabs do not? How does code express what we desire to place inside a video game? (This is a main question I need to answer for a paper) What is the importance of code?

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    Well what is your own opinion on the matter? How have you thought to answer the question so far
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    Without code, all video games would act the same way. They would all be played and controlled the same way. Compare the two programs below for example: (they are only small programs modified to allow understanding in reading the code.)
    Program 1 Program 2
    switch button; D-pad movement
    case up:
    move character up;
    case down:
    move character down;
    case left:
    move character left;
    case right:
    move character right;

    When comparing the two programs, the left is obviously longer. The first uses code and the second is simply a button to press that instantly inputs the same code. The both output the same command, but Program 1 contains something highly important to game development, modification. If someone wishes to create a simple process that mixes up the movements of a sprite, they could easily change Program 1 to do so. On the other hand, without code, Program 2 would be the only possible choice. Then the program couldn’t be modified. All characters in all games would move the same way. This is obvious when watching current games today. If modern programs were to be replaced by features that only allow you to click and drag commands.

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    Quote Originally Posted by [U
    Program 1[/U] Program 2
    switch button; D-pad movement
    case up:
    move character up;
    case down:
    move character down;
    case left:
    move character left;
    case right:
    move character right;
    Sorry, that should look like this:
    Program ---------------------------------------------------------------------------1Program 2
    switch button;--------------------------------------------------------D-pad movement
    case up:
    move character up;
    case down:
    move character down;
    case left:
    move character left;
    case right:
    move character right;

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    What does writing recipes add to modern cooking that recipes do not?

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    It creates new food, new ideas. But you use the ingredients that you have. This is what I interpret from that. Can you go deeper into the subject?

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    Well, to me it doesn't seem like a meaningful question. You need to write recipes in order to have recipes; a benefit of writing recipes is having recipes.

    I think the intended meaning could be conveyed a little better by tweaking the question like so: "What are some general benefits of writing a recipe from scratch as opposed to taking a ready-made recipe and modifying it without <list the applicable limitations here>?" That way you're not comparing the process of writing recipes with a recipe, you're comparing two different processes for making recipes. For your purposes, this translates to something like "What are the general benefits of writing a game from scratch as opposed to taking a ready-made game and modifying only the data files?" Of course, I'm just assuming this is the meaning that the questioner intended.

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    How does using a forum for your paper stand as credible research? Since this has no specific game programming question I'm moving it to the tech board.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barney McGrew View Post
    "What are the general benefits of writing a game from scratch as opposed to taking a ready-made game and modifying only the data files?"
    I can use "interviews" in my paper. Is it okay if I use this?

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