Category Archives: game engine

(Single-Threaded) Latent Functions in C++

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Maciej

I’ve been recently considering conversion of one object oriented Unreal Script like language code into C++ to improve its run-time performance. And while most of the features of the language seemed easy to transform from one to another there was one that … Continue reading →

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Practical C++ RTTI for games

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Maciej

There’s at least few popular approaches to C++ based RTTI (aka Run-Time Type Information) implementation in games. The goal of this post is to discuss strengths and weaknesses of major ones. But before that let’s have a look at some of … Continue reading →

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Robust iCloud implementation for games

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Maciej

For my second iOS game Monstaaa! I wanted to take advantage of the new iOS 5 feature iCloud and use it to store savegames – play on one device, then later continue on another one. Pretty basic iCloud usage scenario … Continue reading →

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C-like singletons

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Maciej

It is my impression that template based singleton patterns for C++ like this one are very popular and widely used. Why? I believe it’s mostly because OOP design patterns in people’s minds often take precedence over code simplicity and prevent … Continue reading →

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Simple handles

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Maciej

So, here’s my first post – hello everyone out there! Today I’m going to show you an extremely simple (and some may say hardcore!) way of managing user side handles to objects such as particle effects, sounds or animation instances … Continue reading →

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