Architecture concerns

[cegarrison]

Hi,

I am developing a 2D game. My game architecture uses an OO design with each scene being a sub class of GameScene. I also use singletons for state management. So for the scenes, I funnel all the touches into the current scene. However, I am finding myself using several IF statements and BOOL variables to handle the dynamics of each scene such as touch locations, whether an item has been discovered, etc. I am wondering if anyone can reassure me that this will perform well or if it is a common problem that has been solved already. I am still early in development and want to get this architecture right.

Thanks in advance!

[missing_no]

what do you mean by "OO design" you're going to be dealing with object oriented programming no matter what way you shake it...

The most important thing I've learned is to use lazy function calls (when possible), remove, retain and release objects and allocate memory properly. It's going to be hard to slow down the A4 with just a 2d game.

[smasher]

Performance is probably not a big concern; drawing will probably be slower than all of your game state code put together. Maintainability may take a hit though.

Can you give an example of the kind of if/then constructs you're using? Big if/then trees are usually *eliminated* by good OO design.

[cegarrison]

So within the screen I am saying there are 15 "selectable" areas. When drawing, I have a if/bool for 15 items drawn in these areas when they aren't moving (in their original position). Then I have 15 more "ifs" when they are moving, with touches moved updating the X,Y. and when isMoving bool, it draws as the user moves the item. And not to mention an animation happens when touches ended... that is IF it is ended in the correct XY coordinate, which varies on each 15 items.

[smasher]

Sounds like you need to refactor those selectable areas to be objects of their own - then you can keep an array of them and loop through it. Now you only have one if statement for each test instead of 15. That seems like a much cleaner design.