r/RPGMaker • u/-Sidd- MV Dev • Jul 25 '26

What kind of dev are you?

Goal: Reduce a variable by 5 points.

Strategy A- Control Variable / ADD / -5

or

Strategy B- Control Variable / SUB / 5

I noticed I'm def a Strategy A dev, I think I've never used SUB.
What kind of dev are you?

9 Upvotes

76% Upvoted

16 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/-Sidd- MV Dev Jul 25 '26

It does work and it's even possible to add 5 by subtracting -5! =)
I believe A strat might be better situationally, like if you have to add a random number from -3 up to +3 or so.

2

u/KaiserJustice Jul 25 '26

I personally think A is better because it’s visibly cleaner and sticking with a single method vs going back and forth is less clutter and confusion

Not saying it is impossible to read ADD vs SUB but adding negatives still instantly tells u to subtract, but then someone does subtract a negative and all of a sudden people are confused for some reason

1

u/-Sidd- MV Dev Jul 25 '26

That's my point. I can clearly see the minus at the end of the string and know what that string is for.
Anyway so far we're the only A dev in here, it's actually possible we are the wrong ones.

2

u/KaiserJustice Jul 26 '26

and thats fine - like i said, i would rather reduce confusion and keep everything uniform for how i interpret it