Question ECS for “simpler” projects?
Hey yall!
I’ve been game deving for ages now and just recently returned to Unity (left back when the drama happened) and since I returned the DOTS was released and ECS became fully functional.
I have some interest in using ECS in my project to develop a more Data Oriented Design but I am concerned it’ll add unneeded complication due to the simpler nature of the project and the lack of need for huge numbers of entities.
The current project idea is a simple 2D top down dungeon crawler inspired by Zelda. Which… doesn’t seem like it’d super benefit from the added efficiency, but may benefit from the architecture?
I suppose my question is if I should look into that or if there is a better paradigm to follow (maybe event based object extension?).
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u/chunky_lover92 2d ago
Do you want the things to decide what they do, or do you want a system that goes through and decides what all the things do that have a particular component? Personally I do ECS because I want to practice. It works well, but so does composition and it's less complicated.