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Resource Entity Action: A Generalized Design Pattern for RTS games
Abbadi,Mohamed Di Giacomo,Francesco Orsini,Renzo Plaat,Aske Spronck,P.H.M. Maggiore,Giuseppe
Abbadi,Mohamed
Di Giacomo,Francesco
Orsini,Renzo
Plaat,Aske
Spronck,P.H.M.
Maggiore,Giuseppe
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In Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games, players develop an army in real time, then attempt to take out one or more opp onents. Despite the existence of basic similarities among the many dierent RTS games, engines of these games are often built ad ho c, and co de re-use among dierent titles is minimal. We created a design pattern called Resource Entity Action (REA) that abstracts the basic interactions that entities have with each other in most RTS games. This pap er discusses REA and language abstraction and implementation using the Casanova game programming language. Our analysis shows that not only the pattern forms a solid basis for a playable RTS game, but also that it achieves considerable gains in terms of lines of co de and runtime eciency. We conclude that the REA pattern is suitable approach to the implementa- tion of many RTS games
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2014
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Springer Verlag
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Abbadi, M, Di Giacomo, F, Orsini, R, Plaat, A, Spronck, P H M & Maggiore, G 2014, Resource Entity Action : A Generalized Design Pattern for RTS games. in Proceedings of the 8th International Computer and Games Conference. LNCS, vol. 8427, Springer Verlag, Germany, Computers and Games Conference, Yokohama, Japan, 12/08/13.