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		fxd123 on April 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If Inheritance is so bad, why does everyone use it... That's strange because I was about to comment the exact opposite. ECS is for games, inheritance is for almost everything else

ipaddr on April 11, 2024 [–]

For games having your character as a type of a general class fits well. Having enemies be a type of a class with a base of abilities can fit well too. Weapons, etc all module well. Game play. Scenes.

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