Análise do impacto do uso de padrões de projeto em jogos

Abstract

The proper use of design patterns may promote software quality from early stages of a project. Game development often deals with short deadlines for implementing complex features that can involve multiple areas such as interactivity, animations, and sound design. The objective of this work is to investigate the use of five design patterns (Command, Flyweight, Observer, Prototype, and State) in the game development context. Starting from an analysis of papers published at the Simpósio Brasileiro de Jogos (SBGames), this work presents a mapping between design patterns and game mechanics. As a proof of concept, it presents the refactoring of two small games, taking the mapping as a reference and running static code analysis on the projects, which enables a discussion about the impact of design patterns in the maintainability of these projects.