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I realize my last post was a little ambiguous, so example time. https://github.com/ErisdarSkolir/LRR-remake/tree/entity_component_system_prototype Credit to https://github.com/adamgit/Entity-System-RDBMS-Beta--Java- for the entity manager code. I partial refactored an ECS system into a fork of your project as it stands on github. I have lws animations working, but I didn't mess around with too much else. A lot more could be optimize/organized, especially in the loader classes, but this was just a small example of how an ECS system could better organize this project. Also recognize it isn't a complete ECS example because logic still exists within the components, but that is just due to me not wanting to completely refactor data classes such as the LwsAnimation file. A real implementation would change those files to just be structs (or as close to structs as you can get in java) and move all the logic into factory/loader classes and systems. If you think it is worth looking into I can work on making a prototype engine to demonstrate scripting, better entity creation, multi-threading, etc. that an ECS would allow. Though I am definitely not touching those file formats. They scare me.

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Gaming is subjective right? Sure! my favorite LEGO game is a close tie between LSW1 and Island 1. While LSW1 is mostly due to nostagic reasons since it was my first LEGO game (fun fact: most of my knowledge of prequel movies comes from that game, I hold no shame) while the game can get repetitive due to how stale the gameplay can be at times, it's still a decent experience to this day besides how TT decided to bastardize themselves into making LSW-esc games nowadays lmao Island 1? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOY, where do I start... It's a wacky ride The sheer amount of charm and humor in that game couldn't be possible with Mr Jenkins. The models surprisingly hold up and the characters are memorable for being overall quirky and very easy to glitch, especially the Infomaniac. The best moment in my playthroughs of Island 1 is using its debug mode to fool around with the characters and locations to create oddly hilarious stuff like moving buildings around and making minfigures float in the air while doing their animations haha though while the other titles in the series couldn't capture the magic of the first game, some of them are enjoyable like IXS and the GBC port of Island 2 I completed that game 32 times. Again, I hold no shame. I wish TT or the next potential developer would look into how Island 1 and its charming setting sold millions of copies and try to at least evolve on the idea, but eh... Who knows