Comments on: Flowing Charts http://www.gameproducer.net/2010/08/19/flowing-charts/ I bake games. Indie style. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lumooja http://www.gameproducer.net/2010/08/19/flowing-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-141815 Lumooja Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:28:19 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5118#comment-141815 When you write a bit bigger software, then flowcharts will get a mess and you have no overview anymore. With NSDs you can always make modular drawings, and although at the very first look you need to learn how they are read, they get very natural and easy to read on the 2nd look. You can visually see immediately where you have loops and branches in your program. When you write a bit bigger software, then flowcharts will get a mess and you have no overview anymore.
With NSDs you can always make modular drawings, and although at the very first look you need to learn how they are read, they get very natural and easy to read on the 2nd look.
You can visually see immediately where you have loops and branches in your program.

]]> By: Iain http://www.gameproducer.net/2010/08/19/flowing-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-141814 Iain Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:00:30 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5118#comment-141814 Ugh, at first glance that Nassi-Shneiderman diagram is very hard to follow. I've always used and seen bog standard flowcharts in real world development (i.e. not university and my own indie projects). At the end of the day it's what suits you best I think. Ugh, at first glance that Nassi-Shneiderman diagram is very hard to follow.

I’ve always used and seen bog standard flowcharts in real world development (i.e. not university and my own indie projects).

At the end of the day it’s what suits you best I think.

]]> By: merc-ai http://www.gameproducer.net/2010/08/19/flowing-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-141811 merc-ai Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:39:31 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5118#comment-141811 That's weird. We always used flowcharts for software documentation at university, and now I use it for some parts like when describing general game interface - all those option screens, save/load, new/quit etc. That’s weird. We always used flowcharts for software documentation at university, and now I use it for some parts like when describing general game interface – all those option screens, save/load, new/quit etc.

]]> By: Lumooja http://www.gameproducer.net/2010/08/19/flowing-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-141807 Lumooja Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:23:36 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5118#comment-141807 It's forbidden in universities to use flowcharts for software documentation. Nassi-Shneiderman diagram is the right tool for software documentation. It also prevents endless loops and illogical jumps. It’s forbidden in universities to use flowcharts for software documentation. Nassi-Shneiderman diagram is the right tool for software documentation. It also prevents endless loops and illogical jumps.

]]> By: Gustav Dahl / Wikzo http://www.gameproducer.net/2010/08/19/flowing-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-141800 Gustav Dahl / Wikzo Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:56:09 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5118#comment-141800 What if you get stuck in a loop hole when reading your blog? Then you won't be able to break out of the site; you are trapped inside forever! What if you get stuck in a loop hole when reading your blog? Then you won’t be able to break out of the site; you are trapped inside forever!

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