Guide to Game Development/Miscellaneous/In-game power sources and electricity

The idea of this page is to anaylise what other develops have done well, and what they have not done so well (learn from their mistakes). Minecraft Redstone Advantages Disadvantages I/O Things that could be improved Complex - can do a variety of things, limitless possibilities Logic gate implementation This also teaches people Confusing hard to pick-up Takes up a lot of space inside the game Logic gates: You have to know how to make these logic gates Input: Buttons Levers Pressure Plates Hoppers Output: Pistons/Sticky Pistons Lamps/Lights Dispencers Droppers Functional: Repeaters (signal delays) Torches (toggle boolean state) Comparators (comparison of voltage levels) Command blocks (runs in game commands) Slime blocks (can move lumps of blocks) Make the computer do the confusing parts to make it easier for users to pick up. Should use PCBs and terminal blocks for IO Make a compact logic gate chip rather than making it Hopper should be swapped for pipes (multi-directional) Minecraft computercraft mod Advantages Disadvantages I/O Things that could be improved Good for programmer Gets people into programming Not good for non-programmers Input: Floppy disk to store programs Output: Screen Write floppy disks Functional: Virtual computer with all of their inputs and outputs Would be better to have two modes Programmer mode User interface mode - drag and drop Put tutorials inside the computers Minecraft redpower mod Advantages Disadvantages I/O Things that could be improved Bundled cable: Compact lets the computer handle a little bit more Less confusing Allows for wire buses like a computer has Can then split into individuals Input: Output: Functional: Terraria multi-coloured wires Advantages Disadvantages I/O Things that could be improved Compact 3 colour wires Simple easy - no tutorial needed limited to only 3 wires. There's no way to convert from one colour to another Very basic, can't really do much. Input: Output: Functional: Garry's Mod Advantages Disadvantages I/O Things that could be improved Simple Click on one, then click on the other to join it up Input: Output: Functional: Garry's mode - wire mod Advantages Disadvantages I/O Things that could be improved Input: Output: Functional: References 25%