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I loved this article. I've had that global variable argument with myself a lot. Everybody says don't use them ever, so I've spun my wheels trying to avoid them, until I realized that if I'm the only one maintaining my code it's probably fine. If I'm worried about multiple read/writes in the same frame I like to stage my changes to a global (current_room, next_room, have all writes be to next_room. Then at the beginning of each frame have: if current_room ~= next_room then current_room = next_room end)

Also, my only argument for ECS (or any other coding paradigm) over YOLO coding (love that phrase) is when/if you start game #2, you'll actually be farther along that time line and more likely to hit that "effort" intersection. Pulling reusable code out of the giant classes filled with global references is a pain in the ass. That being said all the calories you burn setting up the ecs can make you walk away from the whole project. I have a sticky note on my monitor that says, "stop making an engine and make a game :("

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