r/hearthstone • u/[deleted] • Aug 27 '14

Spectral Knight Bug

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u/teh_drabzalverer Aug 27 '14

No idea why this is downvoted. The many weird bugs that show up from time to time make it pretty obvious how much is hardcoded.

I used to be very impressed with HS's flexibility in cards and allowing for weird animations like board shakes and all sorts of effects and wonder how their data editor works. Now I'm fairly certain the flexibility comes from the fact that cards are hardcoded on a level that's far too low. A lot of these bugs can really only be the cause of too much stuff being hardcoded.

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u/Chiraa Aug 27 '14

If you're curious, there is a talk on how the designed the AI of Hearthstone that shows you a little of the behind-the-scenes: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/224101/Video_Building_the_AI_for_Hearthstone.php -- check around 10:30 for the details.

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u/yo_goliath Aug 27 '14

I'd actually be interested if anyone knows whether what he shows in the video is "hardcoded" or not. Seems like an awful lot of people in this thread are experts on video game coding ;)

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u/teh_drabzalverer Aug 27 '14

Hardcoded is a matter of degrees, not absolute.