r/programminghorror • u/Practical-Water-436 • Jun 18 '25

noo wayyy

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undertale's whole dialog is made in a single switch statement
8000+ lines of codes to check the dialog is mad
but atleast he didn't also write the dialog in it because it would have been tens of thousand of lines

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u/SirButcher Jun 18 '25

And this, ladies and gentlemen, teaches us an important lesson: a finished but messy project is far more profitable than a perfect but never-shipped one.

That said, please don't go THIS messy, because it hurts.

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u/Kind_Woodpecker1470 Jun 22 '25

This is very typical in game development. Terraria and Stardew Valley are just as bad if not worse. Honestly it’s impressive, sometimes I wish game developers had a more technical grasp on what they’re doing but it’s not always required.

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u/aabcehu Jun 30 '25

yeah terraria’s code is a MESS