Section 2: Core Patterns

In this section of the book, we will review some fundamental patterns and use them to build our game's core systems and mechanics. 

This section comprises the following chapters:

• Chapter 4, Implementing a Game Manager with the Singleton
• Chapter 5, Managing Character States with the State Pattern
• Chapter 6, Managing Game Events with the Event Bus
• Chapter 7, Implementing a Replay System with the Command Pattern
• Chapter 8, Optimizing with the Object Pool Pattern
• Chapter 9, Decoupling Components with the Observer Pattern
• Chapter 10, Implementing Power-Ups with the Visitor Pattern
• Chapter 11, Implementing a Drone with the Strategy Pattern
• Chapter 12, Using the Decorator to Implement a Weapon System
• Chapter 13, Implementing a Level Editor with Spatial Partition