Editing programs “while they are running”? Why?

Question

I\'ve been getting more into Lisp and Lispy languages lately, and I\'m finding them quite powerful.

One thing I\'ve been reading all over the net is that a benefit o

Answer 1

Casey Muratori just did a few lessons on how to do this with C and Microsoft's C/C++ compiler. It's actually pretty simple, just a few dozen lines of code. Check out videos 22/24/25:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMSBRk5WG58

In game design, the rationale is to be able to more quickly tune constants to find the emotional tenor you are aiming for. Things like game feel, non-player behavior scripts and setpiece lighting/ambience benefit a lot from this.