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author: Clownacy <Clownacy@users.noreply.github.com>
date: Mon Sep 14 09:29:27 EDT 2020
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what Pixel's code-style looked like, and I find it **extremely** hard to read.
## Language
-Cave Story's developer, Pixel, primarily speaks Japanese, but his code's
+Cave Story's developer (Pixel) primarily speaks Japanese, but his code's
variable/function names are mostly written in English (with a few rare instances
of Romanised Japanese).
-The Organya source code release indicates Pixel wrote his comments in Japanese,
-however, in this project, I prefer them to be written in English.
+The Organya source code release indicates that Pixel wrote his comments in
+Japanese, however, in this project, I prefer them to be written in English.
The English employed in this project is a mix of American English, Canadian
English, and British English.
+
+
# `portable` branch
This branch takes a different direction to the `accurate` branch, but they still
-share some core philosophies:
+share many core philosophies:
## Goal
While accurately-reproducing Cave Story's original code is still a priority, the
main focus of this branch is to port the game to other platforms, while also
-preserving the original experience of the game as it was back in 2004.
+preserving the game the way it was experienced back in 2004.
Essentially, this branch exists to provide a purist Cave Story experience
without requiring an old Windows XP computer.
-Notably, this means bugs should still be left intact. However, bugs and other
-coding errors that affect portability should be fixed.
+Notably, this means that bugs should still be left intact. However, bugs and
+other coding errors that affect portability should be fixed.
-For comparison, I believe this branch shares some parallels with the
-Chocolate Doom project, except perhaps more strict. See the link below for their
-list of philosophies which may be applicable here:
+For comparison, I believe this branch shares many parallels with the
+Chocolate Doom project. Follow the link below to see that project's list of
+philosophies, which may be applicable here:
https://github.com/chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom/blob/master/PHILOSOPHY.md