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game-loop-architecture
Structure a robust game loop — fixed vs variable timestep, the "fix your timestep" accumulator, decoupling update from render with interpolation, determinism for replays/netcode, and the spiral-of-death guard. A deep reference with worked traces and a runnable simulator.
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Overview
The game loop is the heartbeat of every real-time game: sample input, advance the simulation, draw the world, repeat — forever, ideally 60+ times a second. Get the timestep and the update/render separation right and physics stays stable, visuals stay smooth, replays and netcode become possible, and a CPU hitch degrades gracefully instead of freezing. Get them wrong and you get jittery motion, obje
What it covers
- The canonical loop
- Choose a timestep
- Decouple update from render
- Keep it deterministic
- Guard the spiral of death
- Determinism, the Spiral of Death, and Netcode
- Fixed vs Variable Timestep
- Decoupling Update from Render (Interpolation & Extrapolation)