OOP

I object to objects

Still trying to wrap my head around OOP.  Starting to think that it isn't programming that is the issue, rather it's  OO design.

I've been doing the a course on Udemy for some OOP in C#.  Learning curve still feels really steep.  Trying to tackle polymorphism, and it took a bit of effort, research and prodding, but I think i've managed to get an abstract class working.

But, in my haste to get an answer for the exercises, I feel as though I cheated by looking at someone elses solution.  If i did the same thing for work, i wouldn't call it cheating, rather borrowing from the creative commons (with due reference to the author in a comment).

Maybe it's because i dont want to short-change myself and my own learning.

Anyway.  Thanks to a work colleague, I've got an expanded list of books to read that will broaded my understanding of OOP, design, programming patterns and refactoring.

A couple hours a week of my own spare time barely seems enough to properly tackle this.

Some days, i want to just go back to procedural stuff, make something, then dream of doing it with objects.

Hiatus

Work and home have been quite busy for me in the past few weeks.  Trying to juggle all the time demands.  Work on the game as stalled a little.  Getting home and not wanting to look at the computer screen will do that.  However, stuff is happening.  Colleague introduced me to an online training provider: udemy.  Wealth of information about all kinds of interesting things.  I've decided to enhance my understanding of programming in C# by doing one of the courses.  Glad to be able to say that I don't know it all, and even the beginner stuff has taught me things.
Game dev will wait until I have completed some training.  Looking forward to approaching the project with some new ideas and better understanding.