This is a repost of the original at: http://www.lizengland.com/blog/2014/04/the-door-problem/

Changed from https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/-quot-the-door-problem-... above. Thanks!

And discussed here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20645914

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40655994

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16021509

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24313607

Thanks! Macroexpanded:

"The Door Problem" (2014) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40655994 - June 2024 (29 comments)

The Door Problem (2014) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24313607 - Aug 2020 (11 comments)

The Door Problem of Combat Design - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20645914 - Aug 2019 (120 comments)

The Door Problem (2014) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16021509 - Dec 2017 (27 comments)

I made a top-down 2D survival horror game with doors that could be opened, closed, locked, unlocked, and peeked through. Zombies could open them when unlocked. Sincerely hope to never make a game with doors that aren’t proximity activated in the future!