How do you use naming conventions in your projects? (camelCase, snake_case, etc.)

After several hundred hours learning RPG Maker as a hobby, I recently discovered Construct 3 and purchased a license! One of my (many) initial impressions is the overt ability to organize EVERYTHING!

I'm not a programmer in any way, however, I'm quickly learning - as my practice projects become larger - that consistent naming conventions are important.

I'm curious as to everyone's personal styles or best practices when considering this issue. For example, do you always name variables using camelCase? Do animation = snake_case? UpperCase for Sprites?

I don't know how many senior programmers are using the Construct 3 dev toolkit, so perhaps the community here hasn't adopted a standard. Regardless, I can become an organization hound when things get complex - and video games are certainly complex for everyone, so maybe it's a topic worth discussing.

Here's some links to the resources I've recently read:

1. devopedia.org/naming-conventions

2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_convention_(programming)

3.https://dev.to/danialmalik/a-beginner-s-guide-to-clean-code-part1-naming-conventions-139l

Happy constructing!

*3. dev.to/danialmalik/a-beginner-s-guide-to-clean-code-part1-naming-conventions-139l

Are we not able to edit, or at least preview, our posts? :D

I've noticed the exports modify some user defined stuff when exported, so not all conventions will show up there. Not that you'll be looking at it much. Still it should be taken into account.

Oh, what do ya know, blog post released today by Construct's Community Manager addresses this :D

construct.net/en/tutorials/project-organisation-tips-2575

I also found this Medium post I found helpful specifically for animations:

Animation Naming Conventions and Folder Structures for Game Development

medium.com/@nicholasRodgers/animation-naming-conventions-and-folder-structures-for-game-development-2e87f3d0668f

“_” — I use an underscore in the character name so that I can split the character name from it’s variation.

“jfs@” — I use an symbol to split the animation action away from the character the animation is for.

TyrannosaurusRex@RunRoar

And these two PDFs:

Game Development Coding Conventions

fiercefun.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/GameDevelopmentCodingConventions.pdf

Game Development Asset Naming Guidelines

fiercefun.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/GameDevelopmentAssetNamingGuidelines.pdf

Hope anyone reading this finds these docs as helpful as I have :)