Flyweight: Boost Performance & Save Memory 🚀 | Patterns Explained

Ever wondered how strategy games like Red Alert 2 manage hundreds of units on screen without crashing? The secret is the Flyweight Pattern—a powerful structural design pattern that optimises memory usage by sharing common data across multiple objects.

🚀 In this short, you'll learn:
✅ How the Flyweight Pattern works in games
✅ Why intrinsic vs. extrinsic state matters
✅ How strategy games apply this pattern for massive battles

If you're a game developer or love design patterns, this one's for you! 🎮🔥

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