[GaryPalmer]

I am working on a java game where I threw all OOP knowledge out the window and use C-style pure data-classes with public fields and no methods.

It's pretty refreshing to work this way compared to the design pattern madness you see in enterprise applications - but I guess it's not very safe if multiple people are working on this and some don't know what they are doing.

There has to be some middle ground, I think people have been going way overboard with OOP in the last two decades.

[DeathArrow]

Me too, I use .NET but try to use in the least OOP way as possible. Of course, for interviews I can recite all things about OOP, countless patterns and their "advantages", SOLID, DDD done OOP way and most of the Uncle Bob "wise" teachings.