Remember we have a python example, called Moosik. Apparently the scripts
don't even need to be compiled, so if ya wanna see it in action check it
out.
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From: "Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Another perspective on programming games
> can pithon interface with directX then?
>
> Josh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nolan Darilek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 9:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Another perspective on programming games
>
>
>> Replying to both of these messages because I seem to have missed one.
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2007, at 2:35 AM, shaun everiss wrote:
>>
>>> I have the vb stuff but another language would be cool.
>>> What restrictions is ruby over say c#?
>>>
>> A bit slower, but audio games are generally not as demanding as their
>> graphical counterparts. You're also restricted to distributing the
>> source with your applications as both are interpreted, though there
>> are utilities for both to convert the scripts to windows executables.
>>
>>
>>> At 08:52 p.m. 15/01/2007, you wrote:
>>>> that sounds a whole lot easier. if i remember that looks like ruby
>>>> code, as
>>>> i've seen the midi scripter that emanuel borsboom wrote in ruby,
>>>> and to
>>>> script midi uses lines like that.
>>>>
>> Yeah, that's one of the more advanced features that I like--you can
>> design what are called "domain-specific languages," mini-programming
>> languages for doing very specific tasks. See, for instance, how I'm
>> defining game menus in the game I'm planning to release after Torrent:
>>
>> menu do
>> menu("Start game") do
>> item("Easy") do
>> WaveManager.difficulty = WaveManager.Easy
>> Game.start
>> end
>> item("Hard") do
>> WaveManager.difficulty = WaveManager.hard
>> Game.start
>> end
>> end
>> item("Configure") do
>> end
>> item("Exit") do
>> Game.shutdown
>> end
>> end
>>
>> What I've done here is define a game menu with three items--"Start
>> game", "Configure" and "Exit." The "Start game" menu item brings up a
>> submenu with two items, "Easy" and "Hard." Each of these sets
>> WaveManager.difficulty appropriately and starts the game. The
>> "Configure" item does nothing for now. "Exit" shuts down the game.
>>
>> Now, none of that is standard Ruby. I'm basically developing my own
>> mini-language for defining menus from within Ruby itself, and it's
>> super easy. This is also very easy to extend to something like, say,
>> game entity scripting, so you can easily develop mini-languages for
>> creating missions, levels, etc.:
>>
>> ship do
>> name = "CNV Titan"
>> position = [100, 200, 0]
>> speed = 0
>> mode = :peaceful
>> end
>>
>> or something similar. The possibilities are quite exhaustive for what
>> can be accomplished with domain-specific languages.
>>
>> Anyhow, as I stated, that's a rather advanced feature of Ruby, but it
>> gives you some sense of what is possible. It's an easy language, but
>> no toy or Kids Programming Language. :P
>>
>>
>>>> however, i didn't realise ruby could actually be coded in windows.
>>>> i tried
>>>> to download ruby but all i got was the interpreter. it didn't
>>>> include any
>>>> docs on how to script it or anything.
>>>>
>> Yeah, that's all there is to it. For a good introductory book, see:
>>
>> http://rubycentral.com/book
>>
>>
>>>> and you say it can interface to dx? wow!
>>>>
>> No, I didn't say that. As far as I know, it can't. It does, however,
>> work nicely with SDL which is a DirectX alternative.
>>
>>
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