Comments on: Ruby is *not* at all suitable for game development! http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/ Glenn Fiedler's Game Development Articles and Tutorials Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glenn Fiedler http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-28151 Glenn Fiedler Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:25:38 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-28151 Looks good. http://rubini.us/ Looks good. http://rubini.us/

]]> By: Gwenael Tranvouez http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-28107 Gwenael Tranvouez Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:22:15 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-28107 Have you looked at rubinius? It seems they're doing a ruby VM with JIT and a generational GC. I'd love to be able to use Ruby as a scripting language for games, myself. Have you looked at rubinius? It seems they’re doing a ruby VM with JIT and a generational GC. I’d love to be able to use Ruby as a scripting language for games, myself.

]]> By: Bibliotecas Ruby para desenvolvimento de games http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-17238 Bibliotecas Ruby para desenvolvimento de games Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:26:37 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-17238 [...] Ruby is *not* at all suitable for game development! [...] [...] Ruby is *not* at all suitable for game development! [...]

]]> By: Blah http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-16418 Blah Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:39:57 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-16418 You can't actually use C++ with Unity You can’t actually use C++ with Unity

]]> By: Thinking about learning Ruby http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-10492 Thinking about learning Ruby Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:23:47 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-10492 [...] Those two languages are fairly new to me in that they are not widely discussed about in the open where I have been, but I see absolutely no reason why Ruby should not be able to design games or graphical applications. Most of the common game engines or graphical interface APIs you may read about are built for C++, although you are in luck and Ruby seems to have a few up its sleeve and even supports native C binding (You are free to use C++ libraries). An example of a cross-platform window toolkit: Shoooes! Some game engines: Game Engines - GPWiki And also an article I would find useful to explain why games are not exactly suited for Ruby (I would assume this article goes against games that require 3D games with fluid frames per second) Ruby is *not* at all suitable for game development! [...] [...] Those two languages are fairly new to me in that they are not widely discussed about in the open where I have been, but I see absolutely no reason why Ruby should not be able to design games or graphical applications. Most of the common game engines or graphical interface APIs you may read about are built for C++, although you are in luck and Ruby seems to have a few up its sleeve and even supports native C binding (You are free to use C++ libraries). An example of a cross-platform window toolkit: Shoooes! Some game engines: Game Engines – GPWiki And also an article I would find useful to explain why games are not exactly suited for Ruby (I would assume this article goes against games that require 3D games with fluid frames per second) Ruby is *not* at all suitable for game development! [...]

]]> By: Glenn Fiedler http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-9876 Glenn Fiedler Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:59:07 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-9876 Of course it doesn't, but who wants to make those games? :) Of course it doesn’t, but who wants to make those games? :)

]]> By: CLAVDIVS http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-9834 CLAVDIVS Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:40:53 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-9834 If you're not making a twitch game, does this really matter? In, say, a turn-based RPG, even if you have animated graphics while awaiting input or if GC happens while displaying a spell effect or whatever, is a player likely to even notice the game freezing for a mere tenth of a second? If you’re not making a twitch game, does this really matter? In, say, a turn-based RPG, even if you have animated graphics while awaiting input or if GC happens while displaying a spell effect or whatever, is a player likely to even notice the game freezing for a mere tenth of a second?

]]> By: Junior http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-3767 Junior Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:04:33 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-3767 Javascript also has a mark/sweep GC and lots of games are being made with it. Firefox has a bit of a problem with intermittent freezes, but it's very manageable overall. Javascript also has a mark/sweep GC and lots of games are being made with it. Firefox has a bit of a problem with intermittent freezes, but it’s very manageable overall.

]]> By: Junior http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-3765 Junior Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:58:52 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-3765 Try love2d.org (LUA) Try love2d.org (LUA)

]]> By: PotHix http://gafferongames.com/2009/01/11/ruby-is-not-at-all-suitable-for-game-development/#comment-3723 PotHix Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:18:23 +0000 http://gafferongames.wordpress.com/?p=637#comment-3723 Æ!! Just for information: Gosu is a native extension to Ruby, and it is written entirely in C++, using some things of SDL (audio I think). :) But anyway, I'm playing with Ruby for games and I don't have any problems with it. :) But the situation is: I'm just writing simple 2d games with Gosu and I don't want to sell this games or whatever, I just want to have fun! In this case, enjoy game development with Ruby. Last words: If you want to develop a bit AAA game please use C/C++. -- PotHix Æ!!

Just for information:
Gosu is a native extension to Ruby, and it is written entirely in C++, using some things of SDL (audio I think). :)

But anyway, I’m playing with Ruby for games and I don’t have any problems with it. :)
But the situation is: I’m just writing simple 2d games with Gosu and I don’t want to sell this games or whatever, I just want to have fun! In this case, enjoy game development with Ruby.

Last words: If you want to develop a bit AAA game please use C/C++.

–
PotHix

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