From: Peter Thoman <peter.thoman@...>
Date: 2005-09-03T11:40:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby "Game" (Graphics & Sound) Frameworks

David Brady wrote:

> What's the state of Ruby with regard to "game" frameworks, a la PyGame 
> or DirectX?

I think the most usable framework is RUDL (http://rudl.sourceforge.net/)
I used it in 3 projects so far and never had any serious problems.

> Is there an easy way to say "work in a 800x600 window, here's a 
> background, here's some sprites, here's a floating 3D model, here's 
> some sound" and just have it work? 

Everything except the floating 3D model is very easy with RUDL, you'd 
have to render the model with OpenGL on your own. (But RUDL handles the 
OpenGL initialization)

HTH,
 - Peter