From: Terry Poulin <bigboss64@...>
Date: 2007-08-31T10:16:55+09:00
Subject: Re: rubygame

Jeremy Woertink wrote:
>
>> I guess Ruby just isn't really ready for making a game in a really
>> lazy Ruby way.
>> Back to the Torque game engine I guess, with its strange C# glue coding.
>> At least it's more useable, even though I will eventually have to buy
>> a license for it.
>> Either that or learn Java or Python (pygame).
>> Pygame has a lot kinder installer, of course it's been around a lot
>> longer.
>>
>
> Vampire the masquerade bloodlines has a ton of Python in it. If you know
> python, you can hack that game like it's cool! I don't know python, but
> as for ruby... There is Shattered Ruby that's been in production. It's
> pretty cool, still needs a lot of work, but it would be nice to see more
> people trying it out and helping with the bug, maybe get the development
> on it moving a bit quicker.
>
> http://www.shatteredruby.com/
>
>
> check it out.
>
>
> ~Jeremy
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>

To compare Python and Ruby would be like comparing C++ and Java respectively
(IMHO). Python is a good language for many things but I've always found the
documentation rather dull but rather good if you can follow it.


Ruby for ever... :-)


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