From: energinen@...
Date: 2007-12-12T17:04:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Gosu 0.7.8, also: Ludum Dare timed gamedev compo this weekend!

On 12 joulu, 02:24, Julian Raschke <julianrasc...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> first, I want to announce the newest version of Gosu, the free 2D game
> development library for Ruby and C++.
>
> Version 0.7.8 features:
> * Working font fallbacks, i.e. chars outside of the selected/default
> font can be used. No more worrying about which font contains Kanji
> characters or pictograms, just use UTF8 and be amazed at the correct
> output.
> * Mac, Windows: In addition to system fonts, all of Gosu's text system
> can use .TTF files referenced by filename, effectively allowing you to
> bundle your own fonts with your game. (On OS X, .OTF files should work
> just fine, too.)
> * Another cool Chipmunk/RMagick demo by Robert Sheehan is included.
> * The Ruby port has gotten the same support for RGB/HSV conversions
> that the C++ version had for a while.
> * Bugfixes.
>
> It is available via `gem install gosu` on OS X and Windows, but also
> onhttp://code.google.com/p/gosu/, which is also the place to go for
> documentation.
>
> *
>
> Second, I would like to mention the Ludum Dare X competition here, an
> 48 hour, solo game development competition. The website has moved once
> again tohttp://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/.
>
> For those who are new to the concept: There are three rounds of theme
> voting (the second one is currently open). The results of the last
> round will only be visible when voting is over, which is Friday
> evening in US time zones. From then on, you have 48 hours to write a
> game around the chosen theme, completely from scratch. Every
> participant then gets to vote on all the other entries, and virtual
> trophies are given for being among the top entries.
>
> The competition website shows some of the innovative entries from the
> past compos, but even if you end up with a buggy game and programmer
> art, you probably have learnt a lot about productivity and time
> management. Oh, and if you're like me, you had fun :) With a range of
> Ruby gamedev libraries being available, this should be a nice weekend.
>
> Julian


Can't install gosu by 'gem install gosu' it asks me the version I want
to install, I select the latest and then it gives me error 'Permission
denied - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache/gosu-0.7.8-universal-
darwin-8.gem' what to do?