Ruby for game programming

[t3chn0n3rd]

Is anyone using Ruby for game programming?

 

[James Gray]

Is anyone using Ruby for game programming?

I have used Ruby for game programming multiple times.

To clarify though, I build turn-based strategy games that don't have
very complex needs. I don't do any realtime rendering or 3D graphics.

For my needs, Ruby is excellent. I can speak for the other cases
though.

James Edward Gray II

 

[Jari Williamsson]

Is anyone using Ruby for game programming?

For 2D game development:
http://code.google.com/p/gosu/


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson

 

[Matthew Moss]

To clarify though, I build turn-based strategy games that don't have =A0

very complex needs. =A0I don't do any realtime rendering or 3D graphics.

What games, James? I like TBS. =3D)

 

[Adam Sanderson]

Absolutely, if you're interested in 2d game programming, check out
libraries like Gosu
http://code.google.com/p/gosu/
If you want to do 3d programming, take a look at Shattered Ruby, I
think there are also Ogre3D bindings for ruby as well.

Current implementations of Ruby aren't exactly the fastest, but
they're great for getting started.

 

[markonlinux]

Hi,

Is anyone using Ruby for game programming?

No experience myself but this might help:
http://rubyconf2007.confreaks.com/d1t2p2_building_games_with_ruby.html


cheers,

 

[James Britt]

Is anyone using Ruby for game programming?

http://www.railgunengine.com/

 

[James Gray]

What games, James? I like TBS. =)

I've made a couple of little projects in the past that some friends of
mine have played around with. Nothing big or public so far.

However, I do have a turn-based strategy game in development now that
is intended for public release. I need probably a few more months
before it will be fully ready to show, but it's moving along.

My game is one of the primary reasons I decided it was time to let
Ruby Quiz move on. I want to give myself the time to finish it up
right.

James Edward Gray II

 

[Philipp Hofmann]

What games, James? I like TBS. =)

me too! is there a ruby tbs interest group?

 

[Joseph Lenton]

Is anyone using Ruby for game programming?

I made this game in Ruby:
http://www.socoder.net/index.php?showcase=5792

I've tried to make others too, and I do love programming in Ruby, but
it's just too slow. I've made some things which will run perfectly fine
in say C#, but terribly slow in Ruby. Personally I wouldn't recommend
using Ruby.

I used OpenGL to the graphics for my game above, but when I've used it I
have really liked Rubygame:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rubygame/

 

[Jesús Gabriel y Galán]

I've made a couple of little projects in the past that some friends of
mine have played around with. Nothing big or public so far.

However, I do have a turn-based strategy game in development now that
is intended for public release.

One of my plans has always been to build online turn based strategy games,
but I never have the time to do so properly. I mean not developing the games
per se, but just taking board games and making an online site to play them.
Right now I have nearly finished an Alhambra
(http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/6249)
implementation, but just the engine with a CLI. My plan was to develop some
simple games like that one or Citadels (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/478)
and based on that experience, then build a framework to develop online games
easily.

I was also developing a Diplomacy Adjudicator, but that was in Java before
I started learning Ruby, and never finished it either :-(

I need probably a few more months
before it will be fully ready to show, but it's moving along.

I don't have too much time now (two little kids take away any hope of sitting
at the computer for more than 5 minutes), but if you need a hand for some
simple tasks I might be able to help...

Jesus.

 

[F. Senault]

Le 4 février 2008 à 09:45, Jesús Gabriel y Galán a écrit :

One of my plans has always been to build online turn based strategy games,

Same here. I find that using Ruby on Rails for the "interface" and pure
ruby for the backend can be a powerful cocktail : since I have strictly
no artistical talent whatsoever, every time I tried to write a game in
any language (and I've been trying for, mh, 20 years, now), the
interface part just discouraged me. OTOH, with HTML (and a bit of
Ajax), I can manage to get something that looks rather nice.

Now, I just need to find the time and motivation to finish it...

Fred

 

[Jesús Gabriel y Galán]

Le 4 f=E9vrier 2008 =E0 09:45, Jes=FAs Gabriel y Gal=E1n a =E9crit : es,

Same here. I find that using Ruby on Rails for the "interface" and pure
ruby for the backend can be a powerful cocktail : since I have strictly
no artistical talent whatsoever, every time I tried to write a game in
any language (and I've been trying for, mh, 20 years, now), the
interface part just discouraged me.

I came to Ruby when somebody showed me Rails, but I immediately
dropped Rails and focused on the language. My approach then was:
let's build some CLI games like Alhambra, no graphics at all, just the
engine of the game, basically to learn Ruby and to model some games.
Then I would follow that with decoupling the interface from the engine,
then building a web interface with Rails or whatever, then step back
and build framework for the whole stuff so that building the next
game is a simple thing.

Still stuck on step 1 of the process. If you are familiar with Alhambra,
I'm missing just the check of not being able to build a tile if you leave
a set of surrounded empty tiles. Then of course, since I have learnt
some more Ruby in the meantime, I would like to rewrite the whole thing fro=
m
scratch !!! this always happens to me

OTOH, with HTML (and a bit of
Ajax), I can manage to get something that looks rather nice.

Now, I just need to find the time and motivation to finish it...

Motivation high here, time low :-(

Jesus.

 

[Huw Collingbourne]

Not all games are 'graphical' of course ;-)

Personally, I've always been much keener on the traditional type of text
adventure (Zork at al) and for those Ruby is just about perfect.

See:
http://www.bitwisemag.com/2/Adventures-In-Ruby
http://www.bitwisemag.com/2/Adventures-In-Ruby-Part-2
http://www.bitwisemag.com/2/Adventures-In-Ruby-Part-3

best wishes
Huw

SapphireSteel Software
Ruby and Rails In Visual Studio
http://www.sapphiresteel.com

 

[James Gray]

Not all games are 'graphical' of course ;-)

Personally, I've always been much keener on the traditional type of
text
adventure (Zork at al) and for those Ruby is just about perfect.

See:
http://www.bitwisemag.com/2/Adventures-In-Ruby
http://www.bitwisemag.com/2/Adventures-In-Ruby-Part-2
http://www.bitwisemag.com/2/Adventures-In-Ruby-Part-3

Absolutely. I've considered porting PAWS from the Python world. That
would be a fun project I think.

James Edward Gray II

 

[James Gray]

I don't have too much time now (two little kids take away any hope =20
of sitting
at the computer for more than 5 minutes), but if you need a hand for =20=

some
simple tasks I might be able to help...

Thanks for the offer of help.

For now, I'm trying to get all of my ideas in there. When that's =20
ready though, I may be ready to take on help.

James Edward Gray II=

 

[Andrea O. K. Wright]

[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]

I wrote a couple of articles that survey 2D and 3D frameworks for
developing games with Ruby. Clips of sample games are embedded in both
installments of the two-part series:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/ruby/2007/12/04/creating-games-in-ruby.html
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/ruby/2007/12/18/creating-games-in-ruby-part-2.html