Show HN: Yeah, a Ruby video game framework(github.com)

54 pointsby Skoofoovor 12 Jahren19 comments

Show HN: Yeah, a Ruby video game framework

http://github.com/yeahrb/yeah/#readme

5 comments

Pistos2vor 12 Jahren

Nice! The example code looks simple enough to understand relatively quickly, and it does seem to work (good on you to have working demos to show). May play with this some time soon. You should put some contact info in the README. e.g. IRC channel, or email (if you dare), or a pointer to github issues page.

Skoofoovor 12 Jahren

Thank you for the kind words!

Great suggestion, I will add all those to the README soon; in the meantime here it is:

IRC channel: Freenode #yeahrb

Email: [email protected]

Issues: https://github.com/yeahrb/yeah/issues

Skoofoovor 12 Jahren

Author here. Make sure to check out the examples and docs! This is alpha-stage software, but there is roughly enough functionality to build a complete modern video game.

Please ask me any questions you have! Feedback is appreciated.

ccallebsvor 12 Jahren

Is the main benefit to Yeah vs. other frameworks (Gosu in particular) that it compiles to JS? I'm actually weighing game framework options for a project I want to undertake.

Skoofoovor 12 Jahren

Gosu is a library that provides the basic building blocks for a video game, while Yeah is an opinionated framework designed to be fast to build games with. It is similar to Sinatra vs Ruby on Rails.

A major feature of Yeah is a Processing/HTML5 Canvas-like drawing API. http://rdoc.info/github/yeahrb/yeah/9f065a6/Yeah/Display

Yeah is in early development; more time-saving constructs and functionality are in the works (animated sprites, collision detection, touch controls, etc).

Yeah compiles to JS now, though it is platform-agnostic - in the future it will also compile into PC executables and mobile apps.

ccallebsvor 12 Jahren

Great, thank you for the write-up. I'll definitely have to take a look.

djurvor 12 Jahren

Neat! I had been trying to figure out what library to use for the upcoming Ludum Dare competition, and I think this answers it.

I'll probably be peppering you with questions/feedback next weekend, in that case. Are GitHub issues the best way to do that?

Skoofoovor 12 Jahren

I think that this framework will be ideal for sprints like Ludum Dare.

Please do write about any questions, suggestions, issues, and bugs via GitHub issues, or to my personal email: [email protected]

nacsvor 12 Jahren

Have you considered using Pixi.js instead of pure canvas? Pixi.js uses WebGL with a canvas fallback and performance is much better: http://www.pixijs.com/

Skoofoovor 12 Jahren

Early on I took a close look at Pixi.js, though it turned out to not be the right fit for the project. However, it is planned for Yeah to have an interchangeable WebGL renderer at some point, similar to Pixi.js and Three.js.

mattdeslvor 12 Jahren

If you're looking at WebGL, check out StackGL. It's pretty much intended as a low level WebGL wrapper with a modular codebase, and lots of high level modules built on top of it.

evo_9vor 12 Jahren

You might want to also look at Phaser.io, which is built on pixi.js and is a full game library.

Also, it's open source and free and quite nice to work with.

Artemis2vor 12 Jahren

That name sounds really confusing. Looks neat otherwise.

jimcsharpvor 12 Jahren

Invokes... sarcasm? "Yeah, it's a Ruby video game framework. Wanna fight about it?"

dyejevor 12 Jahren

Yeah, it kind of has a disorientating effect to it.

Skoofoovor 12 Jahren

Thanks, I did not catch that before. I hope that the confusion will subside after Yeah becomes more well known.

ARCarrvor 12 Jahren

You should add an exclamation point to the end. It'll make it sound more exciting, and less confusing.

seanewestvor 12 Jahren

or don't do that

TheOverSleepervor 12 Jahren

I like this.