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RE: [GD-General] Games using off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python or Lua?

[David H. <da...@su...>]

It depends on what you are using it for and who will write the scripts.
Personally I've always thought that if I needed  a scripting language
I'd just use Small and hack it a little so that it could use a FuBi
style interface to external compiled code.  The only down side is that
Small is C-like so programmers would be writing the scripts.  That's how
it should be IMO.

Dave

-] Just curious, does anybody know of any commercial games (PC=20
-] and console) using=20
-] off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python and Lua?=20
-] (there are=20
-] plenty of those)
-]=20
-] Specifically, is anybody using Small, Perl, Ruby, or=20
-] Javascript in games?
-] Thanks.
-]=20
-] =20
-] --Noel
-] Games from Within
-] http://www.gamesfromwithin.com
-]=20

RE: [GD-General] Games using off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python or Lua?

[Nick T. <ni...@ro...>]

> Just curious, does anybody know of any commercial games (PC and
console)
> using
> off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python and Lua? (there
are
> plenty of those)
>=20
> Specifically, is anybody using Small, Perl, Ruby, or Javascript in
games?
> Thanks.

Jak and Daxter uses a Lisp variant. Ratchet and Clank uses the same
engine so I'd expect this to be the same. ND mentioned that they had
problems using it because noone knows Lisp in games (at GDC 2003).

Of games I've come across, Quake and Neverwinter Nights (Bioware) use
C/Small like syntax.

Wow, it seems people do write games in Perl!! (no gfx!)
http://perl.about.com/od/games/

Nick

RE: [GD-General] Games using off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python or Lua?

[<phi...@pl...>]

> Jak and Daxter uses a Lisp variant.

There's a bit on GOAL in the J&D postmortem in GamaSutra:
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20020710/white_01.htm
...note how GOAL appears in both the right and wrong sections.

> Ratchet and Clank uses the same engine so I'd expect this to be the same.

AFAIK, Insomniac uses some of Naughty Dogs rendering technology, but not
GOAL.

Cheers,
Phil

Re: [GD-General] Games using off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python or Lua?

[Thatcher U. <tu...@tu...>]

On Aug 16, 2004 at 04:21 -0700, Nick Trout wrote:
> 
> Wow, it seems people do write games in Perl!! (no gfx!)
> http://perl.about.com/od/games/

People apparently have written action games in Perl too -- e.g. Frozen
Bubble, a pretty nice Bust-A-Move clone ( www.frozen-bubble.org )

-- 
Thatcher Ulrich
http://tulrich.com

RE: [GD-General] Games using off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python or Lua?

[Chris J. <cj...@ob...>]

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2 on the Xbox and PS2 used Small.  I
presume Champions of Norrath for the PS2 did as well, since it is an
evolution of the same engine.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: gam...@li...
[mailto:gam...@li...] On Behalf Of
Noel Llopis
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 8:15 AM
To: gam...@li...
Subject: [GD-General] Games using off-the-shelf scripting languages
other than Python or Lua?

Just curious, does anybody know of any commercial games (PC and console)
using=20
off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python and Lua? (there are=20
plenty of those)

Specifically, is anybody using Small, Perl, Ruby, or Javascript in
games?
Thanks.

=20
--Noel
Games from Within
http://www.gamesfromwithin.com



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Re: [email] RE: [GD-General] Games using off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python or Lua?

[Dan T. <da...@ar...>]

My coworker meant to post this the last time small was mentioned, but
apparently didn't get around to it. He worked at snowblind(Dark alliance 1,
champions of norrath) in the engine (spell effects, boss code, etc) and said
he never heard anything about small.

"It was never used for any of the effects, spells, audio, weapons, or AI".
If they used it at all he says, it was for the artists doing cutscenes or
the production pipeline. I don't know if the original poster was
specifically referring to in-game scripting or not, so I thought I'd throw
this out.

-Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Jones" <cj...@ob...>
To: <gam...@li...>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 6:40 PM
Subject: [email] RE: [GD-General] Games using off-the-shelf scripting
languages other than Python or Lua?


Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2 on the Xbox and PS2 used Small.  I
presume Champions of Norrath for the PS2 did as well, since it is an
evolution of the same engine.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: gam...@li...
[mailto:gam...@li...] On Behalf Of
Noel Llopis
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 8:15 AM
To: gam...@li...
Subject: [GD-General] Games using off-the-shelf scripting languages
other than Python or Lua?

Just curious, does anybody know of any commercial games (PC and console)
using
off-the-shelf scripting languages other than Python and Lua? (there are
plenty of those)

Specifically, is anybody using Small, Perl, Ruby, or Javascript in
games?
Thanks.


--Noel
Games from Within
http://www.gamesfromwithin.com



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