DragonRuby Game Tookit Reviews and details

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• Playing with DragonRuby Game Toolkit (DRGTK)

  Last week I was working on a very simple game to test DragonRuby Game Toolkit and learn its API. - Source: dev.to / 2 days ago

• Ask HN: Favorite Game Engine?

  I am not primarily a game developer. But I wanted to see how some of it works. The engine that has been instrumental to it is DragonRuby Game Toolkit [0]. It was easy to set up and use. And I developed a simple game [1] following a really accessible book [2]. It uses Ruby which is an easy language to pick up- especially as someone who is experienced in Python. I really loved the experience and talked with the... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Smoothly Growing and Shrinking Sprites in DragonRuby

  This post is about DragonRuby, a Ruby implementation for writing games. Check it out! - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

• How do you really start making a mostly text based incremental game for iOS?

  Http://www.rubymotion.com/references/success-stories/a-dark-room/ Https://dragonruby.org/toolkit/game. Source: 12 months ago

• DragonRuby: Moving in Arbitrary Directions

  In a previous post we looked at rotating rectangles in DragonRuby. - Source: dev.to / about 2 years ago

• Light-weight cross platform 2D Game Engine Recommendations?

  You should check out DragonRuby. Sounds like it‘s exactly what you need. http://dragonruby.org/toolkit/game. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Is it unrealistic to do small game projects if I don't know any unity?

  For 2d games I suggest you to use a simpler game engine. Especially one that doesn’t come with a complex, bloated editor. I recommend giving http://dragonruby.org/toolkit/game a shot. I released a few games using it, one is available on Apple’s App Store. It comes with examples - for various level of experience, including total beginners - and a super helpful community on Discord 😊. Source: about 2 years ago

• Boss Battle: A DragonRuby Game Jam, starts Apr 30. Write a game with Ruby.

  Learn about DragonRuby here: http://dragonruby.org/toolkit/game. Source: about 2 years ago

• I game a built over a weekend for Global Game Jam 2022 using DragonRuby Game Toolkit. Links to playable version and source code in the comments.

  DragonRuby Standard is also free for students, anyone under 18 and educators. There are details on the website (scroll down to "Income Assistance - Free Unrestricted Standard License" ) https://dragonruby.org/toolkit/game. Source: over 2 years ago

• Is quitting your job for indie dev worth it?

  It's from the creator of https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/a-dark-room-switch/, several other indie games and one of the founders of the DragonRuby game engine (https://dragonruby.org/toolkit/game). Source: over 2 years ago

• Simplicity of IRC

  The closest I've found to having a modern experience to programming in that manner is DragonRuby Game Toolkit [0]. It's not free (with some exceptions for eligible users and indie game developers), but it does offer a standard version for a one-off payment, which is the version I have. It's sold as a game dev toolkit but it brings back those same memories of BASIC for me. I firmly believe that it could be a very... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• DragonRuby: Static Outputs

  In a previous post we looked at different ways to render outputs (sprites, rectangles, lines, etc.) in the DragonRuby Game Toolkit. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago

• API Levels in DragonRuby Game Toolkit

  DragonRuby Game Toolkit (DRGTK) is a 2D game engine built with mRuby, SDL, and LLVM. It's meant to be tiny, fast, and allow you to turn out games quickly using Ruby. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago

• how can I build a ruby based game engine for a roguelike.

  Have you looked at https://dragonruby.org/toolkit/game. Source: over 2 years ago

• Using Ruby to build VR Games: Ryan C Gordon (core contributor to libSDL) has put together a video demoing the tech. Sample source code in the comments.

  Short on money? Check the Income Assistance section under https://dragonruby.org/toolkit/game to see if you are eligible for a free copy. Don't worry if you're not, just keep an eye on https://dragonruby.itch.io/dragonruby-gtk for discounts. Quite often, the price goes down to 0$ for various events like game jams. Source: over 2 years ago