Gaming

chrismack100 · 02-16-2013, 03:48 PM

I have a question:
What is the best language to write in when creating a game that is to be used on Ubuntu?
I know nothing about writing games. I thought this would be a good first question for the linux forums.

TobiSGD · 02-16-2013, 03:54 PM

It depends on which type of game you want to write, but usually C or C++ are the languages that are chosen for games on Linux, if it is a larger project sometimes accompanied by a scripting language for the game logic, so that only the game engine is written in C/C++.
If you want to use an existing engine you will usually have to use a language that has bindings for that engine.

John VV · 02-16-2013, 07:40 PM

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I know nothing about writing games.

have a look at Python
it is a very good language to learn with

dugan · 02-17-2013, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by chrismack100

I know nothing about writing games.

https://love2d.org/

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C or C++ are the languages that are chosen for games on Linux,

I don't think that's generally true anymore. Project Eternity, Dreamfall Chapters, and a lot of other new and upcoming for-profit games use Unity3D.

TobiSGD · 02-17-2013, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by dugan

I don't think that's generally true anymore. Project Eternity, Dreamfall Chapters, and a lot of other new and upcoming for-profit games use Unity3D.

Unity3D is written C/C++, it only provides bindings for C# (and Javascript) for the same purpose that other engines provide bindings to Python or Lua for, for scripting the game logic.

Thanks for the link, by the way, I am currently having a look at Lua and that 2D engine looks nice.