# Ruby and games **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-games/64734 "2006-08-15T14:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/FSSenault)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-games/64734/1 "2006-08-15T14:18:19Z")
Hello all. Python seems to be used as a scripting language by quite a few big games (I’m playing Civilization IV currently, and I remember at least one of the Vampire CRPG uses it too). I was wonderering if a game maker had considered using Ruby ? Wouldn’t that be a nice way to showcase the language ? Fred ---
**Author:** ![FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/FSSenault)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-games/64734/2 "2006-08-15T14:18:23Z")
On 8/12/06, F. Senault [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Python seems to be used as a scripting language by quite a few big games > (I’m playing Civilization IV currently, and I remember at least one of > the Vampire CRPG uses it too). Games have some uniquely challenging requirements. Python has an event-driven framework called Twisted that was originally developed as part of a massively multiplayer game and has since been very successful on its own. Ruby now has a framework with similar features (efficient high-speed i/o without threads, for one thing) called EventMachine. EM is not as feature-rich as Twisted yet, but it has been used to develop one game (Nebular Gauntlet) that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/FSSenault)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-games/64734/3 "2006-08-15T14:18:41Z")
F. Senault wrote: > – > Oh my life is changing everyday > Every possible way > Though my dreams, it’s never quite as it seems > Never quite as it seems (The Cranberries, Dream) I never heard of game companies use Ruby to program games before. But there are game development libraries like Rubygame and Gosu. There are quite a few people using Ruby to help develop games… However, I do not yet notice a really good open source game programmed entirely or mainly in Ruby. Maybe we will see such a game in the future. Other than that, I develop my own open source game entirely in Ruby and recently started using Rubygame. ---
**Author:** ![FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/FSSenault)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-games/64734/4 "2006-08-15T14:18:42Z")
On Aug 12, 2006, at 4:30 PM, F. Senault wrote: > Fred I believe the Japanese RPG Maker 2005 uses Ruby as it’s scripting language. ---
**Author:** ![FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/FSSenault)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-games/64734/5 "2006-08-15T14:18:58Z")
Le 13 août 2006 à 05:31, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid a écrit : > Other than that, I develop my own open source game entirely in Ruby and > recently started using Rubygame. Well, sometimes, I try to develop games too. I didn’t know about Rubygame, I’ll take a look at it… Fred ---
**Author:** ![FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/FSSenault)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-games/64734/6 "2006-08-15T14:18:41Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > > Fred > > However, I do not yet notice a really good open source game programmed > > entirely or mainly in Ruby. Maybe we will see such a game in the > > future. > > Other than that, I develop my own open source game entirely in Ruby and > recently started using Rubygame. There’s a (fairly disappointing) book on the market that addresses writing games in Python, Ruby and Lua. So at least the topic has attracted one publisher and author. ---
**Author:** ![FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/FSSenault)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-games/64734/7 "2006-08-15T14:19:00Z")
2006/8/13, Logan C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > I believe the Japanese RPG Maker 2005 uses Ruby as it’s scripting > language. actually, it’s the RPG Maker XP, and it’s been officially released in Europe and the US as well. and that’s actually how i got into Ruby 🙂 with the RPG Maker, it’s always been fairly easy to create games in no time, but now that it’s in Ruby and open source, it’s really worth checking out. greetings, Dirk. ---
**Author:** ![FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@FSSenault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/FSSenault)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-games/64734/8 "2006-08-15T14:18:58Z")
On 8/13/06, F. Senault [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Le 13 août 2006 à 05:31, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid a écrit : > > > Other than that, I develop my own open source game entirely in Ruby and > > recently started using Rubygame. > > Well, sometimes, I try to develop games too. I didn’t know about > Rubygame, I’ll take a look at it… There’s also Shattered Ruby [[http://shatteredruby.com/](http://shatteredruby.com/)] which takes inspiration from Rails. I haven’t played with it yet, but it does seem to have potential.