daveheitzman / yeah

Practical Ruby video game framework

Yeah

Practical Ruby video game framework, alpha stage

Features

• Designed to be easy to learn and fast to build games with
• Embraces Ruby's strengths (object-orientation, duck typing, focus on developer happiness)
• Platform-agnostic (currently compiles to web pages through Opal; PC executables and mobile apps planned)
• Convention (over configuration)-oriented
• Processing/HTML5 Canvas-style drawing API
• Command-line utilities (no monolithic IDE)
• Open source under MIT license

Demos

Rogueliek by skofo (code)

Collisions by skofo (code)

Leone Mangione by elia (code)

Asteroids by skofo (code)

Random by skofo (code)

Usage

NOTE: This is alpha-stage software, expect changes!

Installation

1. Install Ruby 2.0+, visit the Ruby website for more info.
2. In a command line, enter gem install yeah.
3. Enter yeah to view list of commands.

Making a game

1. In a command line, enter yeah new to generate a new game project.
2. Change into the new project directory, then enter bundle install.
3. Add game code to code/game.rb. No tutorials yet; please take a look at the [example code][Example code] and API reference.
4. Enter yeah serve and visit http://localhost:1234 to try the game.

Links

API reference: 0.4.2, 0.3.5

Version upgrade notes

Issue & feature tracker

Discussion via Gitter

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