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Apart from "I have fun working on this", which is always legit, what's the point and who's supposed to use it? What'd be the benefit using with or working on it over e.g. Godot, which is, imo, pretty much the open source way to go if you want more than an IDE and libs/code you'd use to make a game. It's also written in C# and offers GDScript as a more lightweight programming language with C# being ready to be used fo…
No successcull game engine is written in c#
To any aspiring game developers out there: If you need AAA-equivalent graphics and are willing to tank the overhead, use UE5. Otherwise, homebrew everything in the language you prefer (use an LLM, make sure you understand the architecture perfectly). Using a half-baked semi-supported game engine which you don't understand will destroy your project sooner or later. The cognitive overhead of understanding someone else'…
Eh, what's wrong with using Unity or Godot or GameMaker?
Overall, MVVM should be getting a renaissance because of how well it determines the layers and data flow for AI. I have multiple projects using it, and even in early 2025, models had almost no issues understanding my code and implementing new features. Now I set up MVVM-inspired headless architectures including for Swift or React Native projects and it works like a charm.
Wow, my post suddenly went viral! Just opened GitHub a few minutes ago, and saw +17 stars on my project from the last few hours... Anyway, i see a lot of people asking WHY making ky own engine or language. So the main answer is: for fun. it's clearly not going to be even close to a professional engine like godot/unity/modern gamemaker, but this is mine, and the others aren't :) But i wrote more about it here: https:/…
Two thoughts/questions: - do you feel that this could be used to make a (simple) drawing program? - have you considered setting up your codebase as a Literate Program? http://literateprogramming.com/ Notably, that would then allow publishing the project as a PDF for didactive purposes.
2. Hmm no, first time i hear about it
Is there a plugin system that allows me to code in C#? (Or F#, or perhaps any of the other dotnet scripting languages?) I'd prefer to avoid a new language if possible.
> The engine and IDE themselves are written in C#, but the language you use inside ArcadeMaker to program your games is my custom language, not C#. Is there a plugin system that allows me to code in C#? (Or F#, or perhaps any of the other dotnet scripting languages?) I'd prefer to avoid a new language if possible.
C#:
public void DoSomething(Exp.Instance? callingInst, Exp.IValue?[] args)
{
...
}
Exp:
doSomething("hello")
extern class File = "System.IO.File"
println(File.readAllText(filePath))
Wow, my post suddenly went viral! Just opened GitHub a few minutes ago, and saw +17 stars on my project from the last few hours... Anyway, i see a lot of people asking WHY making ky own engine or language. So the main answer is: for fun. it's clearly not going to be even close to a professional engine like godot/unity/modern gamemaker, but this is mine, and the others aren't :) But i wrote more about it here: https:/…
Two thoughts/questions: - do you feel that this could be used to make a (simple) drawing program? - have you considered setting up your codebase as a Literate Program? http://literateprogramming.com/ Notably, that would then allow publishing the project as a PDF for didactive purposes.
> The engine and IDE themselves are written in C#, but the language you use inside ArcadeMaker to program your games is my custom language, not C#. Is there a plugin system that allows me to code in C#? (Or F#, or perhaps any of the other dotnet scripting languages?) I'd prefer to avoid a new language if possible.
looking for open source game engines lately, this is soooo cool :)