Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL

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Post by ianertson » Thu, Dec 29, 2022, 10:16 PM UTC

I'm working on a scripting-language heavily inspired by Javascript and GLSL. The idea is to use this for a game engine I'm working on.

Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL
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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 29, 2022, 10:16 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL

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Post by skywal_l » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 9:55 PM UTC

Had a cursory look so sorry if I missed something but does this run on the GPU? If not what's the point?

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Post by pipeline_peak » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 10:35 PM UTC

There’s nothing about this that screams “this language needs to be created”. Call me a pessimist, but I’ve seen So many toy languages on HN.

My advice is, if you don’t have any original ideas and want users, your best bet is to implement a subset of JS, that’s the route I’m taking.

Jonathan Blow has a great talk on the redundancy of scripting languages in game engines.

https://youtu.be/y2Wmz15aXk0

Re: Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL

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Post by ianertson » Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 1:32 AM UTC

skywal_l wrote: post #3

Had a cursory look so sorry if I missed something but does this run on the GPU? If not what's the point?

Well, I'm going to use it for one of my personal projects. I wanted a scripting language for a game engine that I'm working on, and wanted something that felt like GLSL

Re: Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL

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Post by ianertson » Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 1:33 AM UTC

pipeline_peak wrote: post #4

There’s nothing about this that screams “this language needs to be created”. Call me a pessimist, but I’ve seen So many toy languages on HN. My advice is, if you don’t have any original ideas and want users, your best bet is to implement a subset of JS, that’s the route I’m taking. Jonathan Blow has a great talk on the redundancy of scripting languages in game engines. https://youtu.be/y2Wmz15aXk0

It's definitely not a language that needs to be created. I was just in the need for a scripting language in my game engine, and I wanted something that felt like GLSL.

Re: Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL

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Post by trevoristall » Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 4:21 AM UTC

Cool project, writing a lexer/parser/tokenizer for a simple language was an enjoyable and gratifying experience when I dabbled in the past. It's fun to learn about how those things work in such a hands-on way.

Re: Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL

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Post by ianertson » Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 3:08 PM UTC

trevoristall wrote: post #7

Cool project, writing a lexer/parser/tokenizer for a simple language was an enjoyable and gratifying experience when I dabbled in the past. It's fun to learn about how those things work in such a hands-on way.

Thank you!! Indeed, it's really fun actually