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Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by jamescostian »

phkahler wrote: post #18
jamescostian wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I do agree that it is possible to do something like that, I think we can all agree that the following (available in Rust) is soooooo much nicer: let stuff = include_bytes!("my.file");

Now I have to rewrite my arcade game emulator in rust just so I can use that to load rom images...

Not only did you completely miss the point (a systems language has a very nice thing very well built-in - yay!), but you also built a strawman (as if praising a language means is the same as telling everyone to rewrite all code in that language) and then beat it up using a poor example (why package those images into the binary?).

Congratulations! You just won the internet!

Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by jamescostian »

zokier wrote: post #19
jamescostian wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I do agree that it is possible to do something like that, I think we can all agree that the following (available in Rust) is soooooo much nicer: let stuff = include_bytes!("my.file");

While include_bytes is nice, xxd -i in a makefile is pretty workable solution in the scale of things.

Fair point, however I believe the OP made the game work for many different OSes, and I don't think xxd or Makefiles are the best when you have to deal with Windows (whereas Rust's include_bytes! provides a platform-independent solution).

I had never heard of xxd until your comment though, so thank you very much!

Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by ekimekim »

lobster_johnson wrote: post #29
sqeaky wrote: post #10

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Rust as an art asset! The dimly lit room, the red glowing Rust code on the wall, the main character with a large gun and the commenter saying that requires and unsafe block. The Reddit comments are great. Edit - Could you tell me why you downvoted me. This wasn't even the slightest bit argumentative, so I am not sure who I angered.

I didn't downvote you, but I also don't understand what your comment even means. Dimly lit room... what? What Reddit discussion are you referring to? What does your comment have to do with writing games in Rust?

They're commenting on the link in the GP about "Rust's recent inclusion in a AAA title" (some rust code is used as text in a generic 'computer code' image)

Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by felipemnoa »

This is probably not a popular opinion here in HN but why does it matter what language you use to make your game in? You can use virtually any language to make a game. From my point of view the best language for a game is that which makes you the most productive for cranking out that code. And we all have our own personal preferences about which language is best, which I think is fine, you should code with the one that you feel most productive with. At the end of the day users will not be able to tell the difference. All that matters is whether your game is fun or not.

Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by Jare »

felipemnoa wrote: post #34

This is probably not a popular opinion here in HN but why does it matter what language you use to make your game in? You can use virtually any language to make a game. From my point of view the best language for a game is that which makes you the most productive for cranking out that code. And we all have our own personal preferences about which language is best, which I think is fine, you should code with the one th…

The language he chose doesn't matter except to him, but writing about his experience using it does matter to anyone interested in choosing a similar path.

Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by wastedhours »

felipemnoa wrote: post #34

This is probably not a popular opinion here in HN but why does it matter what language you use to make your game in? You can use virtually any language to make a game. From my point of view the best language for a game is that which makes you the most productive for cranking out that code. And we all have our own personal preferences about which language is best, which I think is fine, you should code with the one th…

100% agree with you. However - posts like these might give encouragement to people who know a language that they can actually accomplish Project XYZ in said language, especially if there's accepted norms about what types of work a language is "good for".

Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by 0xffff2 »

felipemnoa wrote: post #34

This is probably not a popular opinion here in HN but why does it matter what language you use to make your game in? You can use virtually any language to make a game. From my point of view the best language for a game is that which makes you the most productive for cranking out that code. And we all have our own personal preferences about which language is best, which I think is fine, you should code with the one th…

Replace "game" with "software", and your post is equally valid.

Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by Jare »

joncampbelldev wrote: post #25
Manishearth wrote: post #20

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Go is a language that you can absolutely learn like that, and it's pretty amazing. (Python, too) Rust ... isn't. I love Rust, but you do need to put some dedicated time into learning it. We're hoping to improve this!

Whilst an easy start is nice, any language that you can pick up with no effort just means you're learning the same language + paradigm that you already know with a few differing features (in go's case CSP). Nothing wrong with that, CSP is awesome etc I'm not a rust dev (definitely interested in picking it up though), but heavily into clojure and learning haskell slowly on the side. I hear this complaint a lot from pe…

A lot of people have to unlearn "classic" OOP inheritance in order to learn Go. That's a significant change in paradigm.

Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by alkonaut »

felipemnoa wrote: post #34

This is probably not a popular opinion here in HN but why does it matter what language you use to make your game in? You can use virtually any language to make a game. From my point of view the best language for a game is that which makes you the most productive for cranking out that code. And we all have our own personal preferences about which language is best, which I think is fine, you should code with the one th…

It doesn't. But this article is interesting (rare/novel) because it is about Rust, not because it is about making a game.

Re: Making a Game in Rust

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Post by MaulingMonkey »

felipemnoa wrote: post #34

This is probably not a popular opinion here in HN but why does it matter what language you use to make your game in? You can use virtually any language to make a game. From my point of view the best language for a game is that which makes you the most productive for cranking out that code. And we all have our own personal preferences about which language is best, which I think is fine, you should code with the one th…

> This is probably not a popular opinion here in HN but why does it matter what language you use to make your game in?

To the end user? It doesn't matter one bit.

To your peers? It's interesting and educational to talk shop.

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