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Hello everybody, author here. I hope you enjoy my tiny project. Regarding language, I chose Javascript for three reasons: - the (ab)use of `eval` lets you do all sorts of sorcery, like instant evaluation - the JS Redux library makes it easy to work with state, and I couldn't have implemented SCRIPT-8's time-traveling debugger without it - I dream in Javascript I love Lua's small footprint, and very early on I conside…
You have my deepest sympathies.
I find kind of disingenuous that the page does not mention PICO-8 at all, which is the obvious inspiration for this project, starting from the name. Many people who are in the scene, as it were, do know PICO-8 and know to draw the parallels, but it'd still be nice to link back to https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php somewhere...
Hello everybody, author here. I hope you enjoy my tiny project. Regarding language, I chose Javascript for three reasons: - the (ab)use of `eval` lets you do all sorts of sorcery, like instant evaluation - the JS Redux library makes it easy to work with state, and I couldn't have implemented SCRIPT-8's time-traveling debugger without it - I dream in Javascript I love Lua's small footprint, and very early on I conside…
This looks fun! Would be great to have something that catches runtime errors and highlights them in the source code. Then, of course, code completion etc to make it easy to find stuff. I started working on a bit similar project some years ago (I unfortunately abandonded it...) but I got one thing right: the ability to highlight the erroneous line. See http://write-a-game.herokuapp.com/ and try to call a non-existent…
This looks incredible ! Real time editing, time travel ... and integrated sprite, map, and music editors are a real plus. Only thing is the default color palette that is great but I wonder if we can change it ? For people complaining about JS vs Lua : go have a look at Amulet. This is not a fantasy console but also has an online editor and is perfectly suited for retro games. Just have a look at "Defender of the Weep…
Nice project! It would be great to have on-screen gamepad on mobile!
I love absolutely everything about this except the language choice.
Unlike most, I don't see a problem with it being Lua or JavaScript. I'm just curious why people pick such high-level languages in the first place. I'm planning to make a fantasy computer myself (basing it off the z80), and would never think to make it scriptable in something other than machine code.
Because we had BASIC on 8 bit home micros and those languages are the natural successors.
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Because we had BASIC on 8 bit home micros and those languages are the natural successors.
But BASIC on those computers was interpreted, and thus far too slow. Even the C compilers weren't that great. Every real game, AFAIK, was written in 6502 assembly.
Not everything is about the ultimate performance.