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It would be nice to see some examples, otherwise this is "yet another game engine that will be deprecated in 1 year". I consider this very important as games ar

It would be nice to see some examples, otherwise this is "yet another game engine that will be deprecated in 1 year". I consider this very important as games are so different that it is hard to find common parts to put into a library that are not trivial and could be reimplemented. In particular have at least 3 slightly involved examples, otherwise it is unclear what one would gain over simply using SDL/OpenGL. This goes also the other way. If I hack for fun, I often think about how to abstract stuff that is not specific to my current problem and put it into a library (I think we all have been there). Fact is, I often rush, so my abstraction only works for the current situation and so does not belong into a library. Until I did not reimplement the stuff at least 3 times I try to avoid making a library.

lobo_tuerto 11y ago
I posted this because I was looking for info on how to go about writing a game using Haskell, or FP for that matter. I think this at least exposes how you can do it, and what kind of tools it uses to accomplish it. After I also stumbled upon this: http://elm-lang.org/guide/reactivity http://elm-lang.org/guide/reactivity And then on this: https://github.com/evancz/elm-architecture-tutorial/ https://github.com/evancz/elm-architecture-tutorial/
- fgaaldal 11y ago
  Obviously it depends on the game. However if you do not plan to make a straight-forward game or do not have to be fast, I highly recommend the combination SDL2 + OpenGL. It just works. - you find tons of documentation - you will run anywhere (that is obviously not trivial) In particular if you are going 2D you can skip OpenGL if speed is not a problem (yet). You then just write a small C-kernel which provides the main functionality and explore Haskell's FFI.
- efnx 11y ago
  Check out the Haskell game dev reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/haskellgamedev/ https://www.reddit.com/r/haskellgamedev/
sseefried 11y ago
Yes, and so few people write actual games, just game engines. My game is pretty crappy but I overcame a bunch of (mostly boring) technical issues to get it running on both Android and iOS. Here is a repo that sets up an Android development environment. https://github.com/sseefried/docker-epidemic-build-env https://github.com/sseefried/docker-epidemic-build-env

lobo_tuerto 11y ago

I posted this because I was looking for info on how to go about writing a game using Haskell, or FP for that matter. I think this at least exposes how you can do it, and what kind of tools it uses to accomplish it. After I also stumbled upon this: http://elm-lang.org/guide/reactivity http://elm-lang.org/guide/reactivity And then on this: https://github.com/evancz/elm-architecture-tutorial/ https://github.com/evancz/elm-architecture-tutorial/

fgaaldal 11y ago
Obviously it depends on the game. However if you do not plan to make a straight-forward game or do not have to be fast, I highly recommend the combination SDL2 + OpenGL. It just works. - you find tons of documentation - you will run anywhere (that is obviously not trivial) In particular if you are going 2D you can skip OpenGL if speed is not a problem (yet). You then just write a small C-kernel which provides the main functionality and explore Haskell's FFI.
efnx 11y ago
Check out the Haskell game dev reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/haskellgamedev/ https://www.reddit.com/r/haskellgamedev/

sseefried 11y ago

Yes, and so few people write actual games, just game engines. My game is pretty crappy but I overcame a bunch of (mostly boring) technical issues to get it running on both Android and iOS. Here is a repo that sets up an Android development environment. https://github.com/sseefried/docker-epidemic-build-env https://github.com/sseefried/docker-epidemic-build-env