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Ron Gilbert is using Squirrel as a scripting language in the game Thimbleweed Park [1]. For someone developing games for as long as he has, I think it lends som
by jupiter90000 10y ago
Ron Gilbert is using Squirrel as a scripting language in the game Thimbleweed Park [1]. For someone developing games for as long as he has, I think it lends some credibility to it (though I would still evaluate it before I choose to use it for my use cases).
[1] https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/text_tron_3000 https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/text_tron_3000
- insomniatic 10y agoI really appreciate his examples. I feel like it's a great example of experience seeing the value of a first-order iteration process, but making sure that the technical debt accrued is easily remedied by an automated process that has already been worked out. TLDR: the value of the speed obtained in accruing technical debt, and the wisdom to ensure that you don't have to really pay for it.