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Show HN: Scripting language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL
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.
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- skywal_l 4y agoHad a cursory look so sorry if I missed something but does this run on the GPU? If not what's the point?
- ianertson 4y agoWell, 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
- pipeline_peak 4y agoThere’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 https://youtu.be/y2Wmz15aXk0
- ianertson 4y agoIt'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.
- trevoristall 4y agoCool 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.
- ianertson 4y agoThank you!! Indeed, it's really fun actually