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I would love to use this with clojure!

• Jach 13y ago
  You can. https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/Using-libgdx-with-Clojure https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/wiki/Using-libgdx-with-Cloj... (Bounce Away is a pretty fun game that uses both.) The problem I'm waiting for someone else to solve though (and maybe I'll just make it a side-project one day...) is a more idiomatic Clojure interface to LibGDX. Something like PyGame would be pretty sweet too, though PyGame is wrapped around SDL and the whole "blitting" pattern of getting stuff to the screen (which doesn't care if you're writing functional, oop, or procedural code) doesn't really work outside of 2D games.
  • georgeoliver 13y ago
    wait no more (I haven't tried it)? https://github.com/oakes/play-clj https://github.com/oakes/play-clj
    • gw 13y ago
      Thanks for mentioning my project. I just updated it tonight to support 1.0!
  • z3phyr 13y ago
    Thanks! Just a couple of days before, I was thinking about the idea of using lisp for virtual worlds. Now I could start tinkering at least :)
• octopus 13y ago
  You already can, just be warned that if you use something different than Java you won't be able to export to the web. From my understanding (please correct me if I'm wrong) LibGDX converts only Java code to JavaScript and HTML5.
  • kodablah 13y ago
    Yes, I believe it uses GWT which doesn't use bytecode but rather Java the language.
    • octopus 13y ago
      Yes, you right, GTW is a Java translator to JavaScript and HTML.