🧠Mar 12

So, I've been thinking of expanding my game dev vocabulary. I'm pretty good at Javascript and Lua and know a bit of C (but don't like it much). But I'm looking for a language/system that will run on/compile to web, desktop, and preferably #Playdate as well. What do you recommend?

(Recommendations and advice in the comments are highly appreciated.)

#gamedev #Javascript #Lua #Haxe #Rust #Rustlang

Stick to Javascript/Lua with Electron/Fengari!
6.7%
Learn to love C, get into Emscripten!
15.6%
Learn Haxe, it compiles to everywhere!
15.6%
Learn Rust, it's the future!
62.2%
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The results are in! The silent majority votes #Rust, while vocal individuals bring other options to the table. Out of these, #gleamlang and #swift look the most interesting. Gleam doesn't built to PlayDate, but on the other hand the website uses large, friendly letters.

The plan:
1) Try Gleam for a small-ish project to publish to web and desktop.
2) If I like how that works out, see if I can get it ported to PlayDate
3) If that doesn't work, just stick to Lua for now.

Mar 16 at 9:42amWeb