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Lobster, a New Game Programming Language, Now Available As Open Source

Posted by Soulskill on from the hello-world dept.

Aardappel writes "Lobster is a new programming language targeting game programming specifically, building on top of OpenGL, SDL 2 and FreeType. The language looks superficially similar to Python, but is its own blend of fun features. It's open source (ZLIB license) and available on GitHub."

3 of 153 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Too soon by robthebloke · · Score: 4, Funny

    The kind that substitues a #define with a #endif....

  2. Re:Just what is needed! by RaceProUK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another programming language! Why do people keep reinventing the spoon?

    Which spoon? The soup spoon? Teaspoon? Tablespoon? Dessert spoon? Wooden spoon?

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    No colour or religion ever stopped the bullet from a gun
  3. Re:Just what is needed! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least it's open source, you can always fork it.