Gosu is an open source game development library. Ruby and C++ programming languages can be used to write games using the Gosu library. The Passenger guys presented the RubyStein game written in Ruby. It’s an interesting game and has got many famous personalities form Rails community including DHH, ZedShaw and some as well brands like Peepcode.
If you are on Ubuntu, you can try these steps to enjoy this game.
First, install the gosu and dependent libraries…
sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2
sudo apt-get install libboost-dev
sudo apt-get install libpango1.0-dev
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev
sudo gem install gosu
Now, you can download the game and run it as
ruby wolf3d.rb
and play it using the arrow keys and space bar.
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After the success of the first RubyFunDay, Geekeerie is proudly bringing up the next RubyFunDay at Pune, India.
Here we are going to cover the latest topics in Rails 2 and the advanced Ruby concepts which will help you in building up your own RubyGems.
The tentative date of 2nd RubyFunDay is 21st Feb, 2009. If you wish to join in, you can register here.
Some of the advanced topics to be covered in Ruby are:
- Metaprogramming with Ruby
- GC - Grabage Collector
- Delegation in Ruby
- Building a simple TCP IP client-server in Ruby
Some of the topics to be covered in Rails are:
- Advanced features of Rails 2
- How to write a Rails plugin
- Deeper understanding of Ajax with examples
- Simple PayPal integration with Rails
Free Goodies
- Lunch
- Ruby printed T-Shirts
It’s going to be great fun, if you wish to join in, you would need to register in advance as we will be having limited entries.
For any further questions, contact me at sur.max@gmail.com
We are looking for sponsors for the Venue, Lunch and the T-Shirts. Please contact me at sur.max@gmail.com
See you there.
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