This is true, but there are a few projects that are branching beyond the industry standard and seeing big wins as a result. Eve Online is one example. It's a MMO space exploration and colonization game, and a big chunk of the code is written in Stackless Python. I believe similar benefits could be gleaned from using Clojure; although, it'd probably require the core of the game to be written in Java, which is uncommon.
Here's the article on Eve and Stackless Python in case anyone is interested. http://harkal.sylphis3d.com/2005/08/10/multithreaded-game-scripting-with-stackless-python/ Travis On May 22, 11:11 pm, Brian Sletten <brian.slet...@gmail.com> wrote: > Most game development is obviously still done w/ C++, even for backend > services which just astounds me. At best, some developers might be > using Tomcat for community sites and whatnot. The tide is probably > starting to turn, but there's not a lot of Clojure just yet. > > At Riot (http://riotgames.com), we are doing quite a bit on the > backend with Enterprise Java, XMPP, data grid clusters, etc. for the > League of Legends (http://leagueoflegends.com) platform. > > We are obviously aware of and interested in Clojure and Scala as well > as environments like NetKernel for their ability to leverage multiple > CPUs, but that would still be for infrastructure. As was mentioned > elsewhere Lua is used as the scripting language of choice for many > modern games. There are pockets of Lisp but I don't think it is too > widespread. > > It's still going to be awhile until any serious games leverage a > modern language like Clojure. > > On May 21, 2009, at 2:35 PM, tcg wrote: > > > > > You would think with Clojure's ability to make use of mutli cpu > > hardware it would be a good choice for high-end game development. > > > Does anyone know if big game studios like Electronic Arts are using or > > looking into Clojure for this purpose? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
