Stephen Molyneaux

Game Script Implementation Notes (Draft)

I’ve previously blogged about the “Shimlang” language. This is not a continuation of that design. Instead, this page solidifies some of the internal implementation details of the programming language. A large amount of virtual memory (4 GB) will be dedicated for the interpreter. All memory operations are done relative to the base address of this memory chunk. A dump of this memory should be sufficient to completely restore the state of a game written in the language. Read more...

Shimlang Stage 1: Vertical Slice

To start working towards the design goals of Shimlang, the first goal is to create a “vertical slice” of a many of the interfaces that Shimlang will provide.

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Shimlang Design Goals

Shimlang is a new scripting language and interpreter that’s intended to be modern, lightweight, and easily distributed. But what does that mean, exactly?

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Shimlang Embeddable Scripting Language

There’s a niche of programming languages that I’m looking to fill. This is the first part of what will (hopefully) be a series of the journey of the development of my little scripting language called shimlang.

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Recipes

Here is a collection of recipes I’ve transcribed/tweaked since 2020. It follows the “Modernist Cuisine” recipe template I worked on mid-2021. The template ought to have it’s own blog post, but for now an outdated version of the script and template can be found in this GitHub Gist.

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Rust Modules in LÖVE

Calling Rust code in Lua is great for calling optimized routines, and leveraging libraries from the Rust ecosystem. Packing Rust code for consumption in Lua requires learning how to:

  • Generate Rust bindings from C headers
  • Generate dynamic libraries in Rust
  • Creating Rust ↔ Lua interop code
  • Load dynamic libraries in Lua

This post covers all the steps needed to wrap the Rust regex crate into a library loadable by the Lua-based LÖVE game framework.

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Hugo Knowledge Checklist

Hugo is a flexible way to generate static sites. Many people reach for premade themes/templates, but some people (like me!) want to create their own. There’s a lot to learn about Hugo and it can be daunting to take it all in at once.

This post is a beginner’s checklist for learning Hugo. This picks up right after you’ve completed the Hugo Quick Start Guide.

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