I am creating a simple Blackjack game in Ruby, and I have finished all the game logic stuff (finally!) and currently have it running through the command line. It is all working, so now I need a library or gem that will make the whole graphics side of things easier. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Maybe you could try to use Gosu which is a 2D game development library for the Ruby and C++ programming languages, available for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.
Available as a gem. More information here
You can also watch a fun presentation I saw in Barcelona during Euruko (ruby conference). Available Here
Aurélien Bottazzini
2009-11-09 08:44:12
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As well as Gosu, mentioned elsewhere, there's Rubygame which also appears to be regularly updated.
No opinion on either, suggested as an alternative for comparison.
Mike Woodhouse
2009-11-09 11:08:18
I have been using Rubygame for a while. It looks it is enough for a hobby project in 2D. I haven't try to do something bigger.
Michas
2010-07-04 21:54:44
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Shoes would be a good candidate, it's very lightweight, cross platform & fun to use.
It has a nice ruby API which you can use to draw shapes and use native GUI widgets.
hyperlogic
2009-11-14 05:51:54