Game IDE Advice

UncleRay · New Member Joined: 22 Aug 2024 Posts: 2

Hello
I'm new to the group so I wanted to tell yinz " Hi from Pittsburgh !"
Anyway, I got a couple of game ideas and am looking for a
recommendation for language and IDE. I'm running MDK 10
and was thinking about Python and KDevelop. What do you think?
Thanks a lot ! Confused

mr_ed · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2024 6:49 pm Post subject:

Python has lousy IDE tools on Linux, unfortunately. Sad

One other thing I would look into, in addition to KDevelop is Eclipse. There's a Python plugin (pydev.sf.net), but I don't know where it stands atm.

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Stuka · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2024 9:04 pm Post subject:

Language: depends on the game and what you want to do. If it's graphics/performance critical, C++ would be a good call. For something with less latency/timing issues, Python is a fine choice.

IDE: What, vim and make aren't enough for you? Honestly, though I like the VS tools on Windows, I'm not experienced enough with any of the Linux IDE tools to recommend them.

mr_ed · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2024 1:25 am Post subject:

If you go to pygame.org, you'll see that they wrote a commercial 3D game using only Python.

The thing is, most Python calls to anything performance-critical end up calling low-level libraries compiled in C or C++ anyway. It's apparently easy to export and import C functions, too.

The only thing I want in my IDE is code-complete. That's all I ask for. I tried using the pydev one, but couldn't get it working. I believe the instructions were Windows-specific. Sad

(Or, it wasn't tested in Linux, because I got a different result)

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UncleRay · New Member Joined: 22 Aug 2024 Posts: 2

Thanks for the advice. My idea is a tile type game.
That Pygame.org site looks interesting and worth at
least a little time to check it out.
I have been using Pilrc Tools with Vi and Make with testing
in a Palm Emulator. I was just wondering if an IDE
would keep make things simpler as I would like to make
a Linux version of my game. If I had my druthers
I would prefer writing raw code and compiling.
The bottom line seems to be "Use what works."
Thanks again Smile

crouse · Site Admin Joined: 17 Apr 2024 Posts: 8985 Location: Iowa

Welcome to usalug UncleRay Smile

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