gosu-ruby-starter

GOSU

GOSU is a ruby gem used for 2D game development. It's a library for Ruby and C++. It's mainly used to teach or learn Ruby. GOSU provides:

• A game window
• 2D graphics and text
• Sound in various formats
• Keyboard, mouse, and gamepad input

Installation Instructions:

You need to first have Ruby installed and then install the following:

• brew install sdl2 (you may or may not need this first step, you can first try to just install the gem)
• gem install gosu Then create a new file:

class MyWindow < Gosu::Window
  def initialize
    super 640, 480
    self.caption = 'Hello World!'
  end
  def update
  	// this is where updates to the display should be put, movement, collision detection, etc.
  end
  def draw
  // this is where displayed content is put
  end
end
window = MyWindow.new
window.show

This class will provide all the basic functionality for creating a game including the window, timing intervals, the show method which creates a modal application where the window is receiving calls to update, show in addition to many other methods.

Technologies Used:

• Ruby
• GOSU

Technologies that pair with Gosu

• rmagik
• chipmunk

Links for tuturials

https://www.libgosu.org/cpp/class_gosu_1_1_window.html https://github.com/gosu/gosu/wiki/ruby-tutorial http://dreamingechoes.github.io/game/gosu/ruby/become-a-videogame-developer-master-with-gosu-and-ruby/ https://github.com/SpencerCDixon/Gosu-Tutorial/blob/master/readme.md#start https://github.com/masonhale/Starfighter-Gosu-Tutorialg