Ruby Weekly Issue 720: September 19, 2024

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DragonRuby: A Ruby-Based 2D Game Engine — Targeting Windows, Mac, Linux, WASM, iOS, Android and even consoles, DragonRuby is an interesting variant of Ruby coupled with a 2D game engine, meaning you can create striking games or demos with a language you already know. Apparently DHH hadn’t heard of it, so we wanted to feature it again, especially as it’s available for free for the next 36 hours (though it is commercial).

💡 Konnor Rogers' Rendering 2.5 Million Tiles in DragonRuby Without Dropping Frames shows off some of DragonRuby's power and the sort of code you could be writing for it.

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Ruby's Default Parser Switches from parse.y to Prism — A few months ago, Kevin Newton asked if CRuby could switch to the new Prism Ruby parser, but Matz said there was still work to be done. It remains to be seen if this change will ‘stick’ for Ruby 3.4 this December, but if you’re running on Ruby’s master branch, you’ll be using it for now.