While I begin my framework for creating the game using Lua as the scripting language, I thought I would discuss some of the other constraints I’m working under to put things into perspective.
I would like to utilize the following technologies:
- .Net Framework, C# preferably, C++ as a fallback for necessary components
- Lua as the scripting language
- Silverlight as the client platform
- Visual Studio 2008 as the development environment
Following is the list of initial resources I’m using to put together the scripting engine:
- www.lua.org – Primary site for all things Lua. Great starting spot containing links to many libraries and even a live demo that can be run from the browser.
- lua-users.org – Community site containing extensions and discussions (Lua Addons)
- Lua Socket library – Well, I need to get network connectivity somehow. This seems to be a pretty standard library for doing so.
- LuaForge – Source repository for a lot of Lua projects including the Sockets library
- Generic Game Server v2.0.1 – Great little Lua generic game server. Looks to be what I want already written along with sources should I need to enhance it.
Well, to my surprise, after downloading the Generic Game server and playing with it for a bit, I was actually able to get a very rudimentary MUD framework in place and it loaded, allowed connections, etc… It took a little wrangling for me to get the Lua syntax down correctly and to have it work correctly with the software communication interfaces.
Based on this, utilizing Lua is a go! Now to go get a domain name to host all this great information and the builds, etc…
