jruby-libgdx-test

Description

A proof of concept game using the libGDX Java game library with JRuby.

Set up

Requirements

You need the following (please refer to their specific installation guidelines)

• Java SE Runtime Environment 1.6 or 1.7
• jruby 1.7.11 (I recommend to install it with rbenv or RVM)
• bundler gem

Then run:

bundle install

Running

jruby main.rb

Building

This is broken at the moment

You will need JRuby as a JAR before you can start building. You can get it with:

rawr install

Now you can build an executable JAR

rake rawr:jar

Or a Mac OSX app

rake rawr:bundle:app

Or a Windows executable

rake rawr:bundle:exe

Builds can be found in the build directory.

COPYING

In order to comply with the external materials used (see credits section below), this project is licensed under GNU GPL 3.0.

Credits

Kudos to the following, without which this project would not exist.

• JRuby (EPL/GPL/LGPL)

  For providing the power of Java through the elegance of Ruby.

• libGDX (Apache 2 License)

  An awesome open-source Java gaming library.

• Liberated Pixel Cup (CC BY-SA 3.0 / GNU GPL 3.0)

  Cool sprite assets made available to everyone.

  Also this great repository that compiles them up neatly: Universal LPC spritesheet.

• Peter Cooper and his "Let’s Build a Simple Video Game with JRuby: A Tutorial" article that sparked the initial flame.