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nico
- Publishing my first game using pico-8
- Nim doesnt install standard library
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Is Fidget usable for implementation of 3D rendering?
I think everything depends on the scale of your ideas, see https://johanpeitz.itch.io/picocad You can make something similar with Nico https://github.com/ftsf/nico :)
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Any tutorial or library for Nim to build a roguelike?
Game framework: Nim + Pico-8 = Nico
- Nico – Game Framework in Nim Inspired by Pico-8
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Nim receives $100k in Bitcoin donations
I love making games with Nico: https://github.com/ftsf/nico
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Best ways to make your first contribution to Nim language
Concise and readable, small binaries, fast compile times, native performance, zero-overhead interop lets you reuse code in C, C++, JS, Objective-C, Python... Does a programming language have these fantastic features? Of course, Nim language does have the features I have been dreaming about. And what is the goal of Nim language? Simply put, the goal is "one language to rule them all", from shell scripting to web frontend and backend, scientific computing, deep learning, blockchain client, gamedev, embedded.
- Is nim good for my use case?
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Raspberry Pi 4 OpenBSD based home computer/gaming console
Something to look at if you want to encourage simple game development is supporting PICO-8 [0], or the compiled Nim version Nico [1].
[0]: https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php?page=faq
[1]: https://github.com/ftsf/nico
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Are we game yet? – A guide to the Rust game development ecosystem
Some more fun high level frameworks:
- HaxeFlixel (https://haxeflixel.com/) (Extremely portable)
- Phaser (https://phaser.io/) (HTML5 framework)
- Nico (https://github.com/ftsf/nico) (The PICO-8 API in Nim)
- Pixel Vision 8 (https://pixelvision8.github.io/PixelVision8Website/) (Another fantasy console)
pixie
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Nim v2.0 Released
We have written pixie: https://github.com/treeform/pixie . Pixie is a 2D graphics library similar to Cairo and Skia written entirely in Nim. Which I think is a big accomplishment. It even has python bindings: https://pypi.org/project/pixie-python/
- How can I add graphics to my nim program?
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Simple Gamepad Support
I made it because I really like pixie/boxy/windy combo, but there is no gamepad support built-in.
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Why I enjoy using the Nim programming language at Reddit.
With Nim, you can continuously optimize and improve the hot spots in your code. For example, in the Pixie graphics library, path filling started with floating point code, switched to floating point SIMD, then to 16-bit integer SIMD. Finally, this SIMD was written for both x86 and ARM.
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Is Fidget usable for implementation of 3D rendering?
The author Fidget actually has a number of other great libraries that are part of the rendering stack. Notably, Pixie for text and shape rendering in 2D, Boxy for rendering textures to the GPU via opengl, and then Windy for an OS window context and user events, and a number of other libraries related to 3D rendering.
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Ask HN: What's the best source code you've read?
Perhaps not the "best" source code I've ever read, but libVF.io had some beautiful code for what's generally gnarly system-glue code. The iommu setup code is a good example and inspires me to think that system-glue code doesn't need to be gross or impenetrable: https://github.com/Arc-Compute/LibVF.IO/blob/master/src/libv...
Another one I've appreciated reading (and learned more about 2d graphics from) is Pixie, a 2d graphics library written in Nim. Here's the implementation of a fair subset of SVG paths: https://github.com/treeform/pixie/blob/master/src/pixie/path...
And one last one for basic algorithms: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/version-1-6/lib/pure/al...
Of course Knuth's original code is still some of the best classic code. K&R's original C book is a classic.
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How are Images Compressed? An explanation of JPEG [video]
I recently helped work on a new open source JPEG decoder in Nim. (Over here on GitHub: https://github.com/treeform/pixie/blob/master/src/pixie/file...)
This video was extremely helpful to understand the "why" of all the things the spec was trying to explain. It made a huge difference in us being able to get things working.
We talk a bit about JPEG and actually writing our decoder in Nim here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYwD7OynFcg
Overall, our concluding opinion is that JPEG has some extremely cool and really smart ideas for how to compress images but the binary file format itself has some very painful things in it (progressive and restart markers as a couple examples).
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Nim: Curated Packages
I am working on OpenStreetMap renderer in Nim - see https://github.com/severak/lunarender3/ (but work somewhat stalled)
I needed some language which is:
- compiled to binaries
- and really fast
- has needed libraries (HTTP server, protocol buffers, sqlite and image generation)
- it's easy to set up
It was nice experience and Nim simply worked for my needs. People on Nim forum were nice and helped me when I ran into problems. It has nice and usable built-in library and I was really impressed by graphic library pixie - https://github.com/treeform/pixie
I would use Nim again when I when I will see this application is suited for it (e.g. some command line apps).
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Building a simple room-based chat application in Nim (using HTMX)
> but not so small that there are no useful libraries written...
Says the person responsible for a ton of really useful, well-done Nim libraries, such as this amazing Cairo/Skia-like library: https://github.com/treeform/pixie#readme
Thank you for all the things you've made for Nim!
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What sort of mature, open-source libraries do you feel Rust should have but currently lacks?
A 2d graphics library like Nim’s pixie
What are some alternatives?
TIC-80 - TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
tiny-skia - A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust
Nim-roguelike - Veins of the Earth, browser only incarnation, both desktop & mobile. Sorry for generic name.
godot-nim - Nim bindings for Godot Engine
Nim - Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).
nim-csfml - Nim bindings to SFML multimedia/game library
canvas - Cairo in Go: vector to raster, SVG, PDF, EPS, WASM, OpenGL, Gio, etc.
wgpu - A cross-platform, safe, pure-Rust graphics API.
nlvm - LLVM-based compiler for the Nim language
nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end
raqote - Rust 2D graphics library