where are the program that are written in python?

[Jake b]

did this not go to the list? Arg, reply does in other mailing list.

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Jake b <ninmonkeys at gmail.com> wrote:

> I took it as game-domain only question:
> I don't know of any big game written in python. ( meaning python code,
> using c++ libs. ) Verses games that at their is in c++ , calling a scripting
> language under the hood.
> Even if a game is written at its base in python, it still uses python
> libraries which can use c++ under the hood.
>
> WoW had a huge amount of logic, in LUA combined with xml. Was cool seeing
> the crazy things implemented.
>
> There are a lot that use a c++ engine, with a scripting engine under the
> hood. python, lua, unrealscript, etc... Civ4 uses python for map generation.
> Not sure how much else?
> Wouldn't be surprised, alpha centauria even had text files you could mod
> the game with.
>
> Unreal games: U, UT, UT2k4, etc.. (since before UT original, use
> scripting(unreal script) to control basically everything.) There are
> classes, and methods that 'do the work' in c++ for speed.
>
> From development point, You're on a deadline, if your company all know the
> existing language/engine/api, there isn't much incentive to learn a new api,
> and convert existing code, and not having all the previous examples, and
> api's. [ That can even mean using game engine X, even if Y is in the same
> language, and is technically better. ]
>
>
> --
> Jake
>



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Jake
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