RogueScript

Description

RogueScript is a proposed interpreted language with C style syntax. It should be noted that this language is not intended to be used in development of an engine, but as a means to control roguelike objects within a user-made game world (created with a game creation system).

Features

• C style syntax
• table type (but no array type)
• first class functions
• closures
• dynamic typing with javascript style coercion for '==' operator
• basic types (such as bool, null, float, int, string, thing_ref, closure, function_ref)
• thing reference for passing around handles on game world objects
• extensive library of API functions
• reasonable speed

Hello World program

(Note: there is no main function. Several function names are associated with events. The 'begin' event occurs at the start of the game. It gets called only once.)

   event begin()
   {
       lib::notation("Hello World!");
   }