Comments on: Why You Should Use C# For Your Scripting Language

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:07:32 +0000

Hi,

I find this t be very interesting as i am currently reseraching on how to use C# for scripting. Currently i have developed a custom GUI that does does all the basics but obviously nothing near as good as Visual Studio,

if your still offering the source i would love to have a look at it.

Thanks!

By: Hypnotron

Hypnotron — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:09:30 +0000

Hello,

Thanks for writing this article. I’ve decided to go with c# scripting instead of lua. If you’re still sending out the sample source to people requesting, please send me a copy!

Thanks again.

By: a0a

a0a — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:57:32 +0000

We’ve actually done the same for a ps2 title ones, running a Java VM and coding gamelogic in java. Worked pretty well. Downsides were garbage collection thread which soaked quite some performance, and the issue of knowing Java to be able to script. Still. Strict language syntax checking by compiler beats the crap out of any debug cycle.

By: ProtheonX

ProtheonX — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:09:13 +0000

Man I wish I had thought of this at the start of my team’s current project. We are working with a short cycle of 4 months for our last project before we graduate.

We chose to not use any scripting because we didn’t know if we would have the time to learn a scripting language like Lua or Python. Using C# would have been amazing.

If you will I would love to see your source example. Great post.

By: David Robbins

David Robbins — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:34:47 +0000

Just wanted to share something I’ve used in the past. CS Script is great platform for creating scripting features for your apps. It may not be germane to XNA, but it’s still a nice implementation.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/cs-script_for_cp.aspx

Enjoyed the post.

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By: Diego

Diego — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:35:18 +0000

This came from heaven! I had this need to alter my XNA game in real time and coincidentally I was already looking into using a text file with C# code as “script” to do it. With your testimonial I will definitely try it.

Please send me your source sample so I can start playing with it quicker. I’ll post here my experience

By: Leader247

Leader247 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:40:58 +0000

I would like to look at your source code, I could learn a lot from it. Because I am developing a game engine.

By: Doolwind

Doolwind — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:03:03 +0000

Thanks for the link Greg. I’m a big fan of Google’s new javascript vm.

No, the main reason for using C# is because it’s a fully featured language with the .NET framework as support and automatic compatibility with any .NET language. I’m going to look into portability with MONO in the future.

I agree simply having C or C++ would not suit as a scripting language, however C# is at a good level for game designers to use.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:44:02 +0000

It is worth checking out V8, Google’s Javascript embeddable VM. It has nice native / script interface and the language is like dynamic C. http://code.google.com/p/v8/

Is of the main reasons you are preferring C#, compatibility with XNA? That is great until you later want to port beyond the world of MS.

I’m hoping there is value beyond runtime compilation and linkage. I recall Carmack years ago admitting that he’d written a embeddable C compiler for C scripts then realized he hadn’t achieved more than duplication with limited features.