Questions and Answers

Q: Why are there more projects in Python and Lua than Ruby?

A: Ruby is probably the most difficult of the three languages to find evidence of in the game industry. This is partly due to the language barrier (again, most modern Ruby development is in Japanese) and also because shops today tend to be using Ruby more for projects with the World Wide Web, XML integration, text processing, and general scripting. That doesn't mean Ruby isn't suited for game development; quite the contrary, as you will shortly see.

Q: I already know how to program "Hello World", when do I get to write graphics and games?

A: You'll start writing much more in-depth code in the very next chapter.