Scripter2: A Scripting Engine that will run "everywhere"

Hello, hopefully this is the correct forum for posting this. Anyway, I've created a true Scripting Engine for .Net that makes no use of Reflection.Emit. This means, unlike most, it will run on Android, iPhone, XBox360(for indie games), and hopefully just about everywhere else that .Net exists.

I'm currently evaluating markets and Unity seems like one that would greatly appreciate this. I know that scripting languages are very commonly used in games, be it for modding, or just so that updating some behaviors are easier and such.

Anyway, I'm currently looking for beta testers and feedback for Scripter2.

Here is a quick overview of Scripter2:

1. A simple dynamic language akin to Lua, PHP, and Javascript
2. Easy to extend with your own functions and "classes" (using table facilities similar to Lua)
3. Completely managed and static code. No P/Invoke. No Reflection.Emit.
4. Runs nearly everywhere there is a .Net framework.

You can find more information and some example code from this blog post: http://lastyearswishes.com/blog/view/4fe97af34aa5d825b303f18b

After beta testing is over, I plan on packing it into a Unity Asset and selling it on their market. I also plan on selling it at Binpress. Beta testers of course get a free commercial license though.

Anyway, I'd love some feedback so tell me what you think Is this something the community would appreciate?

 

It would certainly be very interesting to check it out. I just don't see what it really adds to Unity. It's syntax is similar to C#/JS, but they both already run on every platform platform, practically...


I would love to beta test it though.

 

What it adds is that you can change a script and not have to recompile.

What you can do with it is basically something like

string script=LoadFromConfig(...);
RunScript(script);

and that way you can ship one script with your game to, say, control a game character. And one of your users can then easily mod your game without having the source code or anything so that a game character behaves differently for example.

Basically, it lets you change behaviors in your game without having to recompile your game

 

now your players can modify the game, not just you. (well, the parts you allow to be modified by a script)

 

I now have a demo web app so that you can play with the scripting language some. See http://scripter2.lastyearswishes.com/

 

Whats the speed on this compared to e.g Lua?

 

I know it will be slower than Lua because it's interpreted(rather than native/JIT). But really, I'm not quite sure. I haven't done a whole lot of speed testing quite yet. You probably don't want to implement an expensive algorithm with this regardless

 

I believe that iOS is going to be a problem for you. Unless they changed it, the developer rules don't allow interpreted scripts (that's why Unity pre compiles it's scripts for iOS.

Cheers

 

Just curious : )
Modding scripts and stuff usually are very simple

 

Would it be possible to make some stuff not possible to users? or add in other stuff?

 

I believe you're referring to the clause that put MonoTouch in "questionable" territory. That clause I believe was completely removed sometime in 2010 or 2011. Either way, they also made exceptions. I'm not completely for sure, but I do know they at least revised it to allow something like this.

I believe this portion of the license was completely removed still though.

I don't have a "standard library" or anything built(yet?), but it comes preconfigured so that users are stuck in a sandbox. This means they can't really do anything but calculate things and return a result. It's easily extended though so that you can add an interface to a C# function(and therefore, break out of the sandbox).