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by stolen_biscuit 1904 days ago
Why would I choose this over a FOSS 2D game engine like Godot that offers almost everything this engine offers without the price tag? Not trying to shit on the project, I just don't see a compelling argument put forth on the website as to why I should pay $50 or $98 a year for an engine that I can only see has been used to port one open source game to Switch and a bunch of tech demos. What's the hook? Why should this be my game engine of choice?
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WillPostForFood 1904 days ago
What's the hook?

The hook is you like to program in Ruby, so here is a game engine where you can use Ruby.

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stolen_biscuit 1904 days ago
Fair enough, but for that price I'd expect more than a language I like. It's got some interesting features, but like I said many other game engines have similar features with no cost, what's the stand-out reason to make me spend $50 once on it or $98 a year. Is this just being marketed to language enthusiasts?
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vidarh 1904 days ago
To me, if it saves me even one hour of battling a language I don't like, it has paid for itself.
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grawprog 1904 days ago
What makes ruby worth using for a game that makes this worth paying for over any other free, oss or commercial game engine with more flexibility in language and capability?

No offense to ruby programmers but, Ruby's not necessarily the ideal language for game programming even when it comes to scripting languages.

And...if you know ruby well enough to make a game, you could learn one of the many other languages better suited to game dev fairly easily.

What makes this worth paying for?

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Toutouxc 1904 days ago
You're trying to dig deeper where there's no deeper.

What makes this worth paying for, without considering the technical details (like maybe it's a bit faster for some stuff than Godot or Unity) is just Ruby.

Yes, most programmers are able to learn other languages just fine, but we all have preferences. And people who prefer Ruby usually tend to like Ruby a lot.

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vidarh 1904 days ago
To me not having to use another language is worth far more than they're charging.

Apart from being Ruby, the simplicity is a major selling point for me.

(Yes, I have bought it, though not had time to use it much lately)

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