Sorry everyone, the most recent SwiftForth codebase is no longer compatible
with my customizations. I just discovered this today. I will work on
trying to get Tengoku running again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Roger

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Roger Levy <roger.levy_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wanted to let the SwiftForth community know about my project, Tengoku, a
> game engine I'm developing that runs on SwiftForth.
>
> Check out my work so far at http://code.google.com/p/tengoku-engine/
>
> Some people will remember some of my previous experimental game development
> systems, Glypher, GC-Forth, and ForthQuest. This one is my final
> destination, and actually has a proper version numbering system, some
> documentation, and a stab at portability.
>
> For Tengoku I had to build a dialect, that changes the meaning of a few
> words, adds some words, supports fixed-point numbers, and replaces SWOOP
> with my own object system, which I just call modules. But it is intended to
> be able to compile on any ANS Forth system (though it doesn't yet). It
> supports generic programming, does not have inheritance, and treats objects
> as system-wide contexts (that's the best way I can describe it).
>
> I also put up a set of files to be able to use TextPad for Tengoku
> development the same way I do.
>
> The engine itself is component-based, which means you can combine any set
> of features to create game objects, and there is no fixed hierarchy. So far
> this design choice has been really successful. What's great is that because
> of Forth I was able to do it in a way that works just like normal code,
> unlike in C++ where a lot of extra work is saddled on the user.
>
> The first major version of the engine is fairly far along. I'd say it's
> 70% done. It needs testing and documentation. I'm open to future
> collaborative development, and discussion about issues or constructive
> criticism. I hope to turn this into a commercial endeavor in some way, but
> I don't have a fixed idea about how to do that yet.
>
> Cheers,
> Roger
>

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