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If you stumble upon a confusing problem, we might be able to help you in #lispgames channel on LiberaChat IRC[0] or #lisp-gamedev channel on Lisp Discord[1]. Also, feel free to start a discussion on a jam page[2].

[0]: https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#lispgames

[1]: https://discord.gg/hhk46CE

[2]: https://itch.io/jam/autumn-lisp-game-jam-2021/community

No specific theme this time, apart from the requirement that game must be written in a Lisp.

Have a look at SLIMA for Atom[0].

[0]: https://github.com/neil-lindquist/SLIMA

Author on the line. Thanks for the shoutout!

:cl-bodge itself is still an experimental tech that has barely any documentation - I won't recommend using it directly, unless you are happy tinkerer that ain't afraid of guts from hell.

:trivial-gamekit though is a stable framework that have much better documentation and strives to be as simple as possible. Nothing experimental about it. It's dangerous to go alone into jams with CL-based games, take gamekit with you. The fact that it is based on :cl-bodge at the moment is an implementation detail.

:alien-works is an attempt to reuse everything C/C++ gamedev world has and drive it from CL without too much blood bolting from eyes. It's not very experimental - just some conventional stuff piled together, but still is in early stages of development (although it has passed proof-of-concept phase).

We are, as in #lispgames community, indeed very welcome you to join us on irc.libera.chat:6697 in #lispgames channel. Some of us can also be found on Lisp Discord server[0] in #lisp-gamedev channel.

We also have community twitter account[1] which is not super active, but still alive. Just smells funny.

[0] https://discord.gg/hhk46CE

[1] https://twitter.com/lispgames

:claw author reporting in. At first, I was semi-skeptical too, but not anymore. I've managed to wrap a few C++ libraries (GLM, Filament, PhysX). Not without a manual intervention (claw is still evolving and adapting to C++ edge cases), but those libraries pretty much work now. I'm not sure I would be able to cover all C++ idiosyncrasies, but huge parts are already in.

That said, claw's C++ support is still in the works and I don't recommend diving into that mess yet. Stay tuned for Q1 2021 semi-usable alpha release. Or not. C++ is such a pile of shinies, I'm pretty sure I lost a few screws during :claw development.

A lot of us at #lispgames[1][2] community using it to make games and related tools. We have a bunch of awesome libraries and wrappers, few game engines/frameworks (3D/2D alike) in development, games too!

Reasons we all chose Common Lisp are often personal, but almost all agree it is the superior interactivity, high language and runtime customizability, performance.

[1]: https://github.com/lispgames/lispgames.github.io/wiki (lispgames.org)

[2]: #lispgames channel at freenode.net

This one is a generic but full thin wrapper over Nuklear. It's not tied to cl-bodge in any way :) https://github.com/borodust/nuklear-blob is an asdf system with loadable compiled shared libraries for it. Hopefully, it soon will be in the main quicklisp distribution.