On Friday, 26 April 2024 at 18:41:11 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:

Can you point to some games made with D?

On Thursday, 2 May 2024 at 09:25:39 UTC, Ogi wrote:

Not entirely in D but a major one - Quantum Break.
The engine itself is in C++ but all game logic is in D AFAIK.

The rest is like more of a indie game jam projects or a mini games, I remember there was some portal clone related with dagon engine https://github.com/gecko0307/electronvolt

which seems to be formerly this game
http://dlanggamedev.blogspot.com/p/atrium.html

Another relatively known game - vibrant, unfortunately i'm not 100% sure if it is written in pure D or even has any D in it.
https://www.auburnsounds.com/blog/2017-02-13_Vibrant-2.0-released-free-demo.html

And that's probably it, there is probably more but authors probably never announced it here.

On Thursday, 2 May 2024 at 09:41:33 UTC, evilrat wrote:

Yes I did many times, it was full D of course.
I've an outdated list of games in D here: https://p0nce.github.io/d-idioms/#Games-made-with-D there is probably more now

As for the original topic: this sort of blog post that essentially says "X is unpractical" is the kiss of death for practical people that care about productivity and flow... Software exist in crowded niches and must win the heart of the user before having the right to exist, and the way to do that is with quickness not a more "correct" way.

On Friday, 26 April 2024 at 23:14:41 UTC, Matheus Catarino wrote:

These sort of statements are ridiculous considering there are many AAA games (including open world games) written in JavaScript using Webgl.

Dagon (check dub repository) has so many samples written using the engine. D can do noGC, GC, and RC so it'll be more of a skill issue than a language barrier.

On Thursday, 2 May 2024 at 09:25:39 UTC, Ogi wrote:

One of the best games ever made was made with D. Link: https://kapendev.itch.io/a-short-metamorphosis

There are some problems though. I would say that it's not really easy for a new D user to find game dev related stuff for D. I am talking about libs, blogs, videos and everything similar that can help someone at the beginning.

On Thursday, 2 May 2024 at 09:25:39 UTC, Ogi wrote:

Made this game using a 2D engine that I've been working on for a while: https://kenny-shields.itch.io/imperium-scenario-system. Both projects are written in D.