• NeLua-Platformer
  • Support OS
  • Prerequisites
  • Run tutorials
  • Key operation
  • Tutorial sources
  • Other SDL2 headers for Nelua
  • Tools version
  • Reference
  • Other SDL game tutorial platfromer project
  • Other project

NeLua-Platformer

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Tutorial: Writing a 2D Platform Game in NeLua language with SDL2.

This repository has been inherited from Nim-Platformer and LuaJIT-Platformer project.

• Document
  English: https://hookrace.net/blog/writing-a-2d-platform-game-in-nim-with-sdl2/
  Japanese: https://postd.cc/writing-a-2d-platform-game-in-nim-with-sdl2/

Skin database https://ddnet.org/skins

Support OS

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Windows10 or later

Prerequisites

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1. Install MSys2/MinGW

2. Install NeLua

3. Install SDL2 libraries

   pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-{SDL2,SDL2_image,SDL2_ttf}

   or if you use ucrt libraries,

   pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-{SDL2,SDL2_image,SDL2_ttf}

• Other tools

  pacman -S make

  Git command installed

Run tutorials

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1. Clone from git

   git clone  https://github.com/dinau/nelua-platformer

2. Build and run

   cd nelua-paltformer
   cd tutorial
   make 8r      # Build and run platformer_part8.nelua

   or enable runtime checking and debug build and run

   pwd tutorial
   nelua paltformer_part8.nelua  

3. Only build a source

   pwd tutorial
   make 8       # Build platformer_part8.nelua

4. Build all tutorial sources

   pwd tutorial
   make build   # Build from part1 to part8 sources

Key operation

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Key	Function
Up,Space, J, K	Jump
Left, A, H	Left
Right, D, L	Right
R	Restart
Q	Quit

Tutorial sources

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platformer_part1.nelua
platformer_part2.nelua
platformer_part3.nelua
platformer_part4.nelua
platformer_part5.nelua : From here it can move the item with key operation.
platformer_part6.nelua
platformer_part7.nelua
platformer_part8.nelua
platformer_part9.nelua : In progress. TODO

Other SDL2 headers for Nelua

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These header files

sdl2.nelua  
sdl2_image.nelua  
sdl2_ttf.nelua   

have thankfully been just copied form nelua-decl libraries project.

Tools version

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• Nelua 0.2.0-dev
• gcc.exe (Rev2, Built by MSYS2 project) 14.2.0
• SDL2 v2.30.9
• SDL2_image v2.8.2
• SDL2_ttf v2.22.0

Reference

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• SDL2.dll https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/
• SDL2_image.dll https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_image/releases/
• SDL2_ttf.dll https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/releases/
• LuaJIT-SDL2 https://github.com/sonoro1234/LuaJIT-SDL2

Other SDL game tutorial platfromer project

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Language		Project
Nim	Compiler	Nim-Platformer / sdl3_nim
LuaJIT	Script	LuaJIT-Platformer
Nelua	Compiler	NeLua-Platformer

Other project

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Language		Project
Nim	Compiler	ImGuin, Nimgl_test, Nim_implot
Lua	Script	LuaJITImGui
Zig, C lang.	Compiler	Dear_Bindings_Build
Zig	Compiler	ImGuinZ
NeLua	Compiler	NeLuaImGui
Python	Script	DearPyGui for 32bit WindowsOS Binary