Rubygame

We've got several great announcements to make!

• Rubygame 2.3.0 released
• New Rubygame community forum
• RbWeek game creation contest coming in June

Rubygame 2.3.0 released

Rubygame 2.3.0 is now available! This version adds two improved audio classes and a utility mixin module for automatically loading sounds and images on demand!

You can install the new version with RubyGems (gem install rubygame), or download it from Rubyforge:

• http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=5089&release_id=22185

In addition to the platform-independent source gem, precompiled binary gems are currently available for Linux and Windows. A Mac binary gem will be offered as soon as someone sends me one. ;)

Documentation and release notes are available online, as usual:

• http://rubygame.sourceforge.net/doc/2.3.0/
• http://rubygame.sourceforge.net/doc/2.3.0/files/NEWS.html

For a good introduction to the new features in this version, check out my blog post:

• http://blog.rubygame.org/articles/2008/5/21/introduction-to-rubygame-2-3

New Rubygame community forum

Community member Niklas Humlen has set up RubygameForums.com, a forum for developers and community members to discuss and share their tips, ideas, and creations.

• http://www.rubygameforums.com

I hope to see it growing into a great community resource soon!

RbWeek game creation contest coming in June

Several community members are organizing a week-long game creation contest, tentatively scheduled to begin on Friday, June 13. Participants are not limited to just Rubygame — Gosu, Ruby/SDL, and other Ruby libraries are welcome as well!

• http://tinyurl.com/5lymep (rubygameforums.com, "Upcoming Contest")

I'll be participating, as will several other community members. Come join us, have a lot of fun, earn glory and the envy of your peers, and develop your own game in one week with Ruby!