AngelScript is a game-oriented

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scripting language A scripting language or script language is a programming language that is used to manipulate, customize, and automate the facilities of an existing system. Scripting languages are usually interpreted at runtime rather than compiled. A scripti ...

. AngelScript features static

typing Typing is the process of writing or inputting text by pressing keys on a typewriter, computer keyboard, mobile phone or calculator. It can be distinguished from other means of text input, such as handwriting and speech recognition. Text can ...

, object handles (similar to C++ pointers but garbage collected via

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object-orientation {{Broad-concept article Object-oriented or object-orientation is a software engineering concept, in which concepts are represented as " objects". Object-oriented topics include: * Object-oriented analysis and design * Object-oriented design * Objec ...

, single

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multiple inheritance Multiple inheritance is a feature of some object-oriented computer programming languages in which an object or class can inherit features from more than one parent object or parent class. It is distinct from single inheritance, where an object o ...

with interfaces. Allows operators to be registered and overloaded. AngelScript can be used with any C++ IDE, such as

NetBeans NetBeans is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Java. NetBeans allows applications to be developed from a set of modular software components called ''modules''. NetBeans runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and Solaris. In addition to Java ...

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, and

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. C and C++ functions can be called within an AngelScript environment. AngelScript's

class Class or The Class may refer to: Common uses not otherwise categorized * Class (biology), a taxonomic rank * Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects * Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used differently ...

syntax closely follows

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by design: no proxy functions are required to embed AngelScript in C++ applications easing the two languages integration. There are several differences of AngelScript and C++: * AngelScript does not support

. Multiple-inheritance functionality may be achieved with Interfaces. * It is impossible to declare

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s or

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outside of the class body. * All methods (including

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s and destructors) are

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. AngelScript is used in

video game development Video game development (or gamedev) is the process of developing a video game. The effort is undertaken by a developer, ranging from a single person to an international team dispersed across the globe. Development of traditional commercial PC ...

, including '' Amnesia: The Dark Descent'', '' Amy'', '' Dustforce'', '' Gekkeiju Online'', '' King Arthur's Gold'', '' Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole'', '' Overgrowth'', '' Penumbra: Overture'', '' Penumbra: Requiem'', ''

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'', ''

Rigs of Rods ''Rigs of Rods'' (''RoR'') is a free and open source vehicle-simulation game which uses soft-body physics to simulate the motion destruction and deformation of vehicles. The game uses a soft-body physics engine to simulate a network of intercon ...

'', ''

Sine Mora is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Digital Reality and Grasshopper Manufacture for the Xbox 360, Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and iOS. It was released on March 21, 2012, for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade, on November 20, 20 ...

'', '' Star Ruler'', ''

SuperTuxKart ''SuperTuxKart'' (''STK'') is a free and open-source kart racing game, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3. It features mascots of various open-source projects. ''SuperTuxKart'' is cross-platform, runn ...

'', '' Warhammer: Mark of Chaos'', '' Warsow'', '' Sven Co-op'' and '' Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Plus'', in addition to being supported as a scripting language in ''Urho3D''.

Hazelight Studios Hazelight Studios is a video game development company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded by director Josef Fares in 2014, the company is best known for developing cooperative multiplayer games '' A Way Out'' and '' It Takes Two''. Both games we ...

maintains a plugin that integrates AngelScript into the

Unreal Engine Unreal Engine (UE) is a 3D computer graphics game engine developed by Epic Games, first showcased in the 1998 first-person shooter game '' Unreal''. Initially developed for PC first-person shooters, it has since been used in a variety of genr ...

; this plugin was used to write their newest game, '' It Takes Two'', in AngelScript. It is also used at the

University of Ulm Ulm University (german: Universität Ulm) is a public university in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1967 and focuses on natural sciences, medicine, engineering sciences, mathematics, economics and computer sci ...

in its interactive 3D-Animation program, as well as in

robotics Robotics is an interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist human ...

; for example, to program behavioral rules of robotic agents.

References

External links

* * {{GitHub, BlindMindStudios/AngelScript-JIT-Compiler Scripting languages Software using the zlib license