Frag - 3D FPS game written in Haskell

Frag is a 3D first person shooting game written in the Haskell programming language (not written by me). It looks a bit jerky because of the capturing software i'm using but look closely at the framerate counter.

I will write how to make a build yourself later.

EDIT: so i've written a blog and on how to build, install and run frag the easy way: http://monadickid.blogspot.com/2008/1...

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[fasteez]

is this a 100% software renderer or does it uses some kind of ogl binding ?

[OriginalSnkKid]

No software rendering, Frag uses the OpenGL bindings.

[aramael]

OriginalSnkKid: I apologise for fanning the flames there. I think this demo is amazing, and is exactly the kind of thing we need to show people that Haskell is not just for the laboratory.

[OriginalSnkKid]

You have no reason to apologise, it is my fault for not putting enough information to prevent such comments being posted.

[perditiontheelder]

"As a proof of concept" and "match the performance of commercial games" are two different things.

As a PROOF OF CONCEPT it is a very strong result.

[narutofan9999]

That really depends on what you're trying to do in erlang.

[binary132]

Erlang bro

[ochgottnochma]

The build-instructions are not available anymore, can you fix it :)

[viharsarok]

I never said it was yours.

[narutofan9999]

Well like I said, that wasn't me.

[viharsarok]

"Haskell is in fact more "practical" than java or C++, since you can do the same job in 1/10th of the time and get safer, more readable and often more modular code (no shitty OO hierarchies)... blah blah blah..."

[narutofan9999]

Which one?

[viharsarok]

That's fair statement but the original one was very different.

[narutofan9999]

Well, I never said anything like that. And I'd meet such claims with skepticism as well. It might be true for some trivial tasks that the language happens to be good at expressing, but for most larger systems I doubt the choice of language is going to have a major impact on the overall work required. I'm saying that it is definitely usable for commercial applications, and under certain circumstances may perform better.