Re: Factorio Music Video as demonstration of Lua's Speed

["Soni L." <fakedme@...>]

On 2017-05-20 12:21 AM, Andrew Starks wrote:
> I've waxed poetic about Factorio in the past. It's an RTS game that is 
> about building huge factories to launch a rocket, while you're 
> fighting if indigenous creatures that hate your pollution.
>
> Someone took the time to repurpose the factories in the game, taking 
> advantage of the newly-added colored lights to make a video player:
>
> https://youtu.be/mgfwwqwxdxY
>
> Some background info is here:
>
> http://www.pcgamer.com/factorios-final-form-revealed-an-enormous-machine-that-plays-sandstorm-by-darude/
>
> The movie import script is here:
>
> https://github.com/DaveMcW/factorio-movie-maker
>
> His announcement: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?t=37490
>
> Lua (not LuaJIT)  is used extensively through the game. There's a 
> discussion on why not LuaJIT here: 
> https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/3p1iqq/friday_facts_108_unexpected_features/
>
> The video player is an impressive hack!
>
> Andrew

I mean this is also non-LuaJIT Lua: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRkKgaHzWWE

Even better - it's not just a video, it's (was) a livestream!

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