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copied!<blockquote> <p>What should I use scripting in my game for? And why?</p> </blockquote> <p>The reasons you cited are good ones. One thing that you might need to understand is that most professionnal games are still built with C++ and it's far from being flexible to change if the code base is big. So if you use C++ you'll need scripting languages to make quick changes where it's imporant to be allowed to do so accordingly to the reasons you listed.</p> <p>If you don't use C++, maybe you use a language that can absorb changes quickly, making the main purpose of scripting not so obvious. I wouldn't use scripting language in a Flash or Python game for example.</p> <blockquote> <p>Do I need use scripting languages if I'm working alone or with programmers as opposed to Devs?</p> </blockquote> <p>As my previous answer : it depends on the timing of changes. Think that the core rules of games rarely change but everything relative to level design will, and should be testable ASAP. If you can do it in the game's programming language, why bother? If you can't, then any way to speed-up change integration will pay.</p> <blockquote> <p>What scripting language 'should' I use if I were to be making platformers, RPGs, or what-have-you?</p> </blockquote> <p>Frankly, there is no one solution to any problem. I personally use Falcon and ChaiScript, Lua is well known but any scripting language that can be used with your game programming will do. That's a question already asked around and if you have doubt, just choose Lua as it's the most common in gaming.</p>

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