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Nintendo DS code editor and scriptable game engine

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

A scriptable 3D game engine is implemented for the Nintendo DS using C and libnds, producing a ~100 KB ROM that runs at 60 FPS. It features a touch-based bottom-screen code editor, a top-screen real-time 3D renderer, and a script language with a default 3D Pong example; the architecture includes a 3-part system: rendering, scripting, and interpretation. This post covers the engine's language, capabilities, build/run workflow, and browser-based emulator testing, illustrating constrained-device development and retro-game tooling.

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