How do you make a Libretro core in Go? about ludo

[RobLoach]

Been curious about this myself. Would be neat to get a small example core going.

You'll find some of the examples of function declarations over at https://github.com/libretro/go-playthemall/blob/master/libretro/libretro.go

Need to make go build compile a static binary library rather than an executable.

[kivutar]

I think you can create a libretro core like this http://snowsyn.net/2016/09/11/creating-shared-libraries-in-go/

-buildmode=c-shared

[kivutar]

OK the first step then would be to have simple stuff working. For example a core that prints the buttons pressed on the pad to the logs. Like this one https://github.com/libretro/libretro-samples/blob/master/tests/test/libretro-test.c

No display involved.

[tinglar]

What libraries (besides Libretro) can I use when dealing with graphics and sounds in Go?

[kivutar]

It depends how much performance you're willing to trade for ease of programming. I would personally write my own blitter and mixer in pure go to avoid cgo (if possible)

[tinglar]

At this point in time, I am leaning towards ease of programming.

[kivutar]

I close this because it's more a question than an issue or a feature request