• RayWars : Star Wars-style opening crawl example program with Raylib
  • Prerequisites
  • Download Raylib library [Only for C, Nimony, Nelua, Zig]
  • Programs
    • C
    • C3
    • FreeBasic
    • Go
    • Julia
    • Nelua
    • Nim
    • Nimony v0.2
    • Node.js / JavaScript
    • Odin
    • Lazarus / Pascal
    • Python
    • Ruby
    • Rust
    • Zig
  • Credit

RayWars : Star Wars-style opening crawl example program with Raylib

"May the Raylib be with you."

Prerequisites

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If you try to use except script language, install gcc, make, MSys2 console / commands(cp, rm ...)

Download Raylib library [Only for C, Nimony, Nelua]

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1. cd your_work_dir
   git clone https://github.com/dinau/raywars

2. Download Raylib binary
   Windows: raylib-5.5_win64_mingw-w64.zip
   Linux: raylib-5.5_linux_amd64.tar.gz)
   then extracts it.

3. Rename raylib-5.5_win64_mingw-w64 to raylib
   (for Linux: rename raylib-5.5_linux_amd64 to raylib)

4. Copy raylib

   • Windows

     mkdir -p     libs/windows
     cp -r raylib libs/windows/  

   • Linux

     mkdir -p     libs/linux
     cp -r raylib libs/linux/  

5. Folder structure:

   your_work_dir
    |-- raywars
    |   `-- src
    |       |-- c
    |       |-- c3
    |       snip
    | 
    `-- libs
        |-- windows
        |   `-- raylib    <==
        `-- linux
            `-- raylib    <==

Programs

C

---

pwd 
raywars/src/c

Windows / Linux
Use gcc compiler

make run

C3

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C3 Compiler Version: 0.7.8

Install C3lang

Windows / Linux

pwd
raywars/src/c3

c3c vendor-fetch raylib55
make run

• https://github.com/tekin-tontu/c3-raylib-examples
• https://github.com/pherrymason/c3-lsp
• https://c3-lang.org/language-overview/examples/
• https://github.com/c3lang/vendor/tree/main/libraries

FreeBasic

---

FreeBASIC Compiler - Version 1.10.1 (2023-12-24), built for win64 (64bit)

1. Clone raylib4fb

   cd your_work_dir/libs
   git clone https://github.com/mudhairless/raylib4fb

2. Folder structure:

   your_work_dir
    |-- raywars
    |   `-- src
    |       |-- c
    |       |-- c3
    |       |-- FreeBasic
    |       snip
    | 
    `-- libs
        `-- raylib4fb       <== For FreeBasic

3. Build and run

   pwd 
   raywars/src/freebasic

   windows

   make run

Go

---

go 1.25.5

pwd 
raywars/src/go

windows

make run

Julia

---

Work in progress

Julia 1.12.2
Using https://github.com/imohag9/RaylibWrapper.jl

pwd 
raywars/src/julia

julia
julia>]
(@v1.12) pkg> add https://github.com/imohag9/RaylibWrapper.jl

windows¹

make run

Nelua

---

1. Install MSys2/MinGW (Windows OS)

2. Install NeLua

3. Clone Raylib.nelua library
   Raylib.nelua: (git SHA-1: a91ad75074e126679adbe91ab369f4d62d1563b4)

   pwd
   your_work_dir/libs
   git clone https://github.com/AuzFox/Raylib.nelua

4. Folder structure:

   your_work_dir
    |-- raywars
    |   `-- src
    |       |-- c
    |       |-- c3
    |       snip
    | 
    `-- libs
        |-- Raylib.nelua   <== For Nelua
        |-- windows
        |   `-- raylib
        `-- linux
            `-- raylib

5. Building and runing

   pwd 
   raywars/src/nelua

   Windows / Linux
   Use gcc compiler

   (It should be built on MSys2 console on Windows)

   make run

Nim

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Install Nim-lang

Windows / Linux
Use gcc compiler

pwd 
raywars/src/nim

nimble install naylib
make run

Nimony v0.2

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Nimony v0.2 (with Raylib sample) : Manual / Github

pwd 
raywars/src/nimony

Windows / Linux
Use gcc compiler

(It should be built on MSys2 console on Windows)

make nim

Node.js / JavaScript

---

Install Node.js (v22.16.0)
Using node-raylib
Windows / Linux

pwd 
raywars/src/nodejs
npm install 

make       # or npm start

or double click raywars.vbs on Windows

Odin

---

Install Odin
Using odin version dev-2025-11 (-nightly:e5153a9)

• For Windows OS

  1. Download raylib-5.5_win64_msvc16.zip then extracts it.

  2. Rename raylib-5.5_win64_msvc16 folder to raylib_msvc

  3. Copy raylib to libs folder

     pwd
     your_work_dir
     mkdir -p          libs/windows
     cp -r raylib_msvc libs/windows/  

  4. Folder structure:

     your_work_dir
      |-- raywars
      |   `-- src
      |       |-- c
      |       |-- c3
      |       snip
      | 
      `-- libs
          |-- windows
          |   `-- raylib_msvc    <== for Odin
          `-- linux
              `-- raylib   

Windows / Linux

make run

Lazarus / Pascal

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Prerequisites:
Lazarus IDE and FPC 3.3.1 or newer
ray4laz package installed in Lazarus

Thank you for P.R. @GuvaCode.

Python

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• Windows : Python 3.14.0

• Linux: Debian / Ubuntu : Python 3.13.5

  sudo apt install python3-pip

pip install raylib==5.5.0.3 --break-system-packages

(https://github.com/electronstudio/raylib-python-cffi)

pwd 
raywars/src/python

python raywars.py      # or python3 raywars.py

Ruby

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For Windows install Ruby installer: Ruby 3.4.8
Linux: Ruby 3.3.8

pwd 
raywars/src/ruby

gem install raylib-bingings

ruby raywars.rb             # or double click raywars.rbw on Windows

Rust

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For Windows set enviroment variable path LIBCLANG_PATH,
set LIBCLANG_PATH=C:\path\to\libclang_dll_folder

• See
  https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-bindgen/requirements.html#clang
  https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen

pwd 
raywars/src/rust

make run

Zig

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zig-0.15.2:

• Windows: zig-x86_64-windows-0.15.2.zip
• Linux: zig-x86_64-linux-0.15.2.tar.xz

pwd 
raywars/src/zig

Windows / Linux

make run

Credit

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• Music
  ./resources/Classicals.de - Strauss, Richard - Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30

  "Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30"
  Provided by Classicals.de
  Conducted by Philip Milman (https://pmmusic.pro/)
  Licensed under CC BY 3.0
  https://www.classicals.de

Footnotes

1. If access to raylib.dll is denied, please grant read and execute permissions to raylib.dll. ↩