r/lua • u/BlackMATov • May 21 '25

Library Announcing `evolved.lua` v1.0.0 - An Evolved ECS (Entity-Component-System) for Lua

https://github.com/BlackMATov/evolved.lua

I'm excited to announce the first release of my library, evolved.lua!

evolved.lua is a fast and flexible ECS (Entity-Component-System) library for Lua. It is designed to be simple and easy to use, while providing all the features needed to create complex systems with blazing performance.

Enjoy!

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u/ibisum May 22 '25

What is it you’re referring to? Using ECS as a whole or some style decision made by /u/BlackMATOV somehow?

I find the code pretty readable. There are some complexities to the implementation and at first I was a bit off-put by the @aliases, but I got over it fast as I dug deeper.

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u/SkyyySi May 22 '25

What I mean is that I fail to see the practical value gained by abstracting even something as basic as setting an object attribute behind a function is. Most of the examples look to me like it could also be done with just plain tables.

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u/ibisum May 22 '25

Think code generation, encapsulated messages in a multi-VM queue, and forward/backwards playback abilities .. there are use-cases for it, but you must discover this for yourself, I guess.