My Christmas list is divided to 2 sections a) What I want from you b) What I am going to deliver
What I want from you------------------------------------
The things I want from Pharo are centered on the high priorities
a) 64 bit version
b) Bloc /SDL
c) FFI documentation / stabilization
Its fine if you deliver after christmas or even a year later, I am in no hurry.
What I am going to deliver ( Unreal 4 for Pharo)------------------------------------
Because previously I wanted to target the iOS and Android markets for my games, I could not included Pharo in my plans because both iOS and Android demands a single executable and no DLLs .
However I discovered that as a market Steam alone is as large , so I will be targeting Steam instead since my games are more suited for�� PC (strategy / adventure / rpg) anyway. Windows and Macos will be my focus.
This means I can now use Pharo with Unreal (One also big reason to choose Steam and drop iOS and Android) , which further means that around Christmas Ephestos v1 most likely will be released which will allow for Pharo to be used as a scripting engine for Unreal for people who want to create games or other kind of interactive graphics / multimedia.
But I make no promises because I am still learning Unreal , however because already my socket bridge worked well for using python libraries from Pharo, I will do something similar for Unreal too.
In long term I am considering also a Pharo to C++ transpiler but that is a low priority for now.