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Pixelnet - The social network for game developers

bored duck — Sun, 31 May 2026 21:41:09 +0000

Link: https://pixelnet.flarum.cloud

Welcome!
Pixelnet is primarily a platform for game developers needing help, you can screenshot your game or DM other game developers for help with your code, follow tags, and share photos and posts with other game developers!

For Web Developers Introducing Pixelnet Logins
API docs: https://pixelnet.flarum.cloud/p/developers

Plans on expanding Pixelnet to more topics
Pixelnet will get expanded to more topics as it grows, so Pixelnet won’t be centric to 1 topic in the future!

Arcable: The language that fits your coding style/grammar

bored duck — Sun, 17 May 2026 21:16:18 +0000

Downloads:

Download Arcable 1.0.0

Arcable

Arcable is a programming language for writing C++-targeted programs in a style
that can feel Python-like, C-like, assembly-like, or a practical hybrid of
those forms. Arcable source files use the .arc extension.

The reference implementation is a small compiler written in C. It lowers
Arcable code into temporary C++, invokes clang++, deletes the temporary
<basename>.arcable.cpp file, and leaves the compiled application behind.

Build

cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build --config Debug

This builds both arcable.exe and the compatibility command acomp.exe.
On Windows it also builds install.exe, a GUI installer that contains the
Arcable command binaries, LSP, source snapshot, and VS Code extension files.

Install

Install the command line tools, language server helper, and local VS Code
extension:

.\build\Debug\install.exe

The GUI installer extracts arcable.exe and acomp.exe to
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Arcable\bin, writes the LSP and bundled source/support files
under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Arcable, installs the VS Code extension into the user's
VS Code extension folder, and sets ARCABLE_HOME, ARCABLE_TOOLS,
ARCABLE_LSP, and the user PATH.

You can also run the script installer directly:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\tools\install.ps1

The installer builds the project, copies acomp.exe and arcable.exe to
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Arcable\bin, adds that directory to your user PATH, copies
tools\arcable_lsp.py to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Arcable\tools, and sets
ARCABLE_HOME, ARCABLE_TOOLS, and ARCABLE_LSP for editor integrations.

Open a new terminal after installing, then run:

acomp .\examples\python_like.arc -o .\build\Debug\python_like.exe -- -Wall

Use -SkipVSCodeExtension if you only want the CLI and LSP files installed.

Compile A Program

.\build\Debug\arcable.exe .\examples\python_like.arc -o .\build\Debug\python_like.exe -- -Wall

Everything after -- is forwarded to clang++. On Windows, arcable
automatically initializes the Visual Studio Build Tools environment before
launching Clang when it can find vcvars64.bat. Set ARCABLE_VCVARS64 to a
custom vcvars64.bat path if Visual Studio is installed somewhere unusual.

Language Styles

Python-like:

def main() -> int:
    message: string = "hello"
    print(message)
    return 0

C-like:

int main() {
    print("hello");
    return 0;
}

Assembly-like:

.var value int 41
add value 1
print value
ret 0

Hybrid styles are allowed when they are unambiguous. For example, Python-style
def and print can be mixed with C-style braces:

def main() {
    print("hello")
}

Imports:

import <math.h>
from <stdint.h> import *

#include <math.h>
import "my_header.hpp";

.import <math.h>
%include "my_header.hpp"

Import targets become C++ #include lines in the generated file. They must use
angle brackets for system headers or quotes for local headers.

Smoke Tests

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\tests\run_smoke.ps1

Language Server

Arcable includes a dependency-free Language Server Protocol server:

python .\tools\arcable_lsp.py

Configure your editor's LSP client to launch that command for .arc files. The
server provides:

diagnostics for malformed imports, block syntax, braces, and assembly-like instructions
completions for Arcable keywords, C++ keywords/types/standard headers, imports, and assembly-like instructions
hover text for common Arcable and C++ language forms
full-document sync for unsaved editor buffers

For VS Code, use any generic LSP client extension and set the server command to:

{
  "command": "python",
  "args": ["C:/Users/devel/Downloads/adaptablecpp/tools/arcable_lsp.py"],
  "filetypes": ["arc"]
}

VS Code Extension

VS Code does not need a separate LSP client for Arcable. This repo includes
a local extension with syntax coloring, diagnostics, quick fixes, hover, and
dropdown completions for .arc files.

Install it:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\tools\install_vscode_extension.ps1

Then reload VS Code and open a .arc file. The extension contributes the
Arcable language mode for .arc files and runs entirely inside VS Code.

The extension lives in vscode-extension/ if you want to inspect or edit it.

History

Arcable started under the name AdaptableCPP. That name described the first
implementation idea: a compiler that adapted different code styles into C++.

The name was dropped because the project had grown beyond being just an
"adaptable C++ compiler." Once .arc files, a syntax model, diagnostics,
imports, editor support, and reusable language rules existed, it made more
sense to treat it as its own programming language. Arcable is shorter,
works better as a language name, and leaves room for the language to evolve
without sounding like only a C++ wrapper.

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Pixelnet - The social network for game developers

Pixelnet - The social network for game developers

Arcable: The language that fits your coding style/grammar

Downloads:

Arcable

Build

Install

Compile A Program

Language Styles

Smoke Tests

Language Server

VS Code Extension

History

Essential.CDN; Get the CDN that supports you

About Essential.CDN

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