Hi guys.
I have a question regarding a choice of a scripting language for a game i'm creating. I've read quite a lot of articles on the internet regarding this issue, but most of them are quite general, so i thought i'll give you a quick background and specific features i need.
I am making a game in C++ only atm, with a couple of libraries ( SFML, Box2d), and the core logic of it is pretty much done. ATM i'm moving on to create content, which requires alot of placing objects and fine-tuning things like locations, velocities and whatnot.
What i require is someting light-weight, possibly easiest to embed and with familiar ( similar to C++) or easy syntax, simply to be able to change values during run time and write some parts of the code, that will require fine-tuning, like AI.
I am the only one doing the code, so i won't be making any editors or anything more advanced.
From what i've read Python is too heavy and unnecessary for such a task. Lua is lighter, but i'm not a fan of the syntax, and it requires a lot of boilerplate code to get things done. And even though it is quite popular, i have hard time finding good entry level articles. The one i find most interesting is AngelScript, since it works closely with C++, has similar syntax and is fast. Is it a good choice, or are there some others better suited for the task?
