By using Exerb you can distribute your game as an exe file. The exe file can be executed on machines that have no Ruby installed.
Install Exerb
Please install Exerb. Type this command after you decompressed the file.
>ruby setup.rbCheck the site of Exerb for details.
Make a recipe file
To make the exe file, you first need to create a "recipe" file which stores the information needed to make the exe.
Call the command below in the command prompt
>mkexy (Script file name)The recipe file (the extension is .exy) will be generated.
Be careful if the path contains multi-byte characters as it may fail.
Make exe file
Call the command below in the command prompt
>exerb (recipe file name) -cguirt -kUTF8To execute the exe file you need the dll file of Exerb in the same directory as the exe ( copy "(ruby's directory)\share\exerb" "exerb(version no).dll e.g. exerb43.dll ). It is possible to run the exe without the dll, however there is a possibility that the security software misregards it as a virus file.
Required files
When you distribute your game, you need to include these files:
- Exerb runtime(exerb4*.dll)
- All dlls in StarRuby dll's file
- Image files used in the game
All dll files have to be in the same directory as the exe file.
Game scripte files (*.rb) and starruby.so files are not needed when you distribute.
(We are currently working on the feature to pack image files)