--- title: Game Programming Language Lobster Emerges description: News broke this week that the makers of Candy Crush Saga, a mobile game developed by Midasplayer Int... image: https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lobster-mini-2-1-1-1.png --- [Log In](https://www.websitemagazine.com/_hcms/mem/login) [Subscribe](https://websitemagazine.tradepub.com/free/w_webk05/prgm.cgi) [![Website Magazine Logo](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hs-fs/hubfs/gradient-regular@3x-1.png?width=586&height=145&name=gradient-regular@3x-1.png "Website Magazine Logo")](http://Website%20Services,%20Inc.) - [About](https://www.websitemagazine.com/about) - [FAQs](https://www.websitemagazine.com/about/faq) - [Advertise](https://www.websitemagazine.com/about/advertise) - [Editorial Staff](https://www.websitemagazine.com/about/editorial-publishing-staff) - [Resources](https://websitemagazine.tradepub.com) - [Newsletter](https://www.websitemagazine.com/newsletter-sign-up) - More - [Contact Us](https://www.websitemagazine.com/contact) [Log In](https://www.websitemagazine.com/_hcms/mem/login) [Subscribe](https://websitemagazine.tradepub.com/free/w_webk05/prgm.cgi) Search - [Latest](https://www.websitemagazine.com) - [Design](https://www.websitemagazine.com/web-design) - [Development](https://www.websitemagazine.com/web-development) - [SEO](https://www.websitemagazine.com/seo) - [Ecommerce](https://www.websitemagazine.com/ecommerce) - [Content](https://www.websitemagazine.com/content) - [Marketing](https://www.websitemagazine.com/marketing) - [Advertising](https://www.websitemagazine.com/advertising) - [Email](https://www.websitemagazine.com/email) - [Infographics](https://www.websitemagazine.com/infographics) - [View All Topics](https://www.websitemagazine.com/channels) # Game Programming Language Lobster Emerges ![Pete Prestipino](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Pete%20Prestipino.jpeg) [by Pete Prestipino](https://www.websitemagazine.com/web-development/author/pete-prestipino) 19 Jun, 2013 - - - [mailto:?Body=https://www.websitemagazine.com/web-development/game-programming-language-lobster-emerges](mailto:?Body=https://www.websitemagazine.com/web-development/game-programming-language-lobster-emerges) - Link Copied! ![Game Programming Language Lobster Emerges](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lobster-mini-2-1-1-1.png) **News broke this week that the makers of Candy Crush Saga, a mobile game developed by Midasplayer International Holding Co. (also known as "King") has hired banks to pursue a U.S. initial public offering.** I won't go into the details of why I think it's ridiculous that anyone would consider investing in a, what so far is a one-hit wonder game maker (strikingly similar to Zynga), but it does reveal just how popular and potentially lucrative the games market is right now. If you're thinking about creating the next Candy Crush Saga, you might want to check out [Lobster](https://github.com/aardappel/lobster), a new open source programming language targeting game programmers. Lobster is built on top of OpenGL, SDL 2 and FreeType and looks quite familiar to Python (indentation based syntax with "C-Style" flavoring). 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