Metacade
Metacade is the semi-official name for the API that is used to develop games for custom Arcade cabinets. It currently supports Lua and JavaScript and is currently available in a very early version at a post on the Tower Unite forums. The download gives the user a set of files which are used as a back-end in developing games for arcade cabinets to be played in game. Although this feature is not available yet, the API has been released in an early version.
Metacade is only available for use on Windows at the moment.
Setup/Notes
First, check the forum post linked above to download the software. The latest version of Metacade should be accessible at the bottom of the post. Once downloaded, extract it to a folder on your desktop (or anywhere you'll easily find it). Using command prompt (or another command line tool if you prefer), cd into the directory you have tool.exe in and run "tool shooter" to test it. If you get a screen similar to the one shown above, you're ready to start making games with it!
- The 'R' key is hardcoded to reload the running project.
- The tool can also run .mpkg files, just run 'tool mypackage.mpkg'
Documentation
You can visit the documentation using the following pastebin link.