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play NES rpgs with fceux, lua, and rust

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# load dependencies
nix-shell -p lua51Packages.luasocket lua51Packages.rapidjson

# launch fceux through rust
cd sofia
cargo run

    Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.02s
     Running `target/debug/sofia`
Loading SDL sound with pulseaudio driver...
[
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 0,
        tags: [
            "menu selection",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 255,
        tags: [
            "character selection",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 0,
        tags: [
            "slot 1 class",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 0,
        tags: [
            "slot 2 class",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 0,
        tags: [
            "slot 3 class",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 0,
        tags: [
            "slot 4 class",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 255,
        tags: [
            "menu cursor x",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 255,
        tags: [
            "menu cursor y",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 255,
        tags: [
            "world map x",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 0,
        tags: [
            "world map y",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 0,
        tags: [
            "battle cursor x",
        ],
    },
    MemoryAddress {
        value: 0,
        tags: [
            "battle cursor y",
        ],
    },
]
rust: got 12 addresses (frame 0)
...

open questions

• nix develop doesn't work for lua dependencies (lua51Packages.luasocket), but nix-shell -p does; how can we reproduce the effect of nix-shell -p ... using flakes?

references

• https://fceux.com/web/help/LuaScripting.html
• https://github.com/spiiin/fceux_luaserver