My XNA game is component-oriented, and has various components for position, physics representation, rendering, etc, all of which extend a base Component class. The player and enemies also have controllers which are currently defined in C#. I'd like to turn them into Python scripts, but I'm not sure how to interact with those scripts.

The examples in Embedding IronPython in a C# Application suggest I'd have to create a wrapper class (e.g. a Script component) which compiles a Python script, and call the Update methods of the component in the script

Is this the most effective way of working with a Python object?

I feel that I'm missing something in my research - there must be a way to load up a script, instantiate a Python object and then work directly with it from within C#. Or is the wrapper required?

My XNA game is component-oriented, and has various components for position, physics representation, rendering, etc, all of which extend a base Component class. The player and enemies also have controllers which are currently defined in C#. I'd like to turn them into Python scripts via IronPython (a .NET implementation of Python). My problem is that I'm not sure how to interact with those scripts.

The examples in Embedding IronPython in a C# Application suggest I'd have to create something like a Script component which compiles a Python script and calls the controller's Update method via Python - essentially, it'd be a wrapper class for C# to interface with Python.

I feel that I'm missing something in my research. There must be a way to load up a script, instantiate a Python object (either in the Python script or in C#) and then then have a direct reference to that Python object in my C# code.

Is there a way to work with an IronPython object directly, or is a wrapper required?