game development in lisp

Is it doable? What do I use? Are there some books? Should I use a real programming language instead?

And here are some wrappers that remove the need for typing ncurses: before every function as well as letting you use type 'char rather than character codes. These should probably be in a package ncurses-user:, but they aren't.

(defvar *window*)

(defun init-graphics ()
  (setf *window* (ncurses:initscr))
  (ncurses:curs-set 0)
  (ncurses:start-color)
  (ncurses:noecho)
  (ncurses:cbreak))

(defun cleanup-graphics ()
  (ncurses:echo)
  (ncurses:curs-set 1)
  (ncurses:nocbreak)
  (ncurses:endwin))

(defun clear-screen ()
  (ncurses:erase))
(defun refresh-screen ()
  (ncurses:refresh))
(defun move-add-char (x y character)
  (ncurses:mvaddch y x (char-code character)))
(defun get-char ()
  (code-char (ncurses:getch)))
(defun move-add-string (x y string)
  (ncurses:echo)
  (ncurses:mvaddstr y x string)
  (ncurses:noecho))
(defun screen-width ()
  ncurses:+screen-width+)
(defun screen-height ()
  ncurses:+screen-height+)