This reminds me of the first computer games I ever wrote. I remember being able to get something so satisfying together in BASIC, with graphics, user input, and

This reminds me of the first computer games I ever wrote. I remember being able to get something so satisfying together in BASIC, with graphics, user input, and sounds. Then I remember moving to C and asking how I could draw a simple line, only to be told that it would require a few pages of boilerplate to set up, and that all my programs should just be text prompts.