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Nice. A BASIC for game development takes me back to AMOS on the Commodore Amiga. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOS_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia
by wunderwuzzi23 3mo ago
Nice. A BASIC for game development takes me back to AMOS on the Commodore Amiga.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOS_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOS_(programming_language)
- ColinEberhardt 3mo agoOh wow, I loved AMOS - it is what got me seriously into programming in the first place.
- lproven 3mo agoAnd the ST equivalent, STOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOS_BASIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOS_BASIC There's a modernised build: https://atariscne.org/news/index.php/stos-basic-v5-5-alpha-the-1989-atari-st-language-rebuilt-for-modern-hardware https://atariscne.org/news/index.php/stos-basic-v5-5-alpha-t... And a modern descendant, AOZ Studio: https://www.aoz.studio/ https://www.aoz.studio/
- xgkickt 3mo agoDitto the ST equivalent STOS. Amiga owning friends preferred Blitz BASIC though. Unfortunately, due to one Dijkstra quote about it, people tend to be quite snobbish about BASIC.
- binaryturtle 3mo agoBlitzBasic(2) was also great. Hacked together bunch of games with it. Huge fun.