#QB64

[dimalink]

Road to Countryside - Quest is done!

Countryside and summer – what can be better for weekend? So, the same about a main hero of this videogame, he thinks the same! He is going to the countryside. He collects all his things, pack things and now, right now, he is going to countryside. He will take with himself a ball, which he likes to play. And will go. He closes the door. He takes on his favorite cap. He takes a place in a bus. He will buy a ticket for train. And he will find out himself at the countryside territory.

There, he will go through the forest, though the field. He will pick up some flowers. He takes with himself several bushes. Several flowers, he will pick up and will plant them at his country house place! Even a bug, a funny bug he will take with himself! It is a storyline in a simple way!

Game with genre of quest and search for items. With style of different quests from early MS Dos graphics age. So, here, it is, also, a 16 colors. And different graphics primitives, out of them it is drawing everything here. Game is not hard. Usually, at every game scene you need to take 3 items. And. They are, rather, easy to see. Game is more for positive. And, not for make some hard things to gamer.

So, here, there are here two phases. In first phase, you need to read text. It is a story. It is everything with description about what is going on. And what you need to do. So, it is straight – it is written. For example. I like to play with ball. It is good to take a ball with myself. Now, I am going to countryside. And, pack a things. So, now, you get a knowledge - about you need to collect a things. And go to a countryside.

With the idea not to skip everything while do a fast mouse click, about text screens. There is a 2 seconds pause. So, every text screen has a duration with minimum about 2 seconds. And after you, already, start to click with mouse, when you want and it will be - something next. One more screen with text or, already, a game scene.

Second phase. It is a game phase. So, here, you are search for items. And, at the top, it is written – that you find some item. As a rule – you take this or that item. And, in the end – about, that scene is complete and press left mouse button. Control in game using mouse. And one mouse button - left. It is in use LBM (left button Mouse).

Saying simple – it is funny and simple quest about a countryside. At every little picture, find items, It will be written. And move mouse all over the screen.

Theme – it is a road to countryside. Train. Listen player. With songs. Something really funny and cool. It is forest and field. Grass and flowers.

Funny moment. So, you are going by countryside roads. So, you can count, that half of the road is behind you. And, around you - it is forest and field. Tress. Birds are singing. By the way - just a moment ago, it was a raining here. And, flowers and a grass are a little in water. Everything, is so refreshing. Excellent refreshing air. So, refreshing. And, summer and sun. So, it is warm. So, now, you will go out of the forest and it will be a hot weather. And you are walking and watch at all of this with calm and positive. Everything is, so, beautiful and interesting.

And, so, here before your eyes - it is interesting bug, he is sitting here. So big and interesting bug. And you decide to take him to your country side place! To make him run at your place.

Wow! Now, with you, bug will live at your place, so big and interesting funny bug! So, look, he is at the grass, he is sitting or he climbs at the tree!

Weather is fine and you are walking and enjoy the life! Countryside season – it is, most best, beautiful time in a year. When it is weekend – immediately to go to countryside. Take a things and run! By the train, by bus. And run across the field. Happy run by field and though the forest.

And, next, also, it is good, while you are walking the road to collect some little flowers and bushes to take some funny bush. Well, flowers are very beautiful and cool in the field. There are no such flowers at your countryside! So, now, they will to be! And, little bush such a fluffy funny and cool, it is growing. You can to see it with your eyes. Eyes catch them. And, it will be planted at your place too!

At the sky, there is a bright little sun is shining. There are no clouds, almost. And, so, you are out of the forest, already, reach the field. And, you go forward though the field – and, already, there it will be a countryside place. And, there are grasshoppers, they are singing funny songs. And, little grass is green! Beautiful! Excellent place!

And here, you are, already, walking by country houses place, walk by countryside till you reach your place. And, someone, throw away a gear! You take it with yourself! It can be useful! Something like, you can to say – in a things, it is very useful! And here it is your place. So. Quest is done and you are at the countryside!

Basic Pascal version 1.17 "BLOCK" – most newest version. In this version there are 4 new games! Platform Ball, Cabin Pilot, Free Blocker, Free Bee. And even more retro games! It is a pack of retro games with modern versions of Basic and Pascal.

It is now in development new version Basic Pascal pack games. This game will be included in a new version.

Basic Pascal: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/packs/basicpascal/index_eng.html Website: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/home_eng.html Itchio: https://dimalink.itch.io/basic-pascal

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: Tapio of @unculturedgames has taken the smallscale #ANSIart aesthetic and extended it into an entire #QB64 #textmode #JRPG, #WhispersInTheMoss, available at most major PC game electronic storefronts. We included some scenes from the game, such as this conversation with a dragon, in the recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.

[magnetictapedatastorage]

(Nah, it's just a drawing in QuickBASIC.)

SCREEN 12 LINE (150, 150)-(400, 400), 12, B LINE (0, 0)-(150, 150), 12 LINE (0, 480)-(150, 400), 7 LINE (640, 0)-(400, 150), 12 LINE (400, 400)-(640, 480), 7 LINE (225, 275)-(300, 400), 7, B

COLOR 14 PRINT "This alley, however, is a total washout." PRINT: PRINT PRINT ">"

SLEEP

[basic-retro-programming]

QBasic Tutorial #49 - Bouncing Balls Animation ...

Note: It only runs with QB64 ...

Post #308: YouTube, School Freeware, QBasic Tutorial, #49 Bouncing Balls Animation, 2024.

[loomworld]

PONG GAME IN QB64!! :D if you doo answer this tysm for always making codes!! your a life saver and like half the time I have noooo idea what my teach is saying in class.. thank you!!

haha thxx anon I get it code is tiring for me too, I'm glad to be able to help

to run this code, ull need a qb64 interpreter or an emulator that supports qb64. Save the code with a .BAS extension and run it using the interpreter.

This basic Pong game uses simple graphics commands to draw the game elements, and it handles keyboard input to move the player's paddle. The computer-controlled paddle automatically tracks the ball's movement. The game keeps score and declares a winner when a player reaches a score of 10. The game loop continuously updates the game logic, redraws the game screen, and checks for key presses to control the player's paddle.

SCREEN 12

COLOR 15, 0

CLS

' Set up the game variables

DIM SHARED AS INTEGER ballX, ballY, ballSize

DIM SHARED AS INTEGER playerX, playerY, playerWidth, playerHeight

DIM SHARED AS INTEGER computerX, computerY, computerWidth, computerHeight

DIM SHARED AS INTEGER ballDirX, ballDirY

DIM SHARED AS INTEGER playerScore, computerScore

DIM SHARED AS STRING gameOver

' Initialize the game variables

SUB InitializeGame()

ballSize = 10

playerWidth = 10

playerHeight = 60

computerWidth = 10

computerHeight = 60

ballX = 320

ballY = 240

playerX = 10

playerY = 240 - (playerHeight / 2)

computerX = 620

computerY = 240 - (computerHeight / 2)

ballDirX = -1

ballDirY = -1

playerScore = 0

computerScore = 0

gameOver = ""

END SUB

' Draw the game elements

SUB DrawGame()

' Draw the ball

CIRCLE (ballX, ballY), ballSize, 14

' Draw the player's paddle

LINE (playerX, playerY)-(playerX, playerY + playerHeight), 11

' Draw the computer's paddle

LINE (computerX, computerY)-(computerX, computerY + computerHeight), 12

' Display the scores

PRINT "Player: "; playerScore

PRINT "Computer: "; computerScore

' Display the game over message if the game is over

IF gameOver <> "" THEN

PRINT gameOver

PRINT "Press any key to play again"

END IF

END SUB

' Move the player's paddle

SUB MovePlayerPaddle()

IF INKEY$ = "w" THEN

playerY = playerY - 10

END IF

IF INKEY$ = "s" THEN

playerY = playerY + 10

END IF

END SUB

' Move the computer's paddle

SUB MoveComputerPaddle()

IF ballY < computerY + (computerHeight / 2) THEN

computerY = computerY - 5

ELSEIF ballY > computerY + (computerHeight / 2) THEN

computerY = computerY + 5

END IF

END SUB

' Update the game logic

SUB UpdateGame()

' Move the ball

ballX = ballX + ballDirX

ballY = ballY + ballDirY

' Check collision with the player's paddle

IF ballX <= playerX + playerWidth AND ballY >= playerY AND ballY <= playerY + playerHeight THEN

ballDirX = -ballDirX

END IF

' Check collision with the computer's paddle

IF ballX >= computerX AND ballY >= computerY AND ballY <= computerY + computerHeight THEN

ballDirX = -ballDirX

END IF

' Check collision with the top and bottom walls

IF ballY <= 0 OR ballY >= 480 THEN

ballDirY = -ballDirY

END IF

' Check if the ball goes out of bounds on the left or right

IF ballX < 0 THEN

computerScore = computerScore + 1

ballX = 320

ballY = 240

ballDirX = -ballDirX

ELSEIF ballX > 640 THEN

playerScore = playerScore + 1

ballX = 320

ballY = 240

ballDirX = -ballDirX

END IF

' Check if the game is over

IF playerScore >= 10 OR computerScore >= 10 THEN

gameOver = "Game Over"

END IF

END SUB

' Main game loop

DO

CLS

InitializeGame()

DO

DrawGame()

MovePlayerPaddle()

MoveComputerPaddle()

UpdateGame()

SLEEP 10

LOOP UNTIL gameOver <> "" AND INKEY$ <> ""

LOOP UNTIL INKEY$ = CHR$(27)

[reviewgazette]

Remembering Quick Basic 4.5 of yesteryear, maybe no longer be sold commercially or bundled with computers but there is another called QB64 a clone of Quick Basic, if you like me and love Quick Basic download it and start programming!!

[small-basic-programming]

For BASIC's 60th, three modern BASICs release new versions • The Register

Post 227: TheRegister.Com, For Basic's 60th, three modern BASICs release new versions, 2024.

[kennak]

Free Pascal と QB64 はどちらも維持され、比較的活発に開発が行われており、最新リリースは 2021 年に予定されています…しかし、最近ではほとんどの人が興味を持たない難解な言語を公開しているため、ほとんど無視されています。 「本物の」現代的なコンソール IDE には何が残されているのでしょうか? それでは、今日の現代 言語 最先端のものは、 Neovim 、 Doom Emacs 、さらには Helix のようです。 これらのエディタは非常に強力で、さまざまなプラグインのおかげで、合理的な IDE のようなエクスペリエンスを提供します。 とはいえ、私に言わせれば、これらは以前の Borland 製品が提供していたものと同じ種類のエクスペリエンスを提供するものではありません。インターフェイスはわかりにくく、多言語に対応しているため、ほとんどすべての機能で問題なく動作しますが、素晴らしいものではありません。何でも。 言うなれば「何でも屋、何の達人でもない」。 いずれにせよ、 microsoft/terminal#16440 の のようです 混乱した議論で私が観察した内容に基づくと、推奨される「シンプルな」TUI エディタは… GNU Nano … これはOK、動作しますが、第一に、これは IDE ではありません。第二に、私にはこれが WordStar のように見えます。 ええ、それが WordStar ではないことはわかっています。WordStar が必要な場合、最も近いものは Joe です。しかし、 Nano の外観は 、CP/M の時代にワード プロセッサを使った最初の経験を思い出させます。 ここで見てください:

30 年前にあった IDE...そして失われてしまった

[jezuk]

BASICally still alive: Classic language celebrates 60 years with new code and old quirks • The Register

[hydralisk98]

MS-DOS 5.0 & 6.22 video investigative study session

This is a demo ice-breaker article of mine on Microsoft's historical record.

Greetings fellow retro tech enthusiasts, we are currently in DOS-gustus instead of DOScember (hehehe) and I want to explore more MS-DOS among you quite soon. Hopefully you don't mind me tinkering and toying around towards FreeDOS.

(I will try hard to get things in chronological order and very accessible by the time this reaches its intended audience, but for now I will dive super technical and will explain the simpler fundamentals in later entries )

By the way, yes. I will get to the Apple II + Commodore 64 (MOS 6502 machines', especially for educational and development programmers market) & Z80 systems (including S-100 and Xenix) in due time (as well as for my very own computation architectures), but right now we can focus onto the biggest continuous legacy niche right now.

Which is the Microsoft + IBM joint efforts for Intel CPUs, widely known as the "x86" range of CPUs (mostly aiming to look from the Intel 8088 to i486 specification, with tolerance for up to the Pentium III lineup and down to the Intel 8080 CPU family) by most people. And now we can observe, study and document what MS-DOS + FreeDOS have to offer (sadly starting from MS-DOS' version 5.0 and focusing most on the further ahead 6.22 version, because the IBM PC's BASIC varieties can wait for later articles, but excluding MS-DOS 7.10 & 8.0 ) :

Don't forget to take advantage of the EDIT program & the special text-based printer command line from the "MS-DOS 6.22 for dummies" book I borrow because of course it is worth sharing and using the public library within ethical boundaries, ain't I right?!

Of course there is much more to come (and basic commands + principles to condense) but it should be a good starting point for a few DOS commands like DIR, CD, VOL, TYPE, MORE, COPY, MOVE, DEL as well as a few wildcard characters... (from the content start to very last pages of chapter 4)

I will be looking more towards the various 8088-tier software in that series, albeit on a new thread. It will be done through my virtual 86Box "Czarina" VM (from Cassette BASIC to Visual Basic [might try also the .NET rendition perhaps... ] ), as well as a handful of Windows Terminal (PowerShell & Command Prompt) & System32 legacy-ier utilities.

Going from Cassette BASIC, with Disk BASIC & BASICA for 8088 (as well as the couple other software of that ecosystem, like GWBASIC, QuickBASIC, QBASIC and even FreeBASIC + QB64 Phoenix)...

... to the contemporary day of Windows 11+ versions with One Half Light reduced Command Prompt & Powershell in Windows Terminal.

And as stated earlier on a Discord server I enjoy much, I will get to explain the computer fundamentals and concepts leading from the mainstream baseline to such a technical level in due time. But until we reach such an article thread, take care of yourselves & farewell!

Czarina-VM, study of Microsoft tech stack history. Preview 1

Write down study notes about the evolution of MS-DOS, QuickBASIC (from IBM Cassette BASIC to the last officially Microsoft QBasic or some early Visual Basic), "Batch" Command-Prompt, PowerShell, Windows editions pathing from "2.11 for 386" to Windows "ME" (upgraded from a "98 SE" build though) with Windows "3.11 for Workgroups" and the other 9X ones in-between, Xenix, Microsoft Bob with Great Greetings expansion, a personalized mockup Win8 TUI animated flex box panel board and other historical (or relatively historical, with a few ground-realism & critical takes along the way) Microsoft matters here and a couple development demos + big tech opinions about Microsoft too along that studious pathway.

( Also, don't forget to link down the interactive-use sessions with 86box, DOSbox X & VirtualBox/VMware as video when it is indeed ready )

Yay for the four large tags below, and farewell.

[dimalink]

Duckling goes 2D – big yellow duckling

Little game, where duckling runs across the field. It has a side view. And he needs to jump over the obstacles. Little ducklings and pillars. You need to help him with this. And, in certain time, to press space. And duckling can to jump over the obstacles.

It is such a little game about a duckling with side view. Duckling, which was with third person view, back view – it is, already, programmed. There it was pseudo 3D. And here – 2D. So, now, there are two ducklings. One is 2D, second is 3D. Now, there are so many ducklings!

Wow, ducklings, ducklings. Good yellow little animals. My friends! With them I, also, run across the field every summer at the countryside. They can be different – big and small. And they can run fast. And jump! And wave with little wings.

Duckling wave with his little wings. And help him to run as good as you can. Duckling runs all the time! It is his favorite things to do. Field – it is so happy and sunny place for duckling! So, you want to run there! And to do only one thing - to run! And good, ok, – sometimes, also, to jump!

He has lots of field! And, it is different. And with little water. And green! And, all round, it is forest and field. So, lots of field. And, this is a place, where duckling lives. Game is about summer. Game is about countryside. And about duckling. About good mood. One more game about good and kind animals. Little animals are doing lots of their things. They run and jump, for example. As duckling!

And, sometimes, it is so fun – that, even, in night duckling can run! At night, you can see, only, main features of the objects. And, world, looks like, something another and so new. Not the way it was during the day. Night changes everything. And, all the same places – it is a new places for now. It is so interesting for a duckling, that he can to run a little in the night, with a joy and fun. Jump. And wave with little wings!

So, there are here 12 locations. In every location there are 3 levels. Locations are different with background. And ground colors. Game is made with screen 7. And, here, again, 16 colors for selection and screen 320 x 200. By the way, at level 2 colors - goes for background and 2 colors - for ground, which you run. So, this means, that game levels are colorful.

And, there is here a difference between day and night locations. 6 locations - it is day. And 6 locations – it is night. Night - it is same locations as day. But, they look like a shapes, silhouettes. They drawn as a box and not box fill. They do not fill with colors. Such a silhouettes. New visual. They look difference. Interesting retro effect.

About interesting – here levels have some slope. And, it generates during gameplay. Straight line, slope, more slope. And, two types of obstacles – pillars and ducklings. Game is with different angle slope for surface.

All you need to do here – it is to push with space during gameplay. When obstacle is going to you. Your big and yellow duckling stands at the left. And, something like, he runs. But, at the screen he stands. And, simply, when obstacle is going near to you – press space!

All locations are available from the start. And, they are in a form of a select menu. So, everything is drawn with different colors. So, selection – it is a squares, that are filled with colors. With this colors location is made. 3 colors for sky and 3 colors for surface.

By the way, at the level are in use 2 colors out of three. Field has something like its own landscape. And day and night too. And you - with arrows select, where you will have a run! So, before your eyes - there is something like a field map!

Simple game joke. Joke about a big yellow duckling. Game joke for good mood! Duckling, also, drawn with a joke!

Basic Pascal version 1.17 "BLOCK" – most newest version. In this version there are 4 new games! Platform Ball, Cabin Pilot, Free Blocker, Free Bee. And even more retro games! It is a pack of retro games with modern versions of Basic and Pascal.

It is now in development new version Basic Pascal pack games. This game will be included in a new version.

Basic Pascal: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/packs/basicpascal/index_eng.html Website: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/home_eng.html Itchio: https://dimalink.itch.io/basic-pascal

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: @grymmjack 's monstrous #ANSIart screen seen here, long in the making, promotes a #QB64 adaptation of TSR's #Dungeon board game that he's been working on. This piece was included in the spooky new MIST1023 artpack collection.

[magnetictapedatastorage]

i always interpreted "LPRINT" as "literally print"

[basic-retro-programming]

QBasic Tutorial #48 - Bouncing Ball Animation ...

Post #304: YouTube, School Freeware, QBasic Tutorial, #48 Bouncing Ball Animation in QB64, 2024.

[loomworld]

me trying to predict what language we're gna learn in the next school year ;-----; hopefully not anything becoz I can't handle learning another language!! died and came to life when I was learning c++, cried while learning html and almost threw my laptop learning python! we learnt abt qb64 like 2 years ago and ofc I had to learn every single thing about it

[queerandom]

congrats, i finished rewriting exactly 35 lines of stupidVM

the original is 2000 lines.... and it was written in qb64, so a C equivalent would be at least 1000 more lines..... :)