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I'm ready for the jambon! :)

Basically, I half cheated, I'll admit that, I had something basic (Pardon the pun) sitting there, BambooBasic of course, but it was a perfect base and all I needed to do was implement the "Anti" side of it, make it fight the player, but not overly, as, having an "impossible" game is no fun... You still need to keep the mechanic of the game open, otherwise, this can make a game very "repetitive" in some senses.

So, I tuned that, and then pulled together media into the thing so it looks and sounds pwetty!

I'm quite over the moon with it really if I'm honest, me, beavering away!

Dabzy

EDIT: I've just realised this might of been the place to reply, if so, my appologies!

Yeah, I'm putting one in, I already have something I can "anti", so half the work is done in that regard! :)

Dabzy

It's going lovely, trapped some bugs as well, so, bonus for that! :)

Though, it does help when you know the engine too, like, I've learnt it by making it, which, again, is what I did it for really... it's mine! :D

Currently doing a bit mundane work on it, like, area map screens, which you click a level to play:

Very basic as you can see, but it works, complete a level, and it unlocks the next level, complete the levels in the area, and you can move on to the next area. Loads of spit and polish required, but, I'm only going to start that when I've got all the levels in, currently looking at 5 areas with 10 levels in each.

I'm also going to implement the 3-star system for each level... Complete the grid, 1*, complete grid and open chest, 2*, complete grid, open chest and, do something else (Havent thought about that one yet, lol) and you 3* the level.

I reckon most of the development time after this will be asset based stuff, I can rattle through code, media wise, it's more of a drag for me really, pooling stuff together that fits and all that... This is what ultimately kills any of my projects, but, I'm keen to get this finished and a decent level of shininess so it highlights what BambooBasic can do!

Dabzy 

Cheers David, past few days have been productive, I've added a solver to the proceedings, basically, checks if a level is completable when editing it in the tile map editor, and also, I'm using it to "auto play" the level when in game mode.

The solver uses Breadth-First Search (BFS) to find the shortest solution.
This is the reference material I used, and fudged it into BambooBasic to work with the spinny mechanics and stuff:

https://github.com/RajPShinde/8-Puzzle-BFS_Algorithm

Brill reference to get going on the subject.

The difference between BFS and DFS (Depth-First Search, which I also looked at) is that BFS explores all 1-move solutions, then all 2-move solutions, then all 3-move solutions, etc. This guarantees that the first solution found is the shortest possible. A little slower apparently, but in regards to this, it doesnt matter about the speed.

Works a treat! :)

Dabzy

Fleshing out a game mechanic, if anyone remembers "Super Fruit Fall" on the PS2, then, it's like that, but, in 3D:

But yeah, now going to write a proper game with BambooBasic, that'll bring out any nasties! :D lol

Dabzy

BambooBasic - Retro BASIC Programming using the newest DirectX technology.

This is version 1.0, and as such, probably more of a beta release, but, I've got to hand the reins over for people to try, so, updates, fixes and everything will be built from this.

Windows 11, DirectX12, and a half decent graphics card is required, I havent got a list of which cards plays nice or not, only my own (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU), and someone has tried it with a Intel Iris Xe Graphics and it's fine. But if you do try it, post your specs if you dont mind, if it works or not.

Executables have been confirmed to run in Linux... Wine-proton, providing you install the direct-X SDK. Apparently too, the IDE will work and compile, but running and debugging is an issue, which isn't a surprise really, especially debugging as it is uses Windows Debug API, which may not be properly implemented, and running from the IDE, there could be a few reasons... Anyway, it was a nice surprise to find it worked at all! :D lol 

My aim with this at the minute is to get it stable before adding more to it, I do have plans, more so VR, as I think it will be capable of scenes in VR, maybe not massive worlds, but, within the realms of party games and such. 

If your trying it, and you write something you'd like to share, I'm game for users to put their work in the "BambooBasic/boons" folder, I've got heaps of stuff in there myself, but it will be brill to see what people come up with.

Anyway, all in all... Thanks in advance if you take a peek! :)

Dabzy

Thought I'd let folks have a try, see what they think, and if anything crops up:

https://bamboobasic.org/downloads/BambooStudio_1_0_Beta.zip

Controls are in a text file, some explanations on the modes and stuff...

Let me know how you get on!

Dabzy

Hey up... Oh, Anim8or, there's a blast from the past! :)

Dabzy

Complimentary tool for my BambooBasic project (Language and Runtime)

Basically, it's a modeller for designing levels, think Maplet (If you know it) with a TinkerCAD workflow.

Sorry for my bad commentary, my accent may be a bit strong for some, and the unscriptedness of it, lol, so expect plenty of "Mmmm"'s and "So..."'s, I'm not really any good at stuff like that! :D

Anyway:

Dabzy

It gets transpiled to C++, then G++ handles the backend... The transpiled code is pretty clean, so, G++ chomps it up, performing all it's glorious optimizations on it, so... Yeah, I would say it's nippy.

I've never really felt the need to micro manage or scrutinise that side because of that, I've spent more time tuning the runtime, and that flies along, 100000 entities, 50000 cubes, 50000 spheres, all textured, all rotating. About 48million triangles being handled by the GPU, and still have a nice 61FPS.

There is someone I know creating, what I think, is a Unity/Leadwerks like setup, and advertising 2million triangles at 120FPS, and they are pleased with that... So, given that... You can tell where any new grey hairs are from on my head! :D

I've concentrated heavily on that, and I think I've hit the ceiling really with what I can achieve in terms of the runtimes performance. As it happens, I just had a conversion about that at syntaxboom about it. I've got 76000 lines of code now, split between the IDE, transpiler and runtime, and maintaining it is a nightmare, an acceptable nightmare, but implementing further optimizations, hand on heart, I'll struggle... Obviously there will still be cheapo stuff I can implement, but for AAA-like performances, I'm not in the same book as your Unity's etc, never mind page... I dont need it, I never imagined hitting them numbers anyway, but I have... And I'm happy! :)

Again, the true result will be when people use it, that will determine everything, that's why I've been working on samples, to try and garner how the runtime runs, and, it's doing okay, I think.

Not sure if you have seen, but I've added a few more videos to the mix at syntaxboom:

BambooBasic Gallery - SyntaxBoom

Dabzy

Oh, thanks for the tip... I'll do that when I have some more samples done, then I have a proper little video gallery showing it off first! :)

Dabzy

Well, first off... Get it beta'd when I've finished mucking about... Let other people try it out, see if they can break stuff! :D

Promotion/marketing, well... I'm in the same category as Mark was with his last bits and pieces, and will probably rely on the most part of "word of mouth" going forward at first I suppose.

At the moment, it's been nice just posting in this thread, just steadily ticking away, people will see it and what not, but, I'd hate to think I'd have to spam the hell out of forums for the attention, obviously I will post stuff, but, I don't want the "look at me, look at me, look at me" kind of bloke, because forums (As a person running a forum), stuff like that can get really spammy, and annoying! :D

So, onwards and upwards, as they say in the cheese aisle! :D

Dabzy

Thanks! :)

It was one of the examples that drew me into Blitz3D,  so, I had to do it justice! :D Hehehe

I have a few more, which you may have probably seen, but for others, you can spy them here:

BambooBasic Videos - SyntaxBoom

As I say, I'm working on these to pick up anything "iffy" in the engine, it hasnt been bad actually, little tune ups here and there... Overall, I quite happy with how it's going! :)

Dabzy

It's good to see more BASIC dialects popping up really, keeps the brand alive! ;) hehehe

My guess:  Windows 10 + ancient Intel GPU + broken driver situation.

This will cause havoc, there are tons of issue that can be had, I would of been more concerned if you said it was Windows 11 on a mid-level system.

So yeah, pretty much expected if I'm honest, thanks for trying it though! :)

And about "boons", there will be ones based on the samples that's in Blitz3D, but sometimes, they wont be like for like due to the differences under the hood, but they will show "the other way" so to speak!

Right, I've been adding more "booms" examples... The original 2D stuff is there, but, now... We have 3D to add... These "boons" are just little things, no real direction, going with the flow.

So, the first one I've made is called "Bamball", which, is a sphere, that you can move/jump about... More platformer type. It has various obstacles... Not overly complicated, just, busy work if you want to approach them properly.

The sphere uses Jolts character system, anyway... If you want a go, here is the link:

https://www.bamboobasic.org/boom/boom/Bamball.zip

Remember, Windows 11, DirectX12 GFX card... 

If you do try this on Windows 10, it would be interesting to see if it's okay!

Dabzy

Well... BASIC jam #8 might be a bit of a field trip for Bambui and his red boxing gloves! :D

1) Direct12, so, Windows 10 or 11, (64bit) but, since Windows 10 is now defunct by MS... Support for it in regards to questions etc etc will be Windows 11 only.

Here is the Steam survey on Windows OS's:

Windows - 92.33% (-4.28%)

Windows 11 64 bit - 66.85% (+10.57%)

Windows 10 64 bit - 25.36% (-14.89%)

Windows 7 64 bit - 0.08% (+0.03%)

So as you can see, on Steam... Windows 11 has the lions share amongst Steam gamers. There is no plans for multi-platform, but, Linux may be a path one day... MacOS, no, definitely not... Too much Apple fannying on.

The reason being is that it's currently just Windows only is pretty much time... I have no time to support other platforms such as Android etc etc I'm just one bloke, this is the delimiter factor, and the amount of languages that target multiple platform support fall by the way side... BlitzMax had it, GLBasic had it, AGP now has it (But some of it has been patched up by a user)

I'm planning to make BambooBasic the best it could be, and multiple platform targets isnt the way I can get it there... Like I said up top... I'm ultimately making it for myself, and all I want is Windows!

2) The manual I have no real stats on... All the functions are covered and documented, there is various things I've covered too... But all in all, any "guides" and stuff will be implemented when I'm close to finishing the beta test stuff, like, how you how to make a game, maybe a few youTube videos, stuff like that... But yeah, actual function reference wise, they are done... 100% on that part! :)   <--- Which was a relief! :D lol

Dabzy

Well, a beta period, then release... Testing now, going over everything, when I'm certain there isnt anything wrong, then I'll let others play with it, but there will be something broke, I can guarantee it. One of them things... You think you've caught everything, and 5mins in the wild... Someone points out something is broke that you never even thought of testing!

That's why AAA games are knackered I reckon, they left the devs test them, and then ship it... Beta testing isnt a thing, we've went from 8-bit games which never really had quality control, to games that did have quality nailed, and then back again! :D

Anyway, I've been playing with Bambui too:

He even dances! :)

Rigging and animation using Mixamo (https://www.mixamo.com/)  

Exported animations are single when you download them from the Mixamo site, so I've had to stitch them together in Blender so they are all one continuous set of animation frames, which are as following:

Animation/Start/End/Length

Bambui-idle/1/89/89 

Bambui-juimp/92/163/72

Bambui-run/166/185/20

Bambui-salsa/188/753/566

Bambui-walk/756/787/32 

Includes slight padding between animations.

Though, doing the stitching manually in Blender is tedious, so, I plan to sort that out with a tool in the editor, oh, and yes, Mixamo outputs in FBX, where BambooBasic is GLB, so, stitch and exporting to GLB from Blender too... That's pretty much the work flow!

Dabzy

Oh... And...

BambooBasic API Coverage Report

----------- --- -------- ------

Total functions in BBRuntime64.decls: 923

Total .bam example files scanned: 241

Covered:   922 / 923  (99.9%)

Uncovered:   1 / 923  ( 0.1%)

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Prefix       Total  Covered  Missing   Coverage

----------------------------------------------------------------------

b2d             88       88        0     100.0%

b3d            385      384        1      99.7%    ;Edit: Final one isnt applicable, just a test function.

bgi            202      202        0     100.0%

file            41       41        0     100.0%

inp             37       37        0     100.0%

json            14       14        0     100.0%

math            40       40        0     100.0%

net             24       24        0     100.0%

other           31       31        0     100.0%

str             26       26        0     100.0%

sys             35       35        0     100.0%

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Phwoooarrrrr! :)

Dabzy

And, something like forever later... Here he is:

I've renamed him to "Bam-boey", basically, the "oo" looked a bit girly! :D
I'm chuffed with that, no honest... I'm over the moon! :)
Dabzy

Taking a break, I thought BambooBasic might need some sort of mascot... So, can I present to you... A certain mister... Bam-booey:-

Isnt he a little belter! 

Courtesy of Co-Pilot like, lol... And, can you see a little homage of one of my favourite old games!

I might see if I can model him in Blender, due to the polygon nature of him, it's doable, and then, I should be able to get some sprite sheets out of him! :)

Dabzy

Hey up! :)

I'm currently working through the functions, which, every function will be in an example somewhere, this has been a big job, and I'm nearly there:

BambooBasic API Coverage

---------------------------------------------

Total functions in BBRuntime64.decls: 923

Total .bam example files scanned: 241

Covered:   788 / 923  (85.4%)

Uncovered: 135 / 923  (14.6%)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Prefix       Total  Covered  Missing   Coverage

----------------------------------------------------------------------

b2d             88       74       14      84.1%

b3d            385      350       35      90.9%

bgi            202      114       88      56.4%

file            41       41        0     100.0%

inp             37       37        0     100.0%

json            14       14        0     100.0%

math            40       40        0     100.0%

net             24       24        0     100.0%

other           31       31        0     100.0%

str             26       26        0     100.0%

sys             35       35        0     100.0%

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Massive job that! :)

There is references in the IDE to the language/functions, which will be mirrored on the website, explains arrays, types, syntax specific  stuff and all that jazz.

Also, there will be little demos in there too, commented... It'll all be self-contained in the editor, so, anyone new to it, they'll have a massive head start anyway! :)

Dabzy

Hello everyone...

While I am creating my own language and runtime to compliment it (AKA make it do useful stuff), it's not just quite there at the minute... Basically, I'm tidying up loose ends, sorting documentation for it, more testing needed to make sure all the systems play nice together, it's been a very big project, nearly killed me off, lol. So while I'll not be adding anything to this jam, the next one should be a go'er, and a bit of a good first test of what it can do! :)

Dabzy

Well, I've pretty much got in what I wanted now... So the fun starts now... Documentation! :/ OMG

Like anything in this sort of setup, it was the part I was always dreading really, nearly 1000 functions to document!!! :/

I've got a bit of a plan, because the closer I was getting to the end, the more this was crossing my mind, anyway, I cannot do this manually to cover online docs, and docs in the IDE, and then maintain them... So, I'll build a little python script to pull out the info on function names, parameters and return types... This will be easy because these are in the DECLS file.

I'll then put them in their own function TOML file, so, we have that... Then... I'll create a code-gen editor where a) I can edit the TOML markup (field based) and save them, and then b) I'll have myself a little Export bit where I can parse it and turn it into HTML files for the IDE docs!

And another beauty is I can probably get Visual Studio's Co-pilot to write up the main descriptions for the docs... It might come in handy there, save me hordes of work! :D

Dabzy

Well, to anyone really... The function set pretty much makes it perfect for a modeller, even windows styleeee  as in, my GUI system called BGI (Bamboo Gizmo Interface), I have a 3D canvas in there, because I do plan to make my own little tools when needed:

; 3D Multi-Canvas Test - Render multiple 3D scenes in BGI window canvases
; Demonstrates independent canvas rendering at different resolutions
; Uses b3dBindEntityToCanvas() for efficient per-canvas entity filtering
Import "BBRuntime64Ext.decls"
Include "../../BBR_INCLUDE.bam"
Function Main()
Print "BambooBasic 3D Multi-Canvas Test"
Print ""
;Show/Hide debug
b3dShowConsoleOutput(False)
; Initialize 3D graphics system FIRST (bgiCreateCanvas3D needs the 3D device)
Print "Initializing 3D graphics..."
b3dGraphics3D(1, 1, BBR_WINDOW_MODE_HIDDEN)
; Initialize BGI system
bgiInitBGI("Arial", 12)
; Create main BGI window (larger to fit multiple canvases)
Local mainWindow:Int = bgiCreateWindow("3D Multi-Canvas Test", 1100, 1000)
; Create THREE 3D canvases with DIFFERENT resolutions
Print ""
Print "Creating 3D canvases at different resolutions..."
; Canvas 1: 256x256 (top-left)
Local canvas1:Int = bgiCreateCanvas3D(10, 10, 256, 256, mainWindow)
If canvas1 = 0 Then
Print "ERROR: Failed to create canvas 1!"
Return False
EndIf
Print "Canvas 1 created: 256x256 (ID: " & ToString(canvas1) & ")"
; Canvas 2: 512x512 (top-right)
Local canvas2:Int = bgiCreateCanvas3D(280, 10, 512, 512, mainWindow)
If canvas2 = 0 Then
Print "ERROR: Failed to create canvas 2!"
Return False
EndIf
Print "Canvas 2 created: 512x512 (ID: " & ToString(canvas2) & ")"
; Canvas 3: 768x384 (bottom, wider aspect ratio [strected])
Local canvas3:Int = bgiCreateCanvas3D(10, 550, 768, 384, mainWindow)
If canvas3 = 0 Then
Print "ERROR: Failed to create canvas 3!"
Return False
EndIf
Print "Canvas 3 created: 768x384 (ID: " & ToString(canvas3) & ")"
; Create THREE separate cameras (one for each canvas)
Print ""
Print "Creating cameras..."
Local camera1:Int = b3dCreateCamera()
b3dPositionEntity(camera1, 0, 0, -5)
b3dCameraClsColor(camera1, 80, 50, 50)  ; Red tint
Local camera2:Int = b3dCreateCamera()
b3dPositionEntity(camera2, 0, 0, -5)
b3dCameraClsColor(camera2, 50, 80, 50)  ; Green tint
Local camera3:Int = b3dCreateCamera()
b3dPositionEntity(camera3, 0, 0, -8)
b3dCameraClsColor(camera3, 50, 50, 80)  ; Blue tint
;Overlay set up
Print "Setting up canvas overlays...~n"
Local font:Int = b2dLoadFont("consolas_18_2.png","consolas_18_2.txt")
Print "Font: " & ToString(font) & "~n"
; Load test images
Print "Loading test images..."
Local imgBomb:Int = b2dLoadImage("BigBomb.png")
Local imgCrate:Int = b2dLoadImage("crate.png")
Local imgLeaves:Int = b2dLoadImage("../../Extended/Overlay/leaves.png")
Print "BigBomb image: " & ToString(imgBomb)
Print "Crate image: " & ToString(imgCrate)
Print "Leaves image: " & ToString(imgLeaves) & "~n"
; Create THREE different meshes (one for each canvas)
Print "Loading meshes..."
Local sphere:Int = b3dLoadMesh("sphere.glb", BBR_ONE_SLOT, BBR_NO_TEXTURE_UV, 0)
b3dScaleEntity(sphere, 1.2, 1.2, 1.2)
b3dSetEntityColorFX(sphere, 255, 100, 100)  ; Red
Local torus:Int = b3dLoadMesh("torus.glb", BBR_ONE_SLOT, BBR_NO_TEXTURE_UV, 0)
b3dScaleEntity(torus, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5)
b3dSetEntityColorFX(torus, 100, 255, 100)  ; Green
Local helmet:Int = b3dLoadMesh("helmet.glb", BBR_ONE_SLOT, BBR_NO_TEXTURE_UV, 0)
b3dScaleEntity(helmet, 1.8, 1.8, 1.8)
; Create shared directional light
Print "Creating light..."
Local light:Int = b3dCreateLight(BBR_LIGHT_DIRECTIONAL)
b3dLightColor(light, 255, 255, 255)
b3dRotateEntity(light, 45, -90, 0)
b3dLightIntensity(light, 1.0)
b3dAmbientLight(30, 30, 30)
; Load toon shader (shared by all meshes)
Print "Loading toon shader..."
Local toonShader:Int = b3dLoadEntityShader("ToonShader.hlsl")
If toonShader = 0 Then
Print "ERROR: Failed to load toon shader!"
b3dEnd()
Return False
EndIf
; Configure toon shader
b3dSetEntityShaderFloat(toonShader, "useFlatNormal", 0.0)
b3dSetEntityShaderFloat(toonShader, "toonLevelsParam", 3.0)
b3dSetEntityShaderFloat(toonShader, "rimPowerParam", 3.0)
b3dSetEntityShaderFloat(toonShader, "rimIntensityParam", 0.5)
b3dSetEntityShaderFloat(toonShader, "rimColorR", 1.0)
b3dSetEntityShaderFloat(toonShader, "rimColorG", 1.0)
b3dSetEntityShaderFloat(toonShader, "rimColorB", 1.0)
; Apply shader to all meshes
b3dEntityShader(sphere, toonShader)
b3dEntityShader(torus, toonShader)
b3dEntityShader(helmet, toonShader)
; Load CRT screen shader (post-process effect for canvases)
Print "Loading CRT screen shader..."
Local crtShader:Int = b3dLoadScreenShader("CRT.hlsl")
If crtShader = 0 Then
Print "ERROR: Failed to load CRT screen shader!"
Else
; Configure CRT shader parameters
b3dSetShaderFloat(crtShader, "scanlineIntensity", 0.5)
b3dSetShaderFloat(crtShader, "scanlineCount", 100.0)
b3dSetShaderFloat(crtShader, "vignetteStrength", 0.3)
b3dSetShaderFloat(crtShader, "curvatureAmount", 0.02)
b3dSetShaderFloat2(crtShader, "screenResolution", 512.0, 512.0)
; Apply CRT shader to Canvas 2 (middle canvas, larger size)
bgiApplyCanvasScreenShader(canvas2, crtShader)
Print "CRT shader applied to Canvas 2"
EndIf
; Load TextSheen shader (per-draw text shader)
Print "Loading TextSheen text shader..."
Local sheenShader:Int = b2dLoadTextShader("../../Extended/Overlay/TextSheen.hlsl")
If sheenShader = 0 Then
Print "ERROR: Failed to load TextSheen text shader!"
Else
; Configure TextSheen shader parameters
b2dSetTextShaderFloat(sheenShader, "0", 0.5)   ; sheenPosition (middle)
b2dSetTextShaderFloat(sheenShader, "1", 0.3)   ; sheenWidth
b2dSetTextShaderFloat(sheenShader, "2", 1.5)   ; sheenIntensity
Print "TextSheen shader loaded (will be applied per-draw)"
EndIf
; Load ImageGlow shader (per-draw image shader)
Print "Loading ImageGlow image shader..."
Local glowShader:Int = b2dLoadImageShader("../../Extended/Overlay/ImageGlow.hlsl")
If glowShader = 0 Then
Print "ERROR: Failed to load ImageGlow image shader!"
Else
; Configure ImageGlow shader parameters
b2dSetImageShaderFloat(glowShader, "0", 2.0)    ; glowIntensity
b2dSetImageShaderFloat(glowShader, "1", 1.0)    ; glowRadius
b2dSetImageShaderFloat3(glowShader, "2", 1.0, 0.8, 0.2)  ; glowColor (orange)
Print "ImageGlow shader loaded (will be applied per-draw)"
EndIf
; Bind each entity to its respective canvas
Print "Binding entities to canvases..."
b3dBindEntityToCanvas(sphere, canvas1)  ; Sphere only renders in canvas 1
b3dBindEntityToCanvas(torus, canvas2)    ; Cube only renders in canvas 2
b3dBindEntityToCanvas(helmet, canvas3)   ; Torus only renders in canvas 3
; Create UI labels (positioned to the right of canvases)
Local labelTitle:Int = bgiCreateLabel("3D Multi-Canvas Demo (Shaders)", 810, 20, 250, 25, mainWindow)
Local labelCanvas1:Int = bgiCreateLabel("Canvas 1: TEXT Shader (TextSheen)", 810, 60, 250, 20, mainWindow)
Local labelFPS1:Int = bgiCreateLabel("FPS: 0", 810, 85, 250, 20, mainWindow)
Local labelCanvas2:Int = bgiCreateLabel("Canvas 2: SCREEN Shader (CRT)", 810, 120, 250, 20, mainWindow)
Local labelFPS2:Int = bgiCreateLabel("FPS: 0", 810, 145, 250, 20, mainWindow)
Local labelCanvas3:Int = bgiCreateLabel("Canvas 3: IMAGE Shader (Glow)", 810, 180, 250, 20, mainWindow)
Local labelFPS3:Int = bgiCreateLabel("FPS: 0", 810, 205, 250, 20, mainWindow)
Local labelInfo:Int = bgiCreateLabel("Each entity bound to specific canvas", 810, 250, 250, 60, mainWindow)
Local labelControls:Int = bgiCreateLabel("Arrow keys: Rotate Sphere (Canvas 1)", 810, 320, 250, 40, mainWindow)
Local labelFocus:Int = bgiCreateLabel("Focused Canvas: None", 810, 440, 250, 20, mainWindow)
; Create buttons
Local btnToggleShader:Int = bgiCreateButton("Toggle Toon", 810, 360, 150, 30, mainWindow)
Local btnToggleCRT:Int = bgiCreateButton("Toggle CRT (C2)", 810, 400, 150, 30, mainWindow)
Local btnQuit:Int = bgiCreateButton("Quit", 810, 440, 150, 30, mainWindow)
Print ""
Print "Multi-canvas test ready!"
Print "Using b3dBindEntityToCanvas()"
Print ""
Print "Shader Demo (each canvas shows different shader type):"
Print "  Canvas 1 - TEXT SHADER: Per-draw TextSheen on BAMBOO text"
Print "  Canvas 2 - SCREEN SHADER: CRT post-process effect"
Print "  Canvas 3 - IMAGE SHADER: Per-draw ImageGlow on leaves.png"
Print "  All 3D meshes - Toon entity shader"
Print ""
Print "Controls:"
Print "  Arrow Keys - Rotate sphere (Canvas 1)"
Print "  Torus and helmet auto-rotate"
Print "  Toggle Toon button - Enable/disable entity toon shader"
Print "  Toggle CRT button - Enable/disable CRT screen shader on Canvas 2"
Print "  ESC or Quit button - Exit"
Print ""
Local rotation1Y:Double = 0.0
Local rotation1X:Double = 0.0
Local rotation2:Double = 0.0  ; Auto-rotation for torus
Local rotation3:Double = 0.0  ; Auto-rotation for helmet
Local shaderEnabled:Int = True
Local crtEnabled:Int = True  ; CRT shader starts enabled on Canvas 2
Local running:Int = True
; Sheen shader animation
Local sheenPosition:Double = 0.0
Local sheenSpeed:Double = 0.0015
;Mouse variables when inside canvas areas
Local cmx2:Int, cmy2:Int
Local cmx3:Int, cmy3:Int
; Track focused canvas (only update label when focus changes)
Local lastFocusedCanvas:Int = 0
; Main loop
While running
; Handle keyboard input
sysUpdateEvents()
Local eventMsg:Int = bgiGetEventMessage()
Local eventSource:Int = bgiGetEventSource()
; Handle BGI events
If eventMsg = BGI_EVENT_COMMAND_CLOSE Then
running = False
Print "Window closed"
ElseIf eventMsg = BGI_EVENT_COMMAND_CLICK Then
If eventSource = btnToggleShader Then
shaderEnabled = 1 - shaderEnabled
If shaderEnabled Then
b3dEntityShader(sphere, toonShader)
b3dEntityShader(torus, toonShader)
b3dEntityShader(helmet, toonShader)
Print "Toon shader enabled"
Else
b3dEntityShader(sphere, 0)
b3dEntityShader(torus, 0)
b3dEntityShader(helmet, 0)
Print "Toon shader disabled"
EndIf
ElseIf eventSource = btnToggleCRT Then
crtEnabled = 1 - crtEnabled
If crtEnabled Then
bgiApplyCanvasScreenShader(canvas2, crtShader)
Print "CRT screen shader enabled on Canvas 2"
Else
bgiClearCanvasScreenShader(canvas2)
Print "CRT screen shader disabled on Canvas 2"
EndIf
ElseIf eventSource = btnQuit Then
running = False
EndIf
EndIf
bgiFlushEvent()
; Get canvas-relative mouse coordinates for Canvas 2 and 3
; Returns -1 if mouse is outside canvas bounds
cmx2 = bgiGetCanvasMouseX(canvas2)
cmy2 = bgiGetCanvasMouseY(canvas2)
cmx3 = bgiGetCanvasMouseX(canvas3)
cmy3 = bgiGetCanvasMouseY(canvas3)
; ESC is global - works anywhere
If inpIsKeyHit(VKEY_ESCAPE) Then running = False
; Manual rotation for sphere (Canvas 1) - ONLY when Canvas 1 has focus
If bgiGetFocusedCanvas() = canvas1 Then
If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_LEFT) Then rotation1Y = rotation1Y - 2.0
If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_RIGHT) Then rotation1Y = rotation1Y + 2.0
If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_UP) Then rotation1X = rotation1X - 2.0
If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_DOWN) Then rotation1X = rotation1X + 2.0
EndIf
; Update focus label (only when focus changes)
Local currentFocus:Int = bgiGetFocusedCanvas()
If currentFocus <> lastFocusedCanvas Then
If currentFocus = canvas1 Then
bgiSetGizmoText(labelFocus, "Focused Canvas: Canvas 1 (Sphere)")
ElseIf currentFocus = canvas2 Then
bgiSetGizmoText(labelFocus, "Focused Canvas: Canvas 2 (Torus)")
ElseIf currentFocus = canvas3 Then
bgiSetGizmoText(labelFocus, "Focused Canvas: Canvas 3 (Helmet)")
Else
bgiSetGizmoText(labelFocus, "Focused Canvas: None")
EndIf
lastFocusedCanvas = currentFocus
EndIf
; Update sheen shader animation
sheenPosition = sheenPosition + sheenSpeed
If sheenPosition > 1.2 Then  ; Go past right edge
sheenPosition = -0.2  ; Restart from left
EndIf
b2dSetTextShaderFloat(sheenShader, "0", sheenPosition)
; Auto-rotation for cube and torus
rotation2 = rotation2 + 1.0
rotation3 = rotation3 + 0.5
; Update mesh rotations
b3dRotateEntity(sphere, rotation1X, rotation1Y, 0)
b3dRotateEntity(torus, rotation2, rotation2, 0)
b3dRotateEntity(helmet, 0, rotation3, rotation3 * 0.5)
; ---------------
; RENDER CANVAS 1 (256x256, Sphere)
; ---------------
b3dSetRenderTargetCanvas(canvas1)
b3dSetActiveCamera(camera1)
b3dCls3D()
b2dSetCanvasFilter(canvas1)
; Draw "Canvas 1" label without shader
b2dDrawText("Canvas 1", 10, 10, 0, font)
; Draw "BAMBOO" in centre WITH per-draw TextSheen shader
b2dSetColor(255, 255, 255)  ; White color for sheen effect
b2dDrawTextEx("BAMBOO", 128, 110, True, font, sheenShader)
b2dSetColor(255, 255, 255)  ; Reset to white
; Draw regular images without shaders
b2dDrawImage(imgBomb, 10, 200)
b2dDrawImage(imgCrate, 150, 180)
b2dClearCanvasFilter()
b3dRenderWorld()
bgiFlipCanvas(canvas1)
; ---------------
; RENDER CANVAS 2 (512x512, Torus)
; ---------------
b3dSetRenderTargetCanvas(canvas2)
b3dSetActiveCamera(camera2)
b3dCls3D()
b2dSetCanvasFilter(canvas2)
b2dDrawText("Canvas 2", 10, 10, 0, font)
; Draw regular images without shaders (CRT screen shader applied to entire canvas)
b2dDrawImage(imgCrate, 50, 400)
; Only draw bomb at mouse position if mouse is over this canvas
If cmx2 >= 0 And cmy2 >= 0 Then
b2dDrawImage(imgBomb, cmx2, cmy2)
EndIf
b2dClearCanvasFilter()
b3dRenderWorld()
bgiFlipCanvas(canvas2)
; ---------------
; RENDER CANVAS 3 (768x384, Helmet)
; ---------------
b3dSetRenderTargetCanvas(canvas3)
b3dSetActiveCamera(camera3)
b3dCls3D()
b2dSetCanvasFilter(canvas3)
b2dDrawText("Canvas 3", 10, 10, 0, font)
; Draw leaves WITH image glow shader
b2dDrawImageEx(imgLeaves, 300, 150, glowShader)
If cmx3 >= 0 And cmy3 >= 0 Then
b2dDrawImage(imgCrate, cmx3, cmy3)
EndIf
b2dDrawImage(imgBomb, 650, 300)
b2dClearCanvasFilter()
b3dRenderWorld()
bgiFlipCanvas(canvas3)
; Update FPS displays for all canvases
bgiSetGizmoText(labelFPS1, "FPS: " & ToString(bgiGetCanvasFPS(canvas1)))
bgiSetGizmoText(labelFPS2, "FPS: " & ToString(bgiGetCanvasFPS(canvas2)))
bgiSetGizmoText(labelFPS3, "FPS: " & ToString(bgiGetCanvasFPS(canvas3)))
Wend
; Cleanup
Print ""
Print "Shutting down..."
b3dFreeEntityShader(toonShader)
b3dEnd()
Return False
EndFunction

 Very cute! :) hehehe

Dabzy

Oh, and a new video... Basically I've been adding surface creation, vertex manipulation commands and brushes... So, with what I have, I re-created the classic Blitz3D "castle" example skybox code in BambooBasic... The video is here:

And this is the code (Fully commented):

; BlitzBasic Castle Skybox
; Build skybox using mesh/surface functions, like the example in Blitz3D
Import "BBRuntime64.decls"
Include "../../BBR_INCLUDE.bam"
Function Main()
    Print "BlitzBasic Castle Example-Styleee Skybox"
    b3dShowConsoleOutput(True)
    ; Initialize 3D graphics
    b3dGraphics3D(1280, 720, BBR_WINDOW_MODE_WVC)
    sysSetAppTitle("BlitzBasic Castle Example-Styleee Skybox")
    b3dAmbientLight(200, 200, 200)
    ; Create camera
    local camera:Int = b3dCreateCamera()
    b3dCameraRange(camera, 0.01, 1000.0)
    b3dPositionEntity(camera, 0, 5, 0)
    b3dCameraClsColor(camera, 0, 0, 0)
    ; Create mesh (like Blitz3D CreateMesh)
    local skybox:Int = b3dCreateMesh(BBR_ONE_SLOT, BBR_TEXTURE_UV, 0)
    b3dLockMesh(skybox)
    ; Using padded textures (260x260) with 2-pixel edge padding on each side
    ; To minimize seams, sample from pixel 2.5 to 257.5 (slightly inward from padding)
    ;
    ; UV Calculation for different texture sizes:
    ; If original texture is NxN and padded texture is (N+4)x(N+4):
    ;   uvMin = 2.5 / (N+4)
    ;   uvMax = (N+1.5) / (N+4)
    ;
    ; Examples:
    ;   256x256 -> 260x260: uvMin = 2.5/260 = 0.00961538, uvMax = 257.5/260 = 0.99038462
    ;   512x512 -> 516x516: uvMin = 2.5/516 = 0.00484496, uvMax = 513.5/516 = 0.99515504
    ;   1024x1024 -> 1028x1028: uvMin = 2.5/1028 = 0.00243210, uvMax = 1025.5/1028 = 0.99756790
    ;
    ; Adjust these values to fine-tune seam visibility vs texture alignment
    local uvMin:Double = 0.00961538
    local uvMax:Double = 0.99038462
    local brushFront:Int = b3dCreateBrush()
    local tex:Int = b3dLoadTexture3D("environ/padded_sky_BK.jpg")
    b3dBrushTexture(brushFront, tex)
    local surf:Int = b3dCreateSurface(skybox)
    local v0:Int = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, +1.0, -1.0, uvMax, uvMin)
    local v1:Int = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, +1.0, -1.0, uvMin, uvMin)
    local v2:Int = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, -1.0, -1.0, uvMin, uvMax)
    local v3:Int = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, uvMax, uvMax)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v1, v2)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v2, v3)
    b3dPaintSurface(skybox, surf, brushFront)
    b3dFreeBrush(brushFront)
    ; Left face (using _LF.jpg like Blitz3D)
    local brush:Int = b3dCreateBrush()
    tex = b3dLoadTexture3D("environ/padded_sky_LF.jpg")
    b3dBrushTexture(brush, tex)
    surf = b3dCreateSurface(skybox)
    v0 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, +1.0, -1.0, uvMax, uvMin)
    v1 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, uvMin, uvMin)
    v2 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, -1.0, +1.0, uvMin, uvMax)
    v3 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, -1.0, -1.0, uvMax, uvMax)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v1, v2)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v2, v3)
    b3dPaintSurface(skybox, surf, brush)
    b3dFreeBrush(brush)
    ; Front face (using _FR.jpg like Blitz3D)
    brush = b3dCreateBrush()
    tex = b3dLoadTexture3D("environ/padded_sky_FR.jpg")
    b3dBrushTexture(brush, tex)
    surf = b3dCreateSurface(skybox)
    v0 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, uvMax, uvMin)
    v1 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, +1.0, +1.0, uvMin, uvMin)
    v2 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, -1.0, +1.0, uvMin, uvMax)
    v3 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, -1.0, +1.0, uvMax, uvMax)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v1, v2)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v2, v3)
    b3dPaintSurface(skybox, surf, brush)
    b3dFreeBrush(brush)
    ; Right face (using _RT.jpg like Blitz3D)
    brush = b3dCreateBrush()
    tex = b3dLoadTexture3D("environ/padded_sky_RT.jpg")
    b3dBrushTexture(brush, tex)
    surf = b3dCreateSurface(skybox)
    v0 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, +1.0, +1.0, uvMax, uvMin)
    v1 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, +1.0, -1.0, uvMin, uvMin)
    v2 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, uvMin, uvMax)
    v3 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, -1.0, +1.0, uvMax, uvMax)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v1, v2)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v2, v3)
    b3dPaintSurface(skybox, surf, brush)
    b3dFreeBrush(brush)
    ; Top face (using _UP.jpg like Blitz3D)
    brush = b3dCreateBrush()
    tex = b3dLoadTexture3D("environ/padded_sky_UP.jpg")
    b3dBrushTexture(brush, tex)
    surf = b3dCreateSurface(skybox)
    v0 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, +1.0, +1.0, uvMax, uvMax)
    v1 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, uvMax, uvMin)
    v2 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, +1.0, -1.0, uvMin, uvMin)
    v3 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, +1.0, -1.0, uvMin, uvMax)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v1, v2)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v2, v3)
    b3dPaintSurface(skybox, surf, brush)
    b3dFreeBrush(brush)
    ; Bottom face (using _DN.jpg like Blitz3D)
    brush = b3dCreateBrush()
    tex = b3dLoadTexture3D("environ/padded_sky_DN.jpg")
    b3dBrushTexture(brush, tex)
    surf = b3dCreateSurface(skybox)
    Print "Created DOWN surface: " & ToString(surf)
    v0 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, uvMin, uvMin)
    v1 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, -1.0, -1.0, uvMin, uvMax)
    v2 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, +1.0, -1.0, +1.0, uvMax, uvMax)
    v3 = b3dAddVertex(skybox, surf, -1.0, -1.0, +1.0, uvMax, uvMin)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v1, v2)
    b3dAddTriangle(skybox, surf, v0, v2, v3)
    Print "Painting DOWN surface with brush"
    b3dPaintSurface(skybox, surf, brush)
    b3dFreeBrush(brush)
    Print "Welding vertices..."
    b3dWeldVertices(skybox, 0.001)
    b3dUnlockMesh(skybox)
    Print "Created 6 surfaces, now scaling and flipping mesh"
    
    ; Scale and flip mesh like Blitz3D (ScaleMesh 100,100,100 + FlipMesh)
    b3dScaleEntity(skybox, 100.0, 100.0, 100.0)
    Print "Flipping mesh..."
    b3dFlipMesh(skybox)
    Print "Mesh flipped"
    ; Set full-bright rendering (bit 0 = fullbright) + disable backface culling (bit 4 = 16)
    b3dSetEntityRenderFlags(skybox, 17)  ; 1 + 16 = fullbright + no culling
    Print "Set entity render flags to 17 (fullbright + no culling)"
    ; Position skybox at origin (will update position in main loop to follow camera)
    b3dPositionEntity(skybox, 0, 0, 0)
    Print "Skybox will follow camera position (but not rotation)"
    ; Create a ground plane for reference
    local ground:Int = b3dCreateGrid(BBR_ONE_SLOT, BBR_NO_TEXTURE_UV, 0, 100, 100, 10, 10)
    b3dPositionEntity(ground, 0, 0, 0)
    b3dSetEntityColorFX(ground, 50, 100, 50)
    ; Create a cube for reference
    local cube:Int = b3dCreateCube(BBR_ONE_SLOT, BBR_NO_TEXTURE_UV, 0)
    b3dPositionEntity(cube, 0, 2, -10)
    b3dScaleEntity(cube, 2, 2, 2)
    b3dSetEntityColorFX(cube, 200, 100, 50)
    Print ""
    Print "Controls:"
    Print "  Arrow Keys - Move camera"
    Print "  W/S - Pitch camera"
    Print "  A/D - Turn camera"
    Print "  ESC - Exit"
    ; Main loop
    While Not inpIsKeyHit(VKEY_ESCAPE)
        sysUpdateEvents()
        ; Camera movement
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_UP)
            b3dMoveEntity(camera, 0, 0, 0.5)
        EndIf
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_DOWN)
            b3dMoveEntity(camera, 0, 0, -0.5)
        EndIf
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_LEFT)
            b3dMoveEntity(camera, -0.5, 0, 0)
        EndIf
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_RIGHT)
            b3dMoveEntity(camera, 0.5, 0, 0)
        EndIf
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_A)
            b3dTurnEntity(camera, 0, -0.5, 0)
        EndIf
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_D)
            b3dTurnEntity(camera, 0, 0.5, 0)
        EndIf
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_W)
            b3dTurnEntity(camera, 0.5, 0, 0)
        EndIf
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_S)
            b3dTurnEntity(camera, -0.5, 0, 0)
        EndIf
        
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_Q)
            b3dMoveEntity(camera, 0, 0.5, 0)
        EndIf
        If inpIsKeyDown(VKEY_Z)
            b3dMoveEntity(camera, 0, -0.5, 0)
        EndIf
        ; Rotate cube for visual interest
        b3dTurnEntity(cube, 0.5, 1.0, 0.3)
        ; Update skybox position to match camera (but not rotation!)
        b3dPositionEntity(skybox, b3dEntityX(camera), b3dEntityY(camera), b3dEntityZ(camera))
        ; Render
        b3dCls3D()
        b3dRenderWorld()
        b3dFlip3D()
    Wend
    b3dEnd()
    Return False
EndFunction

Very powerful feature really! :)

Dabzy

This is what I have now,  basically, the old one, very PHP'y, though, this will be updated eventually with something else really, more inline! :)

BambooBasic, well, as it happens, that BASIC->Transpiler thing... Which is here:

BambooBasic download | SourceForge.net   <--- 12 years old now... OMG!!! :D

Anyway, while I was writing that, I never had a final name for it, but, on a holiday to New York, I walked past a shop that sold Newcastle Brown Ale, it's Blue Star logo was in the window (And being from the North-East of England, that of course caught my eye), underneath it, outside on a table, there was some plants... "Lucky Bamboo" plants... And, well "BambooBasic" popped straight into my head! :D

So, I've ultimately took the name of it and moved it to this, I find it fitting, bamboo is a building material, it can be used for all sorts, like scaffolding.. It's traditional so to speak... So, totally fits in lovely what I have now. :)

I know a lot of BASIC's like to have that "Jazz hands" type naming  convention, to grab attention... But, I like BambooBasic, seems warmer! :)

Dabzy

It's for me really, I'm building it for myself... Too many BASIC languages of late have dropped by the way side, some engines just don't do what I want, or they are getting old... I was helping test LibSGD, Mark Sibly's last project he was working on before he passed away, I built an IDE to work with Blitz3D and LibSGD, but obviously, his project just stopped. I had a transpiler that converted BASIC to PHP, it worked great, but, not suitable for a game language. So, after he passed away, during Christmas and beyond, I updated a lot of my tools so they would work for game programming, I had an old DX9 lib I used, and well, I got that in, but then... It's old now, so started implementing that into DirectX12... No easy task, but, got my head around it, and, well, kept on going! :D

So yeah... All in all, it's for me, if other people want to use it, it will be available, and it will be great to see... But it's not a worry to me, I do this as a hobby see! :D Hehehe

And I've learnt so much from it too... Like, I was never a big "3D" developer, 2D mostly, but, this has forced me to understand all the concepts, the fundermentals and as such... That's priceless too! :)

The proof will be in the pudding when I finally make something "concrete", but, that's a few months away once I get it all Bristol fashion! :)

Nah, not really too complicated in itself, it  leans on Blitz3D/Plus and a bit of BlitzMax thrown in... Both for syntax and the runtime. The IDE has a few bells and whistles on, nothing ground breaking, and it's definitely not another Unity, but, testing this myself and seeing what it can do, it does shine a torch against it running wise, some bits I'm really proud of! :D lol

Anyway, just got to keep plugging away! ;) 

It's getting harder, with the size of the engine now... I had to have a fortnight away from it because it was just getting so cumbersome implementing things... But, I defo think I have the "brunt" of it in, and, apart the geometry manipulation stuff, I'll be moving on to brushes etc etc 

Then, I'll have a bit of a beta release (Set up it's own forum and such), so if you want to be added, I'll give you a shout when I'm at that point... At the minute, there probably is a bit of dev bias going off, so ideally, to tune it, it needs to be tested by others too... Others break things, which is nice! :P hehehe

Hey hey... I'm the author of BambooBasic, thanks for the nice comments... If your interested... Bit of an update here if your interested: Bamboo Basic Update... - SyntaxBoom

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Hope I haven't ruined your day Dabzy

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Nope, I'm sure I can shoe-horn the updates into Launchpad! ;) hehehe

Bought this product, which is good, but disappointed it does not contain the "Candyland" theme as described, so, for anyone else, be aware this download is not fully compatible with similar products from the author if you are looking at using them altogether. There is not 5 themes in the download, only 4!

Hey Ron, how you keeping... Hope all is well? :)

Nah, I'll let it slide matey, was just interested in seeing how/if it worked, and in any case, I've had fun with Swift in the Playground of Apples Developer tools, and found it, well, alright actually, little oddities, but, yeah, got meself a book now, this one:

Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies

Getting a bit tired of these multi platform things now, so, going to move some code over and do it natively instead... It's actually more easier learning a new language (And more fun) then mucking about with some of these multi-platform shenanigans, install this, install that, edit this file, add this to path, add a new environment variable blah blah blah! ;)

Anyway, nice to hear from you, stay safe me auld fruit! :)

Dabz

Big Sur states application needs updating for it to run...

Tech spec: Big Sur, Mac Mini 2020 M1

Dabz