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It is good news for BASIC hobbyists. By the way, the documentation of BazzBasic was clearly written. It is good for the novice to learn programming easily. 

You meant BASIC Jam (#7)?

1. Press the button "Join jam".
2. 3 selected themes will be disclosed at the start of March.
3.  Make a game(your entry, based on one of the 3 selected themes).
4.  After you finish making your entry, upload your entry to your Itch account and submit it to the jam. 

Hi.....I am very excited as the game jam will start after around 1 month!
The game jam will be fun and it will be a creative, exciting, social experience!!
Besides, I believe that the entries submitted by participants will surpass our expectations!!! I am looking forward to our entrants' games....

I think that SyntaxBoom forum is a nice forum and reading their posts are enjoyable. 

It is a small but lively retro programming forum. Moreover, there is a consistent engagement from a core group of users. They share engines, ports and development logs. Recent forum activity shows that some forum threads have dozens of replies and views. The forum tone is casual, humorous and friendly. The administrator is the author of BambooBasic. 

Maybe the forum  is still small but it is clearly active and expanding. If you're into Blitz-family languages, BASIC dialects, game engines, code experiments, indie game development with a nostalgic twist, etc., it's worth checking in. 

https://www.syntaxboom.net/

QB64 and QBJS are so popular nowadays. Is it correct? 

For your reference, 

These two books seem to comprehensively cover almost everything stock DarkBASIC Pro has to offer. A great book to learn programming and DarkBASIC Pro. Very useful for a newbie.

The address:
https://forum.thegamecreators.com/thread/228887

It is a thoughtful to‑do list.

Hello, long time no see. Today I wrote my comment here: https://itch.io/t/5816272/use-the-tag-qbjs-to-list-qbjs-games-on-itch

Well done.

https://itch.io/games/tag-qbjs

Tag is a convenient tool. Using the tag 'qbjs' can list games which were developed with QBJS on Itch. Wow, there are 15 projects from several members. Though the tool is relatively new or its history is short,  the QBJS tag already has 15 games or projects. Good job. That’s a healthy early adoption rate. The fact that creators of games are tagging and sharing them shows community interest.

QBJS(https://boxgm.itch.io/qbjs) is a modern re‑implementation of QBASIC that runs in the browser via JavaScript. It allows retro BASIC code to be executed online, making it accessible without installing old interpreters. Technically, it’s clever because it bridges retro programming with modern web tech. Running QBASIC code in a browser is a neat feat, lowering the barrier for hobbyists.

There is no doubt that its appeal is strongest among retro computing enthusiasts. QBJS is not mainstream popular, but it’s quite vibrant for such a new tool. I have confidence in QBJS’s future as a sustainable retro programming tool.  Maybe it will not rival Contruct or Godot in popularity but it will be a very specialized tool with a lot of loyal fans.

Hello...I hope that this forum can become a suitable place for BASIC lovers to share ideas, news, information, etc.  

BazzBasic is a good attempt and you are on the right track. Keep up the good work! By the way, the logo of BazzBasic (  )
is simple but tidy and elegant. Nice.

Hello, 

For your reference,                                                                                      

No Time To Play said:
"...... it's great."

Sure!!!! Very great. 

Welcome to this forum!. Thanks for providing the news of BazzBasic. I also tried  BazzBasic. Without any problem. Quite good!

"It is intended to be easy, fun, and provide
those small but significant moments of success
that early BASIC programming languages offered
decades ago. But with a slightly more modern twist."

A new BASIC dialect was released:
https://ekbass.github.io/BazzBasic/
( https://rcbasic.freeforums.net/thread/936/bazzbasic-win-x64?page=1&scrollTo=9178 )

A tip for all people who are interested in future jams: I highly recommend clicking "Subscribe to new topics" of this forum. Subscribing will make you get email notifications of new topics. If I decide when future jams will be hosted, I will write posts in the Off Topic sub-forum.

This forum is really useful. 

Most games, tools, etc. on Itch are with messageboards only. Actually, a complete forum can also be made. Sure. Really nice! The following forum was created within a short period of time easily. The forum creation system is user-friendly. Itch, good job!!!

This is the forum which I created: 
https://davidjamisfun.itch.io/basic-information-useful-for-self-learning/communi...

Hello,  I saw the name 'pfaber11' in the old SyntaxBomb forum. In fact, I read many comment posts from you about different programming languages.  I learnt a lot from you. Sure. This is my post about a language and maybe you never try this language.  
https://itch.io/t/5781385/a-technical-introduction-to-rcbasic

Hi, your post about RCBasic is interesting. Good!!
https://itch.io/t/5781385/a-technical-introduction-to-rcbasic

I used the software RCBasic several years ago. Being an amateur,  it is a very user-friendly language. The language is reliable and good. I read a detailed post written by its author today. It is a brief technical introduction to the software. The introduction is interesting and the RCBasic manual never talks about technical details of RCBasic. 

https://rcbasic.freeforums.net/post/9173/thread

In my view, RCBasic is a very nice software and I encourage BASIC hobbyists to download to try this free software.. 

BASIC hobbyiests should be interested in the discussion topics of the  following facebook group.

Members of the BASIC Programming Language Facebook group usually engage in nostalgic discussions about BASIC dialects while sometimes  discussing modern technical applications of the BASIC language.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2057165187928233/

Hello!

Happy New Year!!!

The link was changed.  

Hello, today I read an article on a blog. Is it your blog? Anyway, the article is insightful.
https://itch.io/t/5760843/an-article-basic-isnt-dead-it-just-grew-up

I have read a short article today: 

If you learned to program in the 80s or 90s, chances are your first line of code looked something like this:

 PRINT "Hello, World!"

To many, BASIC feels like a relic of computing’s early days—an outdated teaching tool overshadowed by modern languages like Python or JavaScript. But that assumption couldn't be more wrong. BASIC never disappeared. It diversified. It evolved. And today, it lives on in a wide range of powerful, practical dialects still being used to build games, web tools, business systems, and more.

The above part is only the first part of the article. The whole article is on the following page. Being an amateur or hobbyist, I agree with the points of the article. The author still has confidence in BASIC. The author is the developer of the language PlayBASIC and has other very interesting articles about BASIC on the blog:

 https://kevinpicone.com/?page=Articles.84.basic-isnt-dead-it-just-grew-up 

This forum thread looks like the development blog of BambooBasic.
https://www.syntaxboom.net/forum/general-development-discussion/707-bamboobasic-rc-2#post1044

You are so humble. Sure. By the way, your ability to create so many nice games can inspire other indie game developers to put better ideas  in their games.

Hello,

Long time no see! How are you?  There are many games written by you here. Well done! I wrote a post in this forum: the link

Keep up the good work!

Amazing. This is the webpage:

https://larrybtoys.itch.io/

I still remember that the developer(Larry) is the winner of BASIC Jam No.6. Larry's entry is outstanding: 

https://larrybtoys.itch.io/120-seconds-to-save-the-world

Since Larry used GFA-BASIC to make so many games, I believe that GFA-BASIC should be a very nice language. However, I am surprised because GFA-BASIC is not a 64-bit compiler. Anyway, I encourage people to download the games to play and also try  the language and the compiler. .

Wow. I still remember this game. Long time no see again.  How  are you? I was so busy in 2025. However, BASIC Jam#7 will be held in March: link. If you have time, you are very welcome to join!

 Interesting topics which you may be interested, too:

BASIC dialects on Itch.
https://itch.io/t/5671476/basic-dialects-on-itch

Comprehensive Learning Materials for BASIC
https://itch.io/board/5444322/comprehensive-learning-materials-for-basic

Top Game Engines on Itch
https://itch.io/t/5671319/top-game-engines-on-itch

About another forum
https://itch.io/t/5673489/about-this-forum

Hi! It is a fun game jam. Sure!

https://itch.io/jam/jam-for-all-basic-dialects-7

Why may the jam be suitable for you? 

1.  Creating a game in BASIC dialect is entertaining!

2.  There are several themes for entrants to select. Not only one theme.

3.  It is a one-month jam. Therefore, entrants will have enough time to make their entries as perfect as possible.

I see. Good! I hope that your language will be very successful. Good luck. 
( https://itch.io/t/5687115/neobasic )

Hello......a new BASIC dialect is being developed. The name is NeoBASIC. It is a BASIC dialect with the famous raylib library. If you are interested in raylib, you should also be interested in NeoBASIC. The information of this dialect is here:
https://itch.io/post/15104012

Hello....long time no see! I see the new logo.  Is NEOBASIC a new BASIC dialect developed by you? Feel free to leave news of your new BASIC dialect here: https://itch.io/board/5444321/basic-dialects

I usually discovered new BASIC dialects when I was making Itch's jam each time. When I was making BASIC Jam#7, I discovered two new BASICs. Both BASICs look quite good: CyberBasic and BambooBasic. 

You are welcome to share your thoughts, feedbacks, or opinions on them.

Since Itch doesn't let each member to make a main forum on each member's page, it is not too convenient for communication between members. This is the reason that I tried to create this current forum. I also put some useful links in some posts in this forum and maybe they will be useful to some members. Anyway, welcome to this forum! Actually, you can talk about anything in this forum . Just treat it as a comfortable place. 

Feel free to post your introduction, share your interests, or ask questions to get started!

As the festivals quickly approach, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

Merry Christmas to all of you!

There are two comprehensive tutorials.

MS Small Basic-An Introduction to Programming
https://www.microsoft.com/en-hk/download/details.aspx?id=14246&6B49FDFB-8E5B-4B07-BC31-15695C5A2143=1

Coding Clubs Curriculum(14 pdf files) & extra Level 1 to 3 Tutorials(3 pdf files)
https://smallbasic-publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/tutorials

GameBuilder BASIC (GB BASIC)
https://tonywang.itch.io/gbbasic

GB BASIC Alpha
https://tonywang.itch.io/gbbasic-alpha 

BBCSDL
https://bbcbasic.itch.io/bbcsdl  

BlitzMax
https://nitrologic.itch.io/blitzmax  

Blitz3D
https://blitzresearch.itch.io/blitz3d

AppGameKit Studio
https://thegamecreators.itch.io/appgamekit-studio

ugBASIC
https://spotlessmind1975.itch.io/ugbasic-ide

Sprite Basic
https://pixarts.itch.io/sprite-basic-game-programming

BasicC
https://robosy.itch.io/basicc

MiniBASIC
https://joestrout.itch.io/minibasic

QBJS
https://boxgm.itch.io/qbjs

RCBasic
https://n00bcode.itch.io/rcbasic-basic-programming-language-for-games

Commando Basic
https://lucidapogee.itch.io/commando-basic

Craft Basic
https://lucidapogee.itch.io/craftbasic  

PlayBASIC
https://playbasic.itch.io/

The address: 
https://itch.io/game-development/engines