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Very good!

Hello,

I have a question. Will BazzBasic support full-screen feature in the future? 

https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=50

It is a nice sub-forum for BASIC enthusiasts. It is a sub-forum in the official forum of QB64 Phoenix Edition but is dedicated to discussions about different BASIC dialects (like QBJS, BAM, micro(A), SmallBASIC, etc.).  In this sub-forum, forum members share code, demos, and tools across multiple BASIC dialects. Moreover, discussion threads often showcase demo programs or small games, along with APIs or utilities. Furthermore, users reply actively, offering improvements and feedbacks. In fact, the good atmosphere encourages experimenting with BASIC beyond QB64 Phoenix Edition, creating a broader retro programming ecosystem. 

This sub-forum is small but moderately active.  It is a lively space for BASIC dialect enthusiasts and is ideal for those who enjoy experimenting with retro programming languages, sharing demos, or joining niche jams. It doesn’t have the scale of mainstream programming community but the atmosphere in this sub-forum makes interactions more direct and creative. Sure!

Showcase, yeah!

Hello, I am very glad since the jam will start after 10 days!

I look forward to all entries from our participants! I expect that their entries will be fun and enjoyable! Yeah! The game jam will be an interesting and challenging social event. I really hope that all entrants will enjoy creating their nice games for this event! This jam will be a very friendly environment to exchange game development experiences among participants. The jam will also be an effective learning process. So enjoy the jam!

Hi, one more thing, this jam will start about 10 days later. If you make a game for this jam, this entry will be a good BazzBasic introduction to  bring different BASIC lovers to learn about your new programming language. 
https://itch.io/jam/jam-for-all-basic-dialects-7

Wow! So many new examples! Well done! I have been busy recently. Maybe be I will try to run these examples later. By the way, the official discussion forum of BazzBasic is nice!

"And you are right about my passion towrds BazzBasic.  I want to get it to the point where I can make a game or few with it myself." <---- A versatile game language for hobbyists to make their favourite classic games! I believe that BazzBasic will meet this target very soon. You will succeed. 

Version 0.9 has been released? I am surprised now.  Maybe version 1.0 will be released within this month. You are very passionate about BazzBasic. Just curious. The name of the language is BazzBasic and the name is quite special. Why chose "Bazz"? 

Version 0.8 has been released? You are so hardworking. Will version 1.0 be released within Feb?

Good job. The sky is the limit!

 I tried version 0.7b and this program. Nice. 

The book is an introductory text for new programmers to learn how to code. It provides an excellent introduction to programming and AutoIt, and is for anyone who wants to understand the basics along with plenty of examples. AutoIt is a free automation software and BASIC scripting language for Windows. It is a very powerful tool and full featured applications can be created very quickly.

The address:
https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/files/file/351-learn-to-program-using-free-tools-with-autoit/

Thank you for joining this BASIC Jam!
With your presence, you will make the jam awesome!
The jam will begin after 25 days and I am really excited.
Good luck to all of you!!! Yeah!

Hello! Thanks for sharing the information of the progress of NeoBASIC. The progress is encouraging!

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for continue sharing news of your new software!

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