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Commando Basic

Fast, Compact, Powerful, Educational, Professional · By Lucid Apogee

Thank you! I love basic!

A topic by Magos_Cybernetica created Aug 28, 2023 Views: 194 Replies: 7
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How different is Commando Basic from your Craft Basic? Also are these Windows 7 compatible? The wide range of system compatibility has me interested in using these for simple game development. I'm quite invested in Pure Basic but we can never have too many BASIC languages! :D

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Commando Basic is "tokenized " and much faster than Craft Basic. Their syntax is similar. I have added minimal string support, although it isn't standard. I don't see why they won't run on Win7. Both languages have unique features. For example, Craft Basic uses no gfx library while Commando does.

My languages are educational experiments. They aren't nearly as advanced as Pure Basic, Just Basic, Yabasic, or Basic256. I would say that they are closer to Tiny Basic variants with fancy features trying to be a "real" programming language. I would say that they are the modern equivalent of an ASIC like product.

I have a backlog of errors to correct and am working on it daily. There's always tons of mistakes for me to iron out.

I would be amazed to see if anyone comes up with neat software using my languages. If you run into trouble, please leat me know where I need to improve.

Does the gfx library of Commando Basic make game development viable?

Hello, I want to say that there are some BASIC dialects which are suitable for game development. Perhaps you will be interested and I listed them here:
https://itch.io/jam/jam-for-all-basic-dialects-5

Here's one more possible BASIC dialect to add to the list: 
Daric IDE


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Hello, if this software is released, I will add the URL to the list. Thanks for the information. I hope that the development team will succeed. Good luck to them!

Great link! I don't have time to join the game jam but will keep my eye on everything. I have appgamekit, it appears to be the most complete package for game development but I am  using Purebasic right now for my Terminal games.

Hello, 

AppGameKit and PureBasic look very versatile.