It is also relatively cheap software http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2030&page=lite
with a bundle here http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_bundle&id=17 those who try this out will find some similarities with this and S*BASIC and Neil is quite right it is geared towards games and 3D environments but there are a hell of a load of commands and functions. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Neil Riley <[email protected]>wrote: > I used to Dabble a little using Dark Basic Professional, a rather nice Gui > front end Basic mainly aimed at writing 'games'. > A couple of my friends teenage boys enjoyed messing with it as it was very > easy to code and results came quickly. > > This is worth a read for those interested. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DarkBASIC > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Usher > Sent: 23 February 2012 10:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ql-Users] Nascent project: Cross-platform SuperBASIC derivative. > > The Raspberry Pi project and my work at Oxford University supporting a > science department has had me thinking for some time about the need for a > modern equivalent to the old home computer systems and the BASIC language > which came on them. > > On the home computer front, as shown in the second episode of the BBC's > "Electric Dreams", teenage boys are still enthused by being able to > program, as long as within 15 minutes they can start annoying their family > with sounds and putting their name on the screen in gaudy colours. Plotting > things on the screen simply is also important. The energy barrier must not > be very high. > > On the scientific front, there are many people who need to do some > programming but find the energy barrier for learning traditional > programming languages (and even Matlab) too steep. They need a simple > language with which to process data and plot their data in a publishable > quality format. > > To this end, I see SuperBASIC as a very good starting point, which needs > to be extended with modern data structures such as compound variables and > proper variable scoping. > > I've been thinking about this quite hard in the last few days and have > written up my initial thoughts on my blog: > > http://www.lingula.org.uk/wordpress/2012/02/23/notsobasic/ > > Any comments and possible help appreciated. ;-) > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > > *********************************************************************************** > The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient. > It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor > may it be copied in any way. If received in error, please contact the > company on 01234-265380, then delete it from your system. Please note > neither the company nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses > and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any) for viruses. > No contract may be concluded on behalf of the company by means of email > communications. > > BC Services (UK) Limited (trading as Boxclever), Technology House, > Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9QQ. Registered No. 5290544 England > > www.boxclever.co.uk > > *********************************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
