Hey, I have used a language a while ago (many year...
# linking-togethers
Shubhadeep Roychowdhury
11/19/2019, 8:33 PMHey, I have used a language a while ago (many years to be precise) called Dark Basic. It was useful to experiment with my first game programming but then I moved to C++. Have anyone used it ever? What did you think of it?
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pbiggar
11/20/2019, 4:13 AMNo, but love the name!
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Shubhadeep Roychowdhury
11/20/2019, 8:36 AMđ They seem to open sourced a lot of it - https://www.thegamecreators.com/product/dark-basic-pro-open-source
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Ian Rumac
11/20/2019, 2:08 PMomg! I remember that!
Ian Rumac
11/20/2019, 2:11 PMBack then I just learned QBasic and wanted to make a game, but tbh it didnât seem âpowerfulâ (I was an idiot), so I ended up doing C++/OpenGL/GLUT combo. But DB is so simple and effective now that I look at it, not surprised itâs still alive. The syntax is amazingly readable for what it offers
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Shubhadeep Roychowdhury
11/20/2019, 3:30 PMThat I completely agree with you. I remember how easy it was when I was doing it using DB. I am really happy to see that they are still alive and releasing new things.
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Ian Rumac
11/21/2019, 11:09 AMI hope some new kids get to use it and it inspires them like it did me, but I kinda figure kids nowadays are born as Unity expert game devs đ
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Shubhadeep Roychowdhury
11/21/2019, 11:51 AMWell said @Ian Rumac đ
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Chris Knott
11/30/2019, 11:23 AMI learned to program in DB (the original interpreted version). It used to feature every so often on the PC Gamer cover disc