09-14-2007, 02:32 PM
I'm currently using Blitzplus for the very reason wildcard and others loved the qbide so much. It's just really easy and straight forward to use and it has one of the best help setups I can think of. The language is also very streamlined and has everything needed to make 2d games and small gui apps. I had stuff bouncing around on the screen minutes. Programming has actually become fun for a change :o .
I also took quick look at emergence basic Dav mentioned. It's built on NASM (netwide assembler) and looks really good. I'm actually pretty amazed with it, because it blows most of the pay basics out there out of the water. It has built in DX, Gui, sound and joystick functions, and a lot of c type stuff such as pointers and classes as well. The IDE is really clean and supports modules. It's also loaded with help files and documentation (a big round of applause to the developers for that). This is defiantly one to look out for. It might even be a better free basic than freebasic!
I also took quick look at emergence basic Dav mentioned. It's built on NASM (netwide assembler) and looks really good. I'm actually pretty amazed with it, because it blows most of the pay basics out there out of the water. It has built in DX, Gui, sound and joystick functions, and a lot of c type stuff such as pointers and classes as well. The IDE is really clean and supports modules. It's also loaded with help files and documentation (a big round of applause to the developers for that). This is defiantly one to look out for. It might even be a better free basic than freebasic!
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