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Announcements / Re: PMS

« on: 2018-Aug-21 »

Wow, looks amazing!!  Looking forward to the full release.

Ha, PMS?  Does that stand for "Perpetual Motion Squad"?  Big Bang Theory reference.

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Off Topic / Re: OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH!

« on: 2018-Apr-03 »

Damn, I hate when Easter falls on April 1st - leaves us distracted and vulnerable!   
Good one!  And I just received my Gamebuino. I thought I had to dust off my copy of GLBasic.

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Code Snippets / Re: DRAWRECT using POLYVECTOR from a Image

« on: 2018-Feb-27 »

For a DRAWLINE replacement, I found some old code for drawing a line using POLYVECTORs.
You specify the start and end point, the line thickness, and the line colour.

http://www.glbasic.com/forum/index.php?topic=8796.msg74810#msg74810

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Off Topic / Re: Whats Santa bringing you?

« on: 2018-Jan-04 »

I upgraded my wheel to implement Google's self-driving car algorithm.
So much easier to drive now! Heck, I can sleep and wake up an hour later and have won ten games! Getting mad skillz!  Sorry, stupid joke! 

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Off Topic / Re: Gamebuino Meta

« on: 2017-Dec-19 »

This looks so cool - I couldn't resist, so I just ordered one! Can't wait.
$150 Canadian - not cheap, but seems worth it.

I love the robotics options and think I'll have fun with that too.
Now I just gotta come up with a cool pixelated game idea.

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GLBasic - en / Re: GLBasic News?

« on: 2017-Jun-23 »

Ya, I pretty much learned the UI over the years.  I still use it to handle audio and graphics (images, shaders, materials, etc).  I gave up on using it for the game GUI, as I kept making changes that I'd have to change in every menu.  So I designed a Style (skinning) library, and UI library, so one line of code can place a stylized button on the screen, and handle the different resolutions and aspect ratios.  It all depends on the game type, mine is fully dynamic, so mostly through code makes sense.  But there's still no option to whip you to keep you motivated!   

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GLBasic - en / Re: GLBasic News?

« on: 2017-Jun-22 »

That was my biggest complaint about Unity - too much UI interaction, just let me code, damn it!
The learning curve is huge!  Took me years to get comfortable, and I'm still learning.
So over that time I've managed to create my own library of classes to allow me to code my games without interacting in the UI much.  My scenes are fairly empty, and I dynamically create my gameobjects at runtime, and add the desired behaviours. Ahh, that feels much better.   

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GLBasic - en / Re: GLBasic News?

« on: 2017-Jun-16 »

GLBasic is great for 2D games, but is lacking a lot of functionality for 3D (stuck with OpenGLES 1.1 last time I checked), so lacks most shader functionality.  Also, both 2D and 3D have no physics engine.  And it is not an OOP language (debatable if this is good / bad! ).  Multi-platform support is buggy, but considering only a couple of people are working on it, it is actually pretty good.

But understanding this, it still has some amazing strengths.
It is fast, in my testing, as you mentioned. 
It is very easy to learn (my nephew had a platformer style game working with almost no programming experience).  Who doesn't love programming in BASIC?!
Knowledgeable and helpful forum support (although fairly quiet recently)!

I'd still be using it if it was OOP, had physics, and an up-to-date OpenGL.

I was (half joking) suggesting a rewrite if it could fix the above issues. And not for competing with the other engines, but as a learning experience.  (Rather than trying to patch the existing GLBasic code.)  Ha, ya it would be difficult - I wouldn't know where to begin!

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GLBasic - en / Re: GLBasic News?

« on: 2017-Jun-06 »

But participating in creating a new game engine would look great on your résumé / CV!   
Really, GLBasic is very close to being complete, with a few bugs remaining.
But it is still a non-OO language.  A rewrite could fix that.   

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GLBasic - en / Re: GLBasic News?

« on: 2017-Jun-06 »

Gernot might not want to do a GLBasic 2 (as cool as that sounds), as it is so much effort for little benefit (financially, unless it becomes very popular.)

He should consider a community open sourced version, completely rewritten from scratch, with modularity and simplified platform support integrated at a low level.  It would be great if each command's code could be separate and independent, with optional code files for each platform, if needed. (Ha, I have no idea, never written my own language!)

The problem with this might be that not many people would contribute (especially if done in C++. C# would be nice. Hey, write it in GLBasic!).  It would take a long time, but would be a fun and rewarding experience.  Who hasn't wanted to write their own programming language?

Only an hour until lunch!  I'm thinking burgers, for some reason.

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Off Topic / Re: Code music

« on: 2017-May-10 »

Cool code, bigsofty!  Surprisingly similar to my suggestion.

I agree, it is tedious and requires patience. 
My maze 3d models where done in code (both the GLBasic and Unity versions), and they have relatively simple geometry.
I still encountered many problems. They were easy to fix, but hard to find. (Usually flipped triangles!)

But, I have a hard time using a normal modeling program!
I get the concepts, just the UI is hard to master (mainly only tried Blender).

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Off Topic / Re: Code music

« on: 2017-May-04 »

Cool idea!
Now I need somebody to do the same thing for a 3D modeling command script program.

Such as (Purely make up numbers!) :

Code: GLBasic [Select]

[BODY]
BOX 10, 10, 100, 100

[ARM: PARENT=BODY]
BOX 40, 30, 100, 100
BOX 40, 30, 15, 15
JOINT 60, 60 // Arm joint to attach to body

[LEG: PARENT=BODY]
etc

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Beta Tests / Re: Simple Turtle

« on: 2017-May-04 »

Great idea for a GLBasic project!
30 years ago, I had so much fun in school with LOGO and commanding that little turtle!
Couldn't draw much more than spirals and flowerish stuff though.

It would be fun to add more commands, such as boxes, circles, or an arc line for curves.
Or be able to draw a pattern, then duplicate that pattern with scale and rotation, etc.

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Announcements / Re: Reggie World ( Pandora , PC )

« on: 2017-Apr-28 »

I agree - great video!  Can't wait to play this game, it is a great showcase for what can be done in GLBasic!
I tried my 3D maze game in GLBasic years back but gave up, and moved it to Unity.

I still like dropping by the forums here though to see what's happening, and what people are creating.
Your source code must be well organized and modular to create something this complex!

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GLBasic - en / Re: Need a spam filter and antispam filter or some sort?

« on: 2017-Mar-17 »

I kinda like the spam. How else am I going to learn how to enlarge this small penis of mine?!