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I think it's a good idea to start with a Pong clone like you said, as it's the closest to a 'Hello World' game as I can think of.

It gives you some game programming foundations like:
- menus / loading screen, etc
- input (just up and down for the paddles perhaps)
- basic animation / sprite displaying (ball, paddle)
- collision detection (either sprite based, or manually by ball / paddle position)
- score and lives management / display
- sound if you want to go there
- most important, project management.  (how you lay out your code, and make use of GLBasic / programming features such as:
   -> TYPES
   -> FUNCTIONS
   -> STATE management (what your game is doing right now (either MENU, PLAYING, GAMEOVER_DISPLAY, etc))
   -> Multiple project files / modules that handle specific functions (may be overkill for pong, but a good habit to learn), ie: Input, Sound, Display, etc.

Apparently OOP isn't a requirement just learn it if you feel like it.

I agree mostly with the guys/gals here i began my coding out of C64 mags and i too never knew what they were about and would always get a syntax error.

I never knew what syntax ever meant until i got my Amiga and a copy of Easy Amos then i moved to Amos creator then eventually Amos Pro.

The beauty of this SDK is in its power and familirality to past BASIC and the fact that it seems to ease you into 3D only when ready.
3D always scared me but with this SDK i have a better understanding which will hopefully hold me in good sted. you will also learn some C concepts whilst using this language such as OO which is a boon for BASIC compilers

Nice conversion.

I have to say though the turns are very angular and rather snappy.

Maybe time for a remake rather than conversion. 

Cant say I've had that trouble - what were you doing ?

Nothing in paticular my Firewall is in interacvtive mode so i can keep an eye on all inbound outbound activity any new activity needs to be authorised by me.

Just wondering why your demo attempts to make an outbound connection what is it trying to send?

EDIT...
Just read your blog think i know now from the screenshots why its attempting to make an outbound connection but you may want to look into why it freeze's PC when connection attempt fails or is denied.

BUG!

This froze my W7 X64 Dual Core PC when conflicting with my Firewall

Thank you bumblebee.

Hi newbie noob here.

Just wondering where or how do  i make a stand alone executable of a program i create?

Thanks.