#BASIC Computer Games

[boredtechnologist]

101 Basic Computer Games and 84 More Basic Computer Games programming books

[laejoh]

acey_ducey.el

A few days ago I posted a BASIC computer listing of the game "Acey Ducey". Here is the final Elisp Emacs translation:

And here is a sample run:

[my-darling-boy]

Special circle of hell for game devs that still subject you to a diabolical grind to earn purchasable extras you’ve already paid for and make you wait significant real time hours to even slightly progress the main story of the game you’ve already paid for and then punish you by corrupting your save file or revoking basic game features if you attempt to try and get around the absurd restrictions in the game you’ve already paid for. You shell out so much money for a game, the least you could do is, oh I don’t know, let me play it

[reunitedinterlude]

threats? (1, 2, 3)

[r-aindr0p]

Other batch of art I have yet to ad color to, and I have only tomorrow left kinda to do it all, previous arts included :))) Still keeping my Ib propaganda up even if two people recognizes the game every year at the con + yuppie psycho propaganda too because I have encountered literally no one yet that has played and loved this game but it's like ??? it's such a good horror rpg ??? hgrdjhesfhhgjfksd (and the next game from YuppieP devs are working on a horror rpg around cults ?? I'm so ready)

And everything else has it's reputation already, cookies, more popular horror rpgs that I love as well (even if yume nikki is more ?? experimental than horror tbh) And Caldarus from fields of mistria :)) soon dateable dragon

[miiiwu]

rip vyvyan basterd you would’ve loved making insanely violent and bloody newgrounds flash animations in the 2000’s

[asydicsydney]

MY BOYS ARE DONEEEEE

Ahem- I've been hyperfixated on this game and these dorks for a few days now. I love drawing from reference but omg Jerry is the most painful thing to draw. Anyway, they are my boyfriends and they are boyfriends, no further questions your honor

[miketheskibidi]

something like this

[tennessoui]

it's been so long since i did a sith obi-wan au so like - how about an au where the sith are almost as established as the jedi (a temple, an order, followers numbering in the hundreds/thousands) but things are a bit more diplomatic in the galaxy (it's definitely tense but not all out war just yet)

so both the sith and jedi orders are alerted to a new rising power in the outer rim.....on tatooine of all places. a slave rebellion, led by shmi skywalker, has toppled the hutts. it's said that this new leader, queen of tatooine, has the Force's favor....but more importantly than that, shmi skywalker is a new galactic player, with a lot of money and a lot of support.....and a son of marriageable age.

cue both the jedi and the sith sending a delegation to tatooine - ostensibly to nurture galactic relations between their orders and the new power, but also to lowkey seduce shmi skywalker's son into marriage/a relationship because everyone knows that a parent's heart follows their children's happiness.

sith!obi-wan aka darth solence is selected to lead the sith seduction attempt. he's pretty confident - after all, he's led hundreds of seduction missions at this point, and he'd suffer a thousand different humiliations for the sake of the order of the sith who took him in after the jedi sent him to the agricorps.

the only problem is that he arrives on tatooine and shmi skywalker's son, anakin, is the most bland, boring, two-dimensional boy to ever breathe. he's completely uninterested in politics, in history, in the Force---he'd rather talk about pod-racing and--and Coruscanti daytime holo shows than anything of actual interest!

good thing the prince's manservant, kitster, is almost always hanging around. he's wrong about many things, obi-wan finds, but he's passionate. passionate and beautiful. oh, he loves pod-racing just as much as the prince, but he's fascinated by the Force and ready to tear obi-wan's eyes out over a passing negative observation on a droid. and did obi-wan mention that he's beautiful? with his golden curls and sky blue eyes and fierce scowl and broad shoulders and prominent eyebrows and even more prominent lips? the sith, as a general rule, appreciate passion, anger. beauty. obi-wan adores them as well.

but kitster the man servant isn't the person obi-wan has been flown to tatooine to seduce--he's duty-bound to seduce prince anakin. even if being around him feels like pulling his teeth out with rusty pliers.

if only obi-wan knew that shmi skywalker is more suspicious about the galaxy than she lets on. more protective of her son, too. if only he knew that her son, anakin, had a best friend growing up named kitster, who owed them both just enough life-debts to convince him to trade places with shmi's son for the length of the delegations' visit.

it's an easy sell after all -- who doesn't want to be a prince for a few weeks, no harm done?

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

( TOME AU ) tfw you wake up in the abyss of the game youve loved after 4 fucking years and your first thought is "where the FUCK is my HAT" (hopefully i can make this into a comic ??? or something. idk)

[stardustcrusaders]

opened up solitaire for windows for the first time in years and years and years because i wanted something mindless to do while listening to this podcast and theres ads in this shit now. in solitaire. ads. in solitaire for windows. they interrupt you playing solitaire (for windows) to show you an unskippable 30 second ad for some shitty mobile game-esque thing to download in the Solitaire & Casual Games App (where you play solitaire) (for windows)

[laejoh]

A fun way to learn a computer language is to recode old BASIC Computer games.

Here's a ZX81 BASIC version of Acey Ducey:

Here's Acey Ducey in Emacs Elisp:

[bamboo-is-a-lie]

I hope that in Tmagp it IS confirmed that Chester is Jon and that they gain sentience as a computer just so they can yell at people (I firmly believe that Jon would hate fucking everyone in Tmagp) and cry trying to get Norris/Martin to respond to him

[narfin-frood]

What would the shorts be in your AU? I think it be a live demonstration of how someone (Mr meteor) is integrated into the hivemind and how it's "safe" and "the right thing to do"- basically propaganda. but things keep messing up

wander's not like. super public with the cult the way hater is with his empire in the show, so i don't know whether he'd be airing something like that across the galaxy. hater's got like. totally negative charisma, especially when he's being recorded, and yet he continues recording himself, and i think that's a trait meteor would still share with him. mr meteor is very much like metroman of megamind to me, also, where he quits his life of fame & glory to become a nobody, but he still has that streak of like. craving the kind of attention a rockstar gets as opposed to the superhero/king treatment.

so i imagine the shorts would be like. meteor's vlogs on his youtube or something. and he's starting a series called Inside Planet Yonder or whatever where he sets up a camera in an unassuming place and does little dances for the camera until he gets caught. like a prank show or something, but very benign and mildly annoying as opposed to antagonistic. this does require the shorts to take place before wander is redeemed, but honestly, the timeline in this au is so scrambled when you try to put it up against the show itself (which is already crammed into two very short seasons) anyway

[girlvinland]

Ok was thinking more about some of my DS place HCs (these are just ones I personally like using for stories and whatnot. It is 10000% ok if you don’t like them or disagree). These are specifically places that appear in my own OC stuff, I’m not going through all three games for that at this second (maybe at some point though for fun though lol). Oh, and I’m leaving out places we see in-game for now (Lordran, Oolacile & the Royal Wood, etc.). Oh yeah, one more thing to add. A lot of these HCs are more oriented toward a time before everything started going to shit, however I imagine that in Dark Souls, there are still some cities or villages that maintain a way to either keep undead/hollows completely out or to cohabitate with undead who still have their wits about them. I like thinking that these places are still operating (for the most part) as close to normal as they can.

Carim: I always imagine it to be a very cold region that doesn’t get a ton of sunlight (I mainly based this on how in DS1, the character creator mentions people from Carim being very pale. A silly note, but dark blue hair is also specifically mentioned, so I gave that to two of my Carim chars 💙). In addition, I imagine Carim to be a mountainous, very mineral rich area, with coniferous/montane forests being the most common forest types. One may also find meadows, mountain springs, and geothermal features in the lower parts of the mountains. Titanite can be both mined and collected from monsters, and the region also has a major mineral export called Velkite (maybe this is a silly name, but I went with it anyway lol. I like imagining this material is used to make armor and weapons, and that’s it’s the same dark metal Morne’s armor is crafted from). Snowfall typically occurs from late autumn through early spring, and may transition to rain or other forms of precipitation before leading into a short few weeks of late spring or summer sunlight. These warmer periods are used in crop or flower cultivation in some areas, so predicting when (and if) they will occur has become something of an art in Carim. (No wonder though that some of our canon chars from Carim are so pissy— they’re not usually getting enough Vitamin D 😫).

Astora: Somewhat geographically diverse, with different sections of the region stretching into different biomes. Part of Astora is covered in rolling, grassy hills and meadows that bloom with wildflowers in the spring. I HC that some flat areas may be used for the growth and harvest of certain crops, as the climate is relatively temperate and receives a lot of sunshine (praise it 🌞) with enough short periods of rain to encourage growth. Vegetables (corn, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, soybeans, etc.) are a big export, and fields of sunflowers are quite commonly seen being cultivated as well. Like Carim, this is another region where weather prediction has become important, although in Astora’s case it relates more to rotating crops appropriately and planning for any potential dry spells. Other parts of Astora are more forested with mostly deciduous forests, but occasionally you will find coniferous woods. In these areas, forestry is abundant, with tree growth being managed and timber being harvested for firewood and construction purposes. Much of it is kept within the region, though a small amount is exported. Several rivers flow through Astora, creating nutrient-dense soil. Throughout the region, outcrops of limestone, sandstone, and shale can be seen.

Zena: I HC this region as being an island off the coast of the mainland. It is, therefore, a smaller region, but it is a common location for merchants and tradings. There are a couple of major ports on the island (one closer to the mainland, and one that receives ships and boats from lands elsewhere). The climate here is mostly tropical, and remains hot and humid for much of the year. Most inhabitants of Zena hail from other regions, and few of its original population remain. For those traveling further out from the mainland, it serves as a last stop for goods and preparation, and for many it also holds the allure of black market trades 🏴‍☠️.

Catarina: A large region with a big amount of geographical diversity, as one stretch is coastal with a Mediterranean-type climate, while the remainder ranges from subtropical to temperate. Like Zena, the coastal area has port cities where one can find bustling marketplaces and visitors from all over. Beyond those cities, the region is home to a couple of mountain ranges that contain and further lead into deciduous and coniferous woods as the landscape transitions towards that of Carim’s. While these more wooded areas experience a fair amount of precipitation that ranges from light rain to snow, much of Catarina enjoys a slightly dry and fair climate, with decent amounts of sunshine that encourage a well-minded populace. Certain fruits, wines, and ales are common exports from Catarina 🍻. Livestock and animal-derived products get special attention as well: milk, cheese, and chocolate from this cooler sections of the region can be sought after.

[dimalink]

Bufcolor – this is a new word

Game about different colors. You need to collect/build columns with colors. Fill every column with its own color. Control with keyboard. Arrows and space. And, also, there is a buffer. It is additional little column, where you put a little cube, that you do not need now. Buffer contains only one little cube. It is need for exchange.

For a long time, I wanted to make lots of small games with Basic. And, this time, I achieve this point. It is, exactly this kind small game. About different colors. Little cubes. There are several columns. For example, 3 or 5.

And, also, there is little column number 6 – this is buffer. Withing this you put little cube for exchange. In buffer it can be only one little cube. And you need to set all the colors in columns, except buffer with same colors. First little column with green, second with red. This is about you. You select colors. But only one idea – each column need to be with its own color. With the result. In this case you complete the level.

This kind of entertainment can be with Ms Dos, Nes, MSX, other 8 bit computers in 80s. It is funny thing, entertainment for engineer at the evening. To collect columns.

There are several color palette. And two types of visual view. First – it is simple columns. Something like to down view. Everything is straight. Second - it is isometrical. Something like pseudo 3d. With some angle. So this way it is more beautiful. But  a little less with understanding. Amount of columns is different from 3 to 5.

I had for a long time lots of ideas. I think they are for Basic. Ideas for simple games. And so this is a moment of realization – it is here. With using of Basic. This is one more small game.

Title is consist with two words. But it is as a one word. New word. Bufcolor. This is after word buffer. And color. This is all the idea. You collect columns with colors. And you need one more little column as buffer for exchange. And here it is to appear a new word – bufcolor.

So, how it is cool to know how to programming with Basic. With suing this language you can do realization of lots your ideas. For example, computer games. Spirit of 80s. 8 bit computers. This is just amazing. Once again, little plus goes to side of the Basic. And dialects of Basic. Such as Free Basic. This time for this thing. And amazing code editor – Gvim.

Little columns and colors. And, also, a buffer for 1 little cube. To replace little cubes, when all of them are full in columns. With most beginning, they are filled with chaos order and random order. And you need to sort them. And to have a situation – that every column is with its own one color. You need this buffer. It is very valuable term. Without it - it will be impossible. And buffer -it is so minimal length little column with 1 little cube. You can put in buffer only one little cube. But this is enough. To start to make exchanges between little columns.  

Select little cube. Put in a buffer. Later, select little cube from columns and put it to the empty place. Later, take from buffer little cube, which is already there and put it at the empty place in columns. For example, this way.

Control is simple. With arrows from the keyboard. And space to select a column. Or cancel your selection. Select you made and next do move. This is a fantasy, dream about little columns and different colors. There are max columns with 5. And number six for buffer, always 6 -it is buffer. So, palette is with 5 colors. But colors for little cubes are random way to go. So, every time you launch -you see different color picture.  Firs little cube was green.it is now red during next start. And alter blue. So, neat again – some else color.

And yes - have your excellent Basic day!

Basic Pascal version 1.18 "Duckling" – most newest version. In this version there are 4 new games! Puddles at Countryside, Duckling Pseudo 3D, Road to Countryside, Duckling Goes 2D. And even more retro games! It is a pack of retro games with modern versions of Basic and Pascal.

It is now in development new version Basic Pascal pack games. This game will be included in a new version.

Basic Pascal: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/games/basicpascal/index_eng.html Website: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/home_eng.html Itchio: https://dimalink.itch.io/basic-pascal