Blitz! I remember that - faded away, didn't it.
Moved over to PureBasic after that (which used to have an Amiga version to boot).
www.purebasic.com
Moved over to PureBasic after that (which used to have an Amiga version to boot).
www.purebasic.com
PureBasic - A powerful BASIC programming language
Powerful BASIC programming language for Windows, Linux, OS X and Raspberry generating small and fast 32-bit or 64-bit native executables, without external dependencies.
www.purebasic.com
August 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Blitz! I remember that - faded away, didn't it.
Moved over to PureBasic after that (which used to have an Amiga version to boot).
www.purebasic.com
Moved over to PureBasic after that (which used to have an Amiga version to boot).
www.purebasic.com
Was just reading that someone was making a PC version about 10 years ago, but was kyboshed because BlitzBasic went bye-bye.
He then tried to get it working in PureBasic - and nothing since.
Giving me ideas beyond my station...😂
He then tried to get it working in PureBasic - and nothing since.
Giving me ideas beyond my station...😂
December 5, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Was just reading that someone was making a PC version about 10 years ago, but was kyboshed because BlitzBasic went bye-bye.
He then tried to get it working in PureBasic - and nothing since.
Giving me ideas beyond my station...😂
He then tried to get it working in PureBasic - and nothing since.
Giving me ideas beyond my station...😂
May 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
April 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I think #PureBasic is pretty good with backward compatibility. Problem is when you have a large codebase and some code paths that are seldom hit. Your app/game runs well but then on some rare circunstance something that your code expects to work in some way works differently and boom!... shit breaks
February 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I think #PureBasic is pretty good with backward compatibility. Problem is when you have a large codebase and some code paths that are seldom hit. Your app/game runs well but then on some rare circunstance something that your code expects to work in some way works differently and boom!... shit breaks
Hello #indiegamedev!
I like tinkering with game engines like gamers dive into their most beloved games. What is your favourite game engine?
I like trying new engines:
#GameMaker
#GDevelop
#Babylonjs
#AppGameKit
#PhaserJS
#Flutter
#Flame
#GLBasic
#PureBasic
#CopperCube
#Irrlicht
#Unity
#Unreal
I like tinkering with game engines like gamers dive into their most beloved games. What is your favourite game engine?
I like trying new engines:
#GameMaker
#GDevelop
#Babylonjs
#AppGameKit
#PhaserJS
#Flutter
#Flame
#GLBasic
#PureBasic
#CopperCube
#Irrlicht
#Unity
#Unreal
August 1, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Hello #indiegamedev!
I like tinkering with game engines like gamers dive into their most beloved games. What is your favourite game engine?
I like trying new engines:
#GameMaker
#GDevelop
#Babylonjs
#AppGameKit
#PhaserJS
#Flutter
#Flame
#GLBasic
#PureBasic
#CopperCube
#Irrlicht
#Unity
#Unreal
I like tinkering with game engines like gamers dive into their most beloved games. What is your favourite game engine?
I like trying new engines:
#GameMaker
#GDevelop
#Babylonjs
#AppGameKit
#PhaserJS
#Flutter
#Flame
#GLBasic
#PureBasic
#CopperCube
#Irrlicht
#Unity
#Unreal
New patch Alpha 0.1.2 for Itch io, Steam and Gamejolt !
store.steampowered.com/news/app/230...
#Hand2Hand #Hand2HandProject #gamedev #indie #indiedev #fightinggame #purebasic
store.steampowered.com/news/app/230...
#Hand2Hand #Hand2HandProject #gamedev #indie #indiedev #fightinggame #purebasic
Hand2Hand - Hand2Hand Alpha 0.1.2 - Steam News
Launcher, reorganized files, stance badge, accessibility, bug fixes, new Ruler animations
store.steampowered.com
July 22, 2026 at 8:37 AM
New patch Alpha 0.1.2 for Itch io, Steam and Gamejolt !
store.steampowered.com/news/app/230...
#Hand2Hand #Hand2HandProject #gamedev #indie #indiedev #fightinggame #purebasic
store.steampowered.com/news/app/230...
#Hand2Hand #Hand2HandProject #gamedev #indie #indiedev #fightinggame #purebasic
Schnelltipp für Programmierer: Bildschirm unter BlitzBasic und PureBasic (Amiga) löschen
mbergmann-sh.de/2025/03/22/s...
#Amiga #BlitzBasic #AmiBlitz3 #PureBasic #Programmieren #Programmers
mbergmann-sh.de/2025/03/22/s...
#Amiga #BlitzBasic #AmiBlitz3 #PureBasic #Programmieren #Programmers
Schnelltipp: Bildschirm unter BlitzBasic löschen - Michael Bergmann
Beim Schreiben von Programmen für die Shell steht man manchmal vor dem Problem, den Bildschirm (eigentlich: Den Inhalt der Shell) löschen zu müssen. Die meisten BASIC-Dialekte verfügen zu diesem Zweck...
mbergmann-sh.de
March 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Schnelltipp für Programmierer: Bildschirm unter BlitzBasic und PureBasic (Amiga) löschen
mbergmann-sh.de/2025/03/22/s...
#Amiga #BlitzBasic #AmiBlitz3 #PureBasic #Programmieren #Programmers
mbergmann-sh.de/2025/03/22/s...
#Amiga #BlitzBasic #AmiBlitz3 #PureBasic #Programmieren #Programmers
i went down a rabbit hole looking for contact info from the original developers. they've done a lot since then, one interview said they were even involved in the purebasic language
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
i went down a rabbit hole looking for contact info from the original developers. they've done a lot since then, one interview said they were even involved in the purebasic language
SimShock2025
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3704810/
SimShock2025 is a free, bilingual (EN/ES) hemodynamic shock simulator. Treat cardiogenic, hemorrhagic, and septic shock using real drugs and interventions. Written in PureBasic, available for Mac and Windows. Apple-signed and notarized.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3704810/
SimShock2025 is a free, bilingual (EN/ES) hemodynamic shock simulator. Treat cardiogenic, hemorrhagic, and septic shock using real drugs and interventions. Written in PureBasic, available for Mac and Windows. Apple-signed and notarized.
May 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
SimShock2025
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3704810/
SimShock2025 is a free, bilingual (EN/ES) hemodynamic shock simulator. Treat cardiogenic, hemorrhagic, and septic shock using real drugs and interventions. Written in PureBasic, available for Mac and Windows. Apple-signed and notarized.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3704810/
SimShock2025 is a free, bilingual (EN/ES) hemodynamic shock simulator. Treat cardiogenic, hemorrhagic, and septic shock using real drugs and interventions. Written in PureBasic, available for Mac and Windows. Apple-signed and notarized.
Fortunately PureBasic has inherited a lot of functionality from C: Threading, Structs, Lists, Hashmaps, Pointers and what not. But, yeah, there's no ==. Just =, and context provides the rest.😁And messing with Macros IS a ton of fun - it's a very close experience to coding your own language.
August 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Fortunately PureBasic has inherited a lot of functionality from C: Threading, Structs, Lists, Hashmaps, Pointers and what not. But, yeah, there's no ==. Just =, and context provides the rest.😁And messing with Macros IS a ton of fun - it's a very close experience to coding your own language.
Compiling #ruinsOfCalaworm to C takes quite a long time, lol. Will do that, of course, for retail, as it is the primarily supported backend now for #PureBasic.
Glad, tho, that we still have the option to compile to Assembler, which is blazingly fast, and therefore the better devOption.
Glad, tho, that we still have the option to compile to Assembler, which is blazingly fast, and therefore the better devOption.
August 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Compiling #ruinsOfCalaworm to C takes quite a long time, lol. Will do that, of course, for retail, as it is the primarily supported backend now for #PureBasic.
Glad, tho, that we still have the option to compile to Assembler, which is blazingly fast, and therefore the better devOption.
Glad, tho, that we still have the option to compile to Assembler, which is blazingly fast, and therefore the better devOption.
And this year, on July 24th, the thing he set out to do, has come full circle for the 6th time. 67k+ lines of code, 100% scope creep, 100% human art, 100% spaghetti code. 6 years ago, on that date, he wrote the very first line of code in the #PureBasic IDE.
How it started:
How it started:
July 24, 2026 at 3:42 PM
And this year, on July 24th, the thing he set out to do, has come full circle for the 6th time. 67k+ lines of code, 100% scope creep, 100% human art, 100% spaghetti code. 6 years ago, on that date, he wrote the very first line of code in the #PureBasic IDE.
How it started:
How it started:
Recent #ruinsOfCalaworm build was still compiled with a Beta branch of #PureBasic. Today I fully migrated my #coding tools to present version 6.40 - and it was fine.
Suspense moment, but nothing broke; only needed to update ReplaceString() behavior for a specific tag that's no longer supported.😥
Suspense moment, but nothing broke; only needed to update ReplaceString() behavior for a specific tag that's no longer supported.😥
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May 4, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Recent #ruinsOfCalaworm build was still compiled with a Beta branch of #PureBasic. Today I fully migrated my #coding tools to present version 6.40 - and it was fine.
Suspense moment, but nothing broke; only needed to update ReplaceString() behavior for a specific tag that's no longer supported.😥
Suspense moment, but nothing broke; only needed to update ReplaceString() behavior for a specific tag that's no longer supported.😥
PureBasic.
It's basically C with friendly BASIC Syntax. 😅
It's basically C with friendly BASIC Syntax. 😅
April 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM
PureBasic.
It's basically C with friendly BASIC Syntax. 😅
It's basically C with friendly BASIC Syntax. 😅
#PureBasic has a legacy Assembler back-end, and a brand new C one. With a project as large as mine, using C-compiler can take up to 1 min, while Assembler compiles in mere secs.
Using latter for testing, former for distribution.
Supported subsystems: DX9, DX11, and OpenGL.
#coding #gameDev
Using latter for testing, former for distribution.
Supported subsystems: DX9, DX11, and OpenGL.
#coding #gameDev
April 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
#PureBasic has a legacy Assembler back-end, and a brand new C one. With a project as large as mine, using C-compiler can take up to 1 min, while Assembler compiles in mere secs.
Using latter for testing, former for distribution.
Supported subsystems: DX9, DX11, and OpenGL.
#coding #gameDev
Using latter for testing, former for distribution.
Supported subsystems: DX9, DX11, and OpenGL.
#coding #gameDev
PureBasic is basically (pun intended) C with a BASIC-Syntax.😁
February 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
PureBasic is basically (pun intended) C with a BASIC-Syntax.😁
Hey, thanks for the kind words.
Mac build will unfortunately not be included. Not yet, that is. However, once the game has fully released, I wanna give it a shot at least, to compile it for Macs.
PureBasic is crossplatform language, but there might be unique quirks to address.
Mac build will unfortunately not be included. Not yet, that is. However, once the game has fully released, I wanna give it a shot at least, to compile it for Macs.
PureBasic is crossplatform language, but there might be unique quirks to address.
February 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Hey, thanks for the kind words.
Mac build will unfortunately not be included. Not yet, that is. However, once the game has fully released, I wanna give it a shot at least, to compile it for Macs.
PureBasic is crossplatform language, but there might be unique quirks to address.
Mac build will unfortunately not be included. Not yet, that is. However, once the game has fully released, I wanna give it a shot at least, to compile it for Macs.
PureBasic is crossplatform language, but there might be unique quirks to address.
FYI, #ruinsOfCalaworm is up to snuff. Been reporting compiler bugs and writing test snippets like crazy - now most recent Beta build of #PureBasic looks promising.
Crunched until night to bring all the necessary changes to my 63000+ lines of code. Both DirectX9 and OpenGL-mode are supported.
Crunched until night to bring all the necessary changes to my 63000+ lines of code. Both DirectX9 and OpenGL-mode are supported.
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May 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
FYI, #ruinsOfCalaworm is up to snuff. Been reporting compiler bugs and writing test snippets like crazy - now most recent Beta build of #PureBasic looks promising.
Crunched until night to bring all the necessary changes to my 63000+ lines of code. Both DirectX9 and OpenGL-mode are supported.
Crunched until night to bring all the necessary changes to my 63000+ lines of code. Both DirectX9 and OpenGL-mode are supported.
Headsup on the state of #ruinsOfCalaworm.
Development is on hold, cuz in the current Beta Build of #PureBasic, there's some glaring issues with Sprite transparency.
Seems like shit gonna be fixed, tho, with additional improvement to OpenGL-rendering. Will resume, once the next stable build drops.
Development is on hold, cuz in the current Beta Build of #PureBasic, there's some glaring issues with Sprite transparency.
Seems like shit gonna be fixed, tho, with additional improvement to OpenGL-rendering. Will resume, once the next stable build drops.
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May 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Headsup on the state of #ruinsOfCalaworm.
Development is on hold, cuz in the current Beta Build of #PureBasic, there's some glaring issues with Sprite transparency.
Seems like shit gonna be fixed, tho, with additional improvement to OpenGL-rendering. Will resume, once the next stable build drops.
Development is on hold, cuz in the current Beta Build of #PureBasic, there's some glaring issues with Sprite transparency.
Seems like shit gonna be fixed, tho, with additional improvement to OpenGL-rendering. Will resume, once the next stable build drops.