Added a program launcher "menu.bas", and tweaked "matrix.bas" to have controls!

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https://cyberhole.online/basic/?run=menu.bas
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Did some minor Mystic Dungeon fixes (tile loading errors are a little less fragile), and updated Grimoire to use the same tiles, tho there's still no load/save/export on that.

Wanna get the Grimoire tool finished so I can update the dungeon maps in a less hacky manner. Original plan was something like seasonal new dungeon, with high scores like I had when I ran complex server shit. OR, I could make a really big world of connected floors.

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More BASIC toys

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https://cyberhole.online/basic/

Awari had some really annoying code, but it plays a good game of it, I had a hell of a time beating it ONCE.

Banner makes nice big banners on the line printer! Also makes the most awful sound possible, making a new printer sound is on my TODO list, just mute your computer when it says.

Also a couple more bug fixes in Mystic Dungeon
https://cyberhole.online/dungeon/

And much more to come!

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Did some maintenance on Mystic Dungeon, now has usable skills & high-level jobs. I haven't playtested this much, but it Rogue vs Warrior plays different. Magic types still don't have any spells, I suggest rerolling if you get Apprentice or Druid.

TinyBasicWeb got disk cleanup & another Creative Computing game, including fixing a 50-year-old bug! (you could bet negative to "lose" more money).

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It was getting messy in the TinyBasicWeb "disk", so there are now directories

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It's 1982, and you're a latch-key kid. A storm is rolling in.

Making progress on the little BASIC text adventure. It's only like 400 lines for 11 rooms so far, I figure 100-ish rooms when I'm done.

Goblins might also get done this week.

And it wouldn't hurt to click that Patreon button, like & subscribe!
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Making little utility functions is half the fun of writing BASIC.
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For your elocution and amusement,
the talking computer,

IN THE CYBER HOLE
https://cyberhole.online/basic/?run=eliza.bas

WARNING: ELIZA is not your girlfriend.
ELIZA is not becoming sapient.
ELIZA is not "artificial intelligence", or even artificial stupidity.
ELIZA must not be connected to nuclear weapons!

Kind of a fun port because the one in CC doesn't have string arrays, it does slow RESTORE: READ loops to find each word. I just stuff arrays full of strings.

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The Long Awaited Saga of the For/Next Loop

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After much updating & rebooting of my server:

https://cyberhole.online/basic/?run=testfor.bas

which is not visually stimulating but it does work. Once I've had lunch I'll see about using it in anger.

See also new phlog in the Cyber Gopher Hole.

I've taken down the Mudhole until I can give it some love/attention/beatings with https, and LostWorld because it doesn't do anything yet.
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Working code, but can't publish yet. I'm going *crazy* waiting for things to work.
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