Free Basic, FBSound, FBPng, FreeType2

Since I've been sick, I haven't been able to maintain my development pace. And yet, I've decided to make a series of games similar in programming and gameplay concepts. I've decided to work on games like Galaga and Space Invaders for now. And in theory, it shouldn't be difficult. I have some ideas.

https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2026/04/free-basic-fbsound-fbpng-freetype2.html

#freebasic #fbpng #fbsound #freetype #font #sprites #libraries #code

Programming languages that change how you think about programming...

* Assembly
* BASIC
* Forth
* Haskell
* Lisp
* Perl
* Raku

What else should be on this list?

#programming #assembly #basic #freebasic #forth #haskell #lisp #perl #rakulang

Those of you who like #BASIC programming should checkout #FreeBASIC. It's a modern open source BASIC implementation with a #QBASIC comparability mode.

It's not interpreted. Everything compiles to C.

https://freebasic.net/

It's an amazing project that needs a helping hand.

#foss #opensource #programming

YouTube increases FreeBASIC performance (2019)

https://freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27927

#HackerNews #YouTube #FreeBASIC #performance #update #2019 #programming #news

Basic Pascal 1.19 – Linear – space and two shooters

We are continue to celebrate release of version Basic pascal 1.10 “Frozen”. Most long development. And it consists with several plans. So, first plan. It is plan Linear.

https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/08/basic-pascal-119-linear-space-and-two.html

#retrogame #freebasic #spaceshooter #aliens #space #deepspace #invaders #shmup #topdown #arcade #insects #bugs #spacefriends #msx2 #8bit #msdos #80s #320x240

BufColor – mysterious process with style of MS DOS and 8 bit

https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/07/bufcolor-mysterious-process-with-style.html

#freebasic #retroprogramming #logic #earlymsdos #msdos #8bit #colors #colorfull #collumns #rows #pickcolor #16color #retrogame #simplegame #fastgame #relaxgame #early90sgame #arcade #80s #lines #sortitems #sortthings #gamedev #devlog

Is there a good guide for porting various old school dialects of BASIC to FreeBASIC or at least QBASIC for which it has a compatibility mode?

I'm trying to port some old HP 2000 Timeshare BASIC and some Applesoft BASIC to FreeBASIC and I'm hitting road blocks. I'm aiming to get the projects to complile successfully in QB mode first before migrating to FreeBASIC's native mode.

#BASIC #FreeBASIC #QBASIC #HP2000 #apple2 #retrocomputing #retroprogramming #retrogaming #porting #programming

Those of you who like and continue to use #BASIC, what do you like? What do you miss when you're coding in something else? Yes, embedded BASIC dialects count.

Do you think BASIC still has life left in it?

#programming #FreeBASIC #qbasic #vb #vba