Eniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Jan 6, 2023

one of the reasons qbasic was so successful was because it came preinstalled on your OS and it came with everything. input, text, graphics, sound, even "music" through the PLAY command, even a built in help catalogue detailing how it all worked

the only way to get that same experience today is to use a fantasy console

Show threadOblomov
@eniko I think the closest languages for this today would be something like perl or python, which are available OOTB on nearly every Linux and (I think?) macOS machine, although the multimedia bindings do not.
Jan 6, 2023 at 5:16pmWeb
Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Jan 6, 2023
@oblomov python graphics/sound/windowing/input stuff is real crufty nowadays
Show threadVelvet Cupcake GamesJan 7, 2023
@eniko @oblomov This is why Ren'py is my bestie.