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Pixel_Outlaw

Programmer's Corner (Post em if you got em)
8th June 2025
You can borrow it from the Internet Archive if you've got an account there. (It's like a virtual library).
They do prohibit copyrighted works being just downloaded however.
The CD might come down to the other local interloan route...
(Linkage)*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

Programmer's Corner (Post em if you got em)
8th June 2025
I can see if the CD is copyrighted. If not happy to provide the files.
I did read the terms of use here though and want to make sure I stay within the law.
EDIT: Looks like it is explicitly copyrighted. :(
Just short of burning down my entire home they *snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

Programmer's Corner (Post em if you got em)
8th June 2025
Just thought I would post the latest. (Right click and select ''View Image in a New Tab for a higher resolution version)
My collection changes a bit with the years.
I think you can tell a lot about a person from their bookshelf!
It would be nice to*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

New Chapter for Commodore?
8th June 2025
I think they're going to have to do more than just emulation to differentiate themselves.
New actual hardware would be exciting.
TheC64 is already a full sized Commodore clone (I own one - it's cool)
retrogames.biz
Owning the brand is one thi*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

New Chapter for Commodore?
8th June 2025
Well, this is news...
The last revival attempt just involved a reskin of Linux in a custom keyboard shell.
Fingers crossed they do things correctly this time around!

Pixel_Outlaw

Vibe Coding
7th June 2025
I've found the quality of the output is proportional to the amount of source code it's had to sample from.
It really stumbles with BlitzMax for example often hallucinating things that don't exist (such as templates for functions).
If you want*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

My old ipod
7th June 2025
You're lucky it still works. :)
Apparently the build quality on some of the models causes dangerous swelling until the battery ruins the screen!
I wonder just how many games have been lost to time due to devices like Palm Pilot becoming landfill fodd*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

Introductory Thread
7th June 2025
Hello o/
Hmmm, how to start...
Well I started programming in middle school ... no. Actually I guess I started in elementary school in Logo for Apple //e with Logo in 4th or 5th grade. (I don't recall which)
We didn't get a home computer until th*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

Future of Blitz
7th June 2025
I started using it in about 2006.
At that point we were firmly in DLL hell.
I liked that it built all included binaries with the click of a button and provided GUI options via the MaxGUI module.
I can't say that the language is great. I feel that t*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

GrafX2 full video tutorials
6th June 2025
I've shot an entire video tutorial series on using GrafX2 a Deluxe Paint like program that runs on everything from DOS to Nintendo Switch.
Hopefully this qualifies. :)
(Linkage)

Pixel_Outlaw

quick prototype javascript platformer in 100 lines
6th June 2025
Hey that works pretty slick!
I'm not a JavaScript guy but would the following approach be possible to turn your left and right movement into a single calculation?
(This depends on subtraction of the two arrow keys creating a -1, 0, or 1)
Just wonder*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

Blitz Forum Alternatives
6th June 2025
I'd agree with Kuron.
You've got a niche of a niche otherwise.
Even with Syntax Bomb supporting MORE languages, the interest was limited to maybe 3 or so posts a day by maybe 7 or so active people.
I'd open it up to Blitz + other BASIC diale*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

Switch 2
6th June 2025
I'm not a fan of the current direction around the right to brick consoles.
I also don't like that some cartridges will be keycards for an online download.
I've owned the Switch for quite a few years now and never felt the need to pay for an o*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

SyntaxBomb Closure
6th June 2025
This forum seems cozy enough.
I also find its look and layout really refreshing in a drab world.
TigSource has become too political for me, I'll just leave it at that.
I see there's acceptance of games and projects in multiple languages here wh*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

SyntaxBomb Closure
6th June 2025
Why not just take whatever money was left over and just sink it into continuing support for the forum? I imagine most people would prefer a working forum instead of 750 pounds split 3 ways. I used to compete over on ShmupDev and DarkBitFactory and prizes w*snip*

Pixel_Outlaw

SyntaxBomb Closure
5th June 2025
The real loss is that of yet another community around Blitz.
The forum had a lot of good answered questions and insight for people new to Blitz products and other languages.
I had just spent several hours writing an example to help with a question in Bli*snip*
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