Comment by dlivingston
1 month ago
Does anyone remember BlitzBasic / BlitzPlus / Blitz3D? They were my first programming languages. I loved how dead simple it was to spin up a DirectX-based 3D game or a GUI application. There was something very nice about a simple, performant, batteries-included programming environment.
I started with DarkBasic but moved to BlitzBasic after a few months. Wrote a couple of small games and really enjoyed just messing around with it - it felt just like when I started programming on my first computer.
I still use BlitzMax for game development (when I get time) - there's an updated version with some nice language additions support for more architectures, including the Raspberry Pi: https://blitzmax.org/