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by spotlessmind1975
Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: General Game Design - Early Tests
Replies: 8
Views: 12649

Re: General Game Design - Early Tests

Hi ericomont , these are really very interesting posts, thank you! :D One factor I would also add to the above list is the memory cost of logics in ugBasic. This part would be a bit tricky to keep track right now but I will keep an eye on it. Regarding memory occupied by logic, targets using the Mot...
by spotlessmind1975
Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: General Game Design - Early Tests
Replies: 8
Views: 12649

Re: General Game Design - Early Tests

Hi ericomont, excellent arguments! :D

But... are you sure it's a TRS-80 Color Computer theme only? ;)
by spotlessmind1975
Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: PETSCII
Replies: 2
Views: 8648

Re: PETSCII

ciao dinoprodest , e benvenuto! Su ugBASIC c'è questo file che presenta l'intero set dei caratteri PETSCII, sia maiuscolo/semigrafico che minuscolo/maiuscolo. Ogni carattere è descritto da 8 byte, uno per ogni riga. Ogni bit del byte rappresenta un pixel, da sinistra (bit più significativo) a destra...
by spotlessmind1975
Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: New features
Topic: Modern platforms as a target
Replies: 7
Views: 11705

Re: Modern platforms as a target

Hi wysardry , and thank you for the message. Adding support for modern targets is something very challenging. :o As it is done now, ugBASIC programs should boot in full autonomy, taking possession of the PC, and therefore has no possibility of being launched from modern OS. This path is essentially ...
by spotlessmind1975
Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:40 pm
Forum: New features
Topic: LEFT$() and RIGHT$() assignment
Replies: 3
Views: 8615

LEFT$() and RIGHT$() assignment

hello everyone, and welcome! I'm trying to tidy up the manual before releasing the new version of ugBASIC ( v1.15 ) and I found myself faced with a rather questionable implementation of the LEFT$(..) and RIGHT$(..) commands. I'll try to explain better. In general, BASIC has facilities for extracting...