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Retrowave road – road to the dream. From the countryside.

Video intro. Animation. Intro. Simple little program with QB64. This is dialect of BASIC. About theme – retrowave. And road. As a typical drawing for a computer road. Inside of a virtual space. Virtual reality, 80s, retrowave music. Road and virtuality. Plus, of course, cool music. Most simple solution.

I cannot walk next and not to touch theme of virtual reality. This is part of my life. And I like it. Virtual world. 80s and retrowave music, one more big theme. Two themes. This is idea for an intro. And take into account, with a simple form. All the Visual start with space. But virtual space, web, and music – it is not small theme for me. It is important theme too.

As for a user. All of us spent lots of time with a computer. In the network. With a virtual space, where we are users. This is big. This has a big value. And I cannot go next, and not to touch this theme.

Some points for this theme. It is going with style of 80s and with retrowave music. It is already a classic solution. It became classic after 80s. And all of these – they are still new. Retro wave – this is not only a retro, but also a future. So, I thought for a long time, to do this theme. And so, this moment is now. With most simple interpretation.  

Image made by Neeqolah Creative Works on, and image title - Into sunset, loading. Such ideal retrowave image. Typical and with this point it is super class! I was thinking, by the way, about a road, some road, that is inside of a virtual space. And this is here! A thing I need!

And music theme – it is, already, a tradition – it is belong to White Bat Audio. And title is  - Miami 1983. From one of his latest releases. From pack - Synthwave / Retrowave Playlist – Lift. It is his newest things. And I do not search for a long time. If you need music - take it from White Batt Audio! If you need electronic or synthesizer. Retrowave, dark style, dreams. Most different. For any taste, you can find.

And here before the eyes – road inside the computer. It is its own world there. And its own visual drawing. Such lines. And movement. With the music. Such an idea. So, this is realization. And it is only a way forward. I make this by pieces by myself. And later, a little, road shakes to the left and to the right. About 16 pixels. Such an effect a little to the left or to the right.

It is dedicated to theme – computer world. Virtuality, that affect on all of us. And become part of our lives. Second world. As magic - that is always near. Tech also is a mysterious thing. It creates a new dimension. And you can be there, to exist. Radio, television, computer, internet, web. And virtuality as a new dimension.

And without this - life will be gray. And all the road - it is shining at the screen. Everything is bright. And everything is shining. And you are moving forward! Just like you are returning from countryside weekend to the city. Big city. Into the sunset. And there - after the sunset – a city. Or a dream. Movement to the dream.

It is so cool, that all over the network, there are lots of typical pictures about virtual reality. All of these – is in your head. But, later, you are searching for a painter for make these visions into real. And there are lots of them. And even better – musicians retrowave, often, use these kind of images. So, it was an idea what I need from a first seconds. About what I want to find.

Road to the dream. Virtuality. 80s. And of course, cool retrowave music. Which is deeply associates with such theme. Just like you are going from the countryside. Positive! Excellent day! And you are moving forward.

Dima Link is making retro videogames, apps, a little of music, write stories, and some retro more.

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Mistigram: Tapio of @unculturedgames has taken the smallscale #ANSIart aesthetic and extended it into an entire #QB64 #textmode #JRPG, #WhispersInTheMoss, available at most major PC game electronic storefronts. We included some scenes from the game, such as this conversation with a dragon, in the recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.

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I've been learning computer technology

Somewhere since the second half of spring 2025. When the sun was already shining. And it was getting light. And at the same time, it was still cold and even frosty. BUT, closer to warmer days. Which are about to begin. I decided to learn computer technology. From scratch. Before that, there was a stage of holding my ground, temporarily learning something here and there. And then I took this step.

An important step in my life. I started learning with my own set. That's BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Visual Basic, Delphi. I've always liked these computer technologies. And since that's how it turned out, I didn't deny myself the pleasure and started learning them from scratch. And the normal way. To avoid getting stuck. I took courses. I tried to consolidate my knowledge through practice. So far, the practice has been less successful.

BASIC is a QB64 dialect. It's compatible with the legendary BASIC from MS-DOS, which is Microsoft's. Plus, there's some new stuff to make it more user-friendly. Then there's Turbo Pascal. I learned it specifically as Turbo Pascal, but in the Free Pascal environment, and then I added courses specifically on Free Pascal. But I'm also a big fan of Turbo Pascal, after all. Visual Basic. That's the modern version in Microsoft Visual Studio. I think it's more accurate to call it with the prefix dot.Net. VBA.NET. But overall, I'm a fan of Visual Basic 6.0. And Delphi, but I learned it in the Lazarus environment. Specifically, as a Lazarus solution. That is, a modern version based on Free Pascal.

That's the first step. Then, I'm learning C SHARP. And I'm still learning. And I'm learning the simplest Web. I can use C Sharp in computer game engines. At least, I think so. For example, there's Unity technology. I've needed Web development for a long time. It's been a while since I should have started learning it. It's for a website. And website building. It's also an interesting subject. It's a combination of technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and SQL.

I'm currently working on these technologies. I'm still learning. Just completing the lessons is one thing. But they still need to be reinforced. That means practice. Writing programs. Creating projects. I've completed the lessons. But the practical side—that's still a bit tricky. But it's coming along. If I'm dreaming, I bought RPG MAKER 2003 on Steam. I'm thinking about mastering it, maybe. I don't have room for so much anymore. I love drawing. I also love writing stories. And all of this is being shoved and packaged into RPG MAKER. Steam also has previous versions like RPG MAKER XP and RPG MAKER 2000. It's also an interesting subject.

This time, I'm learning the normal way. The way it should be. Lessons. Reinforcing the material. Practice. It's already starting to feel stable, like, for about a year. This is a new stage. My goal will be to create simple games and simple programs. Like office solutions. Like a calendar. You know, I just love drawing. So, I'll draw and do some programming. This set of technologies is quite suitable for that. These are BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Visual Basic, Lazarus. And web technologies – at least HTML and CSS. It's suitable for such tasks.

Now I'm consolidating the knowledge I've gained. I'm repeating everything. And I'm doing it rather slowly, to be honest. But I'm already building my own knowledge base. I'm taking notes. I'm recording information. Facts. And theses. I also have an Excel spreadsheet in which I compare BASIC, Pascal, Visual Basic, and Lazarus. This also takes time. I have notes in Word or Excel format with the specifics of each language. Again, it's the same old four.

I'm working on systematizing the knowledge I've gained. Maybe someday I'll share this online. If I do everything right, as they say. I'll get to the end. I'll format everything correctly. And write it down. I'll check my notes. I'll practice. As Steve Jobs said in one of his interviews. He was treated well in life. But he was given a chance, and he succeeded. That's why he offers young people good conditions. And so am I. I learned online. And I'll share my knowledge online. I'll try to simply explain. Not to be clever. But that's if I learn. Otherwise, halfway through, my knowledge will be just so-so. First, study. Then practice. Then projects. Then projects, and then you can have the accumulated experience to share your knowledge. This is important, necessary, and responsible! For now, I'm just learning. And I'll continue on this path in 2026.

Dima Link is making retro videogames, apps, a little of music, write stories, and some retro more.

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Leaves – movement of leaves this moment

After the forest. There were leaves. It is also them as a forest. But more thoughtfully as idea. And with a repeat. Already like autumn, but still green leaves. Rain. And you are listening to the rain. As a music. And watch at the leaves. Dark picture. Or leaves are swimming by the river. In the water. It is raining. And you simply watching at the bushes and greenery.

Simple idea. Simple intro. Visual about theme of leaves. With the idea it was some meditative. But during programming I add some elements with move. And endless process feel is sometimes to disappear. Music here- sounds of rain and forest and rain. Rain Sound and RainForest. By INNORECORDS. This is not a music, actually. And certain sounds from the forest. And sounds of a rain. Something amazing. And so cozy and close. No not a meditative. And just relax. Wait for a second and look how leaves are moving. Maybe, they are swimming. And listen how rain goes.

Leaves, and we are watching at them. Maybe this is summer. And simply intense green bushes. And maybe it is already autumn. And bushes. Same bushes. In a shadows. It is already colder. Maybe. And maybe, summer and rain goes. Or autumn and it is more about rains. Dream theme. Also someway and city, park. And countryside bushes along the road. Tree at the countryside, bushes at the countryside. Well known little road in a forest.

Photography here is made by author Nahil Naseer and it has a name coming alive. And this is only one image here. And also I do a cutting for a little leaves pictures from this photography. And I use them in  animation. And several different little leaves are here. 4 types. Second part of animation is made with them.

 First it goes a picture. Picture of a leaves. Something like everything is moving like a flow or stand by. Fall. Leaves are falling. Or leaves are swimming by the water. They are swimming. Or falling. Moving. From top to down. It is about different amount and interval between new leaves is different. It depends od amount. So whole formulas are about leaves to appear. Simple. But formulas. I do not expect here a mathematics!

And it was a moment when I start to think – and do I really need to do this way. I try to avoid mathematics in programming. This is honest for me. But I did it. I sit – and think. I draw with a paper little squares, they simulate leaves. I start to write numbers. And it is a success. Magic of mathematics!

A little dark and simple theme. Dark and green. Summer. Autumn that looks like summer. Little cold wind or evening. Shadows of a leaves. Maybe, even it is raining. And you see this moment. Such a strange feel of a moment. Rain. And nothing to do. Except watch. I think, I do not want meditation. Simply I use this word. And simple this moment. With leaves.

 Visual I or simply Visual for these things is made for. As idea. Programs intros. About different themes. For art. With different visual ideas. As books or descriptions of the moment or atmosphere. Emotions. Something visual. Visual as photography. And effects with them. For example, movement.

And all that things are with Basic and small programs. My training about programming. Programming – it is about solve tasks with programming. And so cool if you like theme. This is best. So this way to appear Visual. Just like feel from a movie. Or video cassette from VHS. But with Basic.

Visual version 0.2 "Second" - newest version. 4 more intros. About theme sand and moon. This time it is about space and desert. Dune, Dune Flight, Moon, Moon Flight. This is pack with visual intros. You just need to watch them! Intros about different themes. Visual sequence.

It is now in development new version Visual pack. This intro will be included in a new version.

Visual: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/apps/visuali/index_eng.html Website: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/home_eng.html

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Constellation – UFO rare guest

Space. Big and mysterious. There are lots of interesting there. And there is, also, constellation. Where it is flying UFO sausage. With excellent retrowave synthesizer music by White Bat Audio – track Voyager is here to sound. White Bat Audio – Voyager. And, such a blue space. And, dark and light. And, it is like a watershed between two oceans, there is a gray barrier with stones.

And, higher it is darker. And, lower it is more light. Two sides of constellation. Space background. Fantastic. And fantasy. Space machine is flying. With a circle. And it makes it lower a radius or circle. Of rotation and next – disappear. And, there is, also, retro effect – zoom. And, for a next moment UFO sausage to appear, again. And, to do something.

Background can be calm. And it can move as with a shooter with top down view. Space is so blue. So attractive. As a first snow. Frost. And, there are lots of glow there. Stars are shining so beautiful as a new year fir tree. And UFO sausage is flying. This is sci fi and positive theme. Joyful theme about space and UFO. A little it is like a videogame. But, this is, only, a visual intro.

Everything has started with space theme. All the idea of Visual. Intros. With a different themes. So, this is one more space theme. Space is beautiful and different. Especially, with a fantastic form. And, also, with UFO sausages. Theme of music – has a title Voyager. Such an exploration. Something, that is almost endless. And where absolutely different rules. As endless ocean. So, there is here UFO sausage. It is with rotation. And next to disappear. Some technology. And everything is without words, with silence. Something like all these miracles do not have a distant spectator, some watching eye. Someone, who can watch this from a side. Or with endless space – he is rare watcher. It is like case 1 out of million attempts.

And little of retro, as I think. With a form of unexpected zoom size up of sprite for UFO sausage. It is growing with a size! Such a joke! Just like a sprite based game. As RPG maker. Or effect with Super Nintendo, when sprite is rising with its size. Also, a reference for a computer game. But, this is only an intro.

Joyful and fantastic theme. About UFO sausage. I like for myself a lot – theme of a UFO. They are such a round form. And strange. And, made, it seems, with metal. And, with a such monochrome color. And all around, it is bright space. As, a new year. It is sad, that not everyone can see this. As, I can say, such a beautiful side of the stars. Stars beautiful side.

Future amongst the stars. So, UFO has four some engines. And, rotation around circle orbit. And next - teleportation. Such a technology it use. And, so, we size up UFO with size. So, something like, we – it is some aside watcher, random eye amongst the endless stars celebration. Some celebration event. And all around – no one soul for a milliards milliards of light years. And, here - we have some meeting. wow!

And such effect of watershed between dark and light parts. There is gray zone made with stones. Such effect of smooth change in color. As effect in videogames. Saying the truth, I do not expect, that it is such a big difference in brightness for the start and end of image. So, fast way, I need to create some solution. So, this gray zone with stones. Something like ocean with different saltiness.

Ufo sausage, also, is flying some way. And, for a short time, we can watch it, how it rotates. And do some moves. A little zoom with size as a farewell. And that’s all. Clear, full of stars space. And no one! Until next UFO sausage fly moment!

Visual version 0.2 "Second" - newest version. 4 more intros. About theme sand and moon. This time it is about space and desert. Dune, Dune Flight, Moon, Moon Flight. This is pack with visual intros. You just need to watch them! Intros about different themes. Visual sequence.

It is now in development new version Visual pack. This intro will be included in a new version.

Visual: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/apps/visuali/index_eng.html Website: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/home_eng.html

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VaporWave Road - columns and stairs, demo show

[ Demo show ]

A visual splash screen. Still in development. It's column-themed. And a Vaporwave theme. Here's a computer-generated virtual background. And columns. The VaporWave theme. And movement.

Currently, there's one type of column. It's like on both sides. Movement.

And a bunch of 2D animations. Which are mostly what I'm showing here. Stairs, different stairs. Up, down, and simultaneously higher and lower, alternately.

Various heights. Small, medium, large.

Visual version 0.3 "Third" - newest version. More 7 new intros. With this version - Space, Constellation, Forest, Leaves, Retrowave Road, Smiles are flying, Deep Jump. This is pack with visual intros. You just need to watch them! And there are control intros. Intros about different themes. Visual sequence

Visual: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/apps/visuali/index_eng.html

Website: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/home_eng.html

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Dune Flight – fantastic flight in sands

Visual. About theme – flight in desert. Something like hang glider. Or glider. With something light and like air. That can twist and turns in flight. In a thickness of air. Up and down. Maybe, a bird. Maybe, a bird flight.

And, again - sand.  Sands. Desert. This time, another color of the sand. And, you move forward and forward. There – beyond horizon. Movement about rather high height. But, the only thing, you can see – it is monochromatic dune. All around – only sand.

Whole sandbox with a sand for you. And, you like spectator, fly with some height. And, watch, look. You are moving forward. But, someway, sometimes you can get closer to the ground, some time - make a distance more from the ground. This is a feature of flight.

And, sand from the height, is looks like, it is something interesting and beautiful. As a sea with sand. As some drink. Waves. Maybe, coffee. But, this is only sand. Looks like, it is smooth. But, these are dune. And, you just fly through them. Somewhere in a far.

Visual is about theme – flight through dune. Flight across the desert. Simply, flight across sand. Maybe, with some fantastic vehicle. Some fantastic, never seen here airplane or something like you can fly with. Like a bird. To take off and move forward.

Animation is made with one photography. But, it is sliced with parts. At the top - sky. It is not moves. And next, middle part – it is part of the sky between higher sky and dune. It is changing all the time with size. First, it grows, and next getting smaller. And, third fragment – they are dune with small piece of sky. It is simply moves up and down.

In terms of practice with programming language Qb64. It was interesting to create all of these. To try different ways, and stop with this one. It is summer behind the window. And, I am programming with Basic. Something about a sand and hot weather. Beautiful. Summer only begun. It is behind the wind window already. Theme of hot. Summer. Sun. Sand. Such a fantastic sci fi flight.

Visual version 0.2 "Second" - newest version. 4 more intros. About theme sand and moon. This time it is about space and desert. Dune, Dune Flight, Moon, Moon Flight. This is pack with visual intros. You just need to watch them! Intros about different themes. Visual sequence.

It is now in development new version Visual pack. This intro will be included in a new version.

Visual: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/apps/visuali/index_eng.html Website: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/home_eng.html