#turborascal

[hewco]

Turbo Rascal Syntax Error (TRSE) version 0.09 has been released and it is a big one. Plenty of new features for all builds including the C64, Amiga, Pet, NES etc, but also includes the HUGE Vic Bitmap Mode for making Vic 20 games like Omega Race, Jetpac and Perils of Willy.  A full screen 20x24 character (160x192 pixels) screen where every pixel can be set independently and all the support commands you will need to get starting making fast, smooth games - Sprites, Tiles / Tilemaps, text, numbers, copy/paste etc.  It’s open source, it’s free, it’s available for Windows, OSX and Linux. Download: http://www.turborascal.com

[hewco]

My latest pull request undergoing a code review. #cats #coding #8bit #turborascal https://www.instagram.com/p/B84d94xhkzm/?igshid=1kdngwkx40ym0

[hewco]

From the end of the video - Llamaface - probably not coming to a #vic20 near you - or is it?  ( nah - it's not :-p )

[hewco]

Text scrollers are easy to do with my Vic 20 Bitmap Mode (VBM) command set in Turbo Rascal.  Currently in beta and will be released soon.

If you understood enough of BASIC to make a simple program, you will feel comfortable with the Pascal-like language in Turbo Rascal.  The VBM functionality is very easy to use.  There’s help for every command and example code, like the one above, to show how to use them in practice.