Templates, Comments

[hartnell]

I've gotten a chance to mess around with the new Brutus2D and I still say it's a hell of an update. I have a ton of suggestions, but I won't plunk them all down at once. Here's the first two :

Comments :

Make comments dark gray. It makes them less visible when looking at the code but perfectly visible when trying to read them.

Templates :

It would be nice if B2D automatically booted up with a template. You could possibly do what Liberty BASIC does and use the bootup template to explain a bit about how to get started.

The game template is nice, but it would scare a noob half to death. I've made a new one for noobs. You could have two versions, novice and pro.


'===============================================
' Declare your variables here
' -----------------------------
' example : hitPoints = 50

' gameOver is used to determine if the game is over
' the game is just beginning, so it's
dim gameOver
gameOver = false

'===============================================
' Load your graphics and sounds
' -----------------------------
' Press F1 to look at the help file

'===============================================

' turn on the graphics object
' doing this creates the window
graphics.Initialize

' your game name
graphics.setTitle "Demo - press [ESC] to exit"

' turn on they keyboard object
' this lets Brutus2D work with the keyboard
key.initialize


'===============================================
' Main game loop
' -----------------------------
' will repeat until gameOver = true

do while gameOver = false
'if the player presses the escape key or the x on the window, the game ends
if key.pressed(vk_escape) or key.pressed(vk_windowx) = true then gameOver = true

' clears the screen so a new frame can be drawn
graphics.clear
       
  ' display your graphics here
  ' currently nothing is being drawn here

' draws a frame
graphics.display

' this makes the game loop start over
loop

' turn off the keyboard object
key.terminate

' turn off the graphics object
graphics.terminate



[Guilect]

Color of strings, operators, comments, background, font, font size, etc. are all customizable by the user. Each user has a different taste and different monitors as well as eye sight ability.
Feel free to configure the colors and fonts the way you like.

To set the colors, bring up the properties window from the code editor window. You do this by either right-clicking in the code window and select "properties", or from the 'Edit' menu then properties.
Your changes are saved and will be apply evertime you fire up Brutus2D.

The Templates like wise are totally up to your personal usage and programming style. So feel free to add/replace/modify the template to suit you.

[hartnell]

admin said:

Color of strings, operators, comments, background, font, font size, etc. are all customizable by the user.

Noobs don't know this. Most noobs never know this.

The Templates like wise are totally up to your personal usage and programming style. So feel free to add/replace/modify the template to suit you.

I'm talking about the very first time you boot up B2D. Think about the noobs. Liberty Basic and DarkBasic have made it a boon. If you get a chance download LB and you'll see what I mean.

It could mean the difference between a new B2D member and a noob who never learns to program.

-hartnell

[OddChild]

love the template mode...

might be kinda cool to do what liberty basic does, on the first run... or maybe just have a quick tutorial start up on first run... have it easy to get to via help?

just have a tutorial that makes a square move around the screen with the arrows perhaps...

[hartnell]

All my tutorials are open source.... -hartnell