DarkBASIC Programming

Needs heavy de-HTMLization in order to look pretty. Also many reader contributions need to be properly integrated to the flow of the text. __NOTOC__ Learn how to Program DarkBASIC Started By - Jonathan Skinner Written By - Jonathan Skinner & Others Credit is appreciated when using Authors and acknowledgements Jonathan Skinner aka Dbtutor - Wrote most of this book Robert Horning - For some formatting contribution TDK_MAN - For the file manager function off his site http://www.computechtenerife.com/ Samji - Corrected second mathematics example in Day 9, Lesson 4 All those unnamed formatters A reader who fixed a random number problem, great stuff! Thank you everyone who posts comments on the discussions section Foreword DarkBASIC Programming is the first ever Wikibook on DarkBASIC, an open source BASIC programming language for creating Windows applications and games. You'll go from Hello World, to computing a text adventure, to making a simple first-person shooter (when the book is eventually finished). Don't worry it's easy! The style is easy for beginners to DarkBASIC & programming. Before I start, I'd like to thank The Game Creator's forum users for compliments, rants & comments on this book. Table of contents Some lessons may be incomplete or not done at all. If you feel you're up to it contribute!! Lesson 1 - Introduction to Programming Lesson 2 - The Hello World Tradition Lesson 3 - Fundamentals of DarkBASIC Lesson 4 - Number Crunching Lesson 5 - Loops Lesson 6 - File Control & Data Lesson 7 - 2D Game Programming Pt 1 Lesson 8 - 2D Game Programming Pt 2 Final Words By Dbtutor Reference A - Good Programming Habits Reference B - Game Design Books & Sites Original single-page version (for reference during rearrangements) computer programming Microsoft Windows BASIC programming language Video game development 75%