BlitzMax is for specific audience / readers here. For those ones who are into programming stuff mainly (or those who wants to learn it.) BlitzMax is game development software with modified (enhanced) version of BASIC language. DVT released it for 3 operating systems - Windows, Linux and Mac. So, if you’re interested grab yourself a copy and start to code that game (feel free to post your results)!

Description: BlitzMax is the new, next generation game programming language from Blitz Research. BlitzMax retains the BASIC roots of Blitz3D and BlitzPlus, but adds a ton of cool new features and abilities.

BlitzMax has been designed from the ground up for multiplatform support, and BlitzMax programs can be compiled for Windows, MacOS X and Linux.

BlitzMax includes the Max2D module which contains a set of very easy to use 2D commands. On MacOS X and Linux, Max2D uses the OpenGL API, while on Windows PCs u have the option of using either the OpenGL or DirectX APIs. Both OpenGL & DirectX use 3D hardware to draw graphics to the screen, allowing for advanced effects such as realtime blending, rotation & scaling.

BlitzMax is BASIC…but with a few twists, including:

• Function pointers
• Fully dynamic arrays
• Inheritance and polymorphism
• ‘By reference’ function parameters
• Byte, Short, Int, Long, Float & Double numeric data types
• Array & string slicing
• Flexible ‘collection’ system for dealing with linked lists etc
• Low level pointer handling
• UTF16 strings
• The ability to ‘Incbin’ binary data & access it as easily as if it were a regular file
• External language support for interfacing with C/C++/ObjectiveC or assembly code

Release Name: BlitzMax.v1.30-DVT
Size: 8.19 MB, dr250bl
OS: Windows, Linux & Mac
Info: Homepage, NFO file
Download links: Download Multi-Hosts, Search Download (NTi)