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I think this is a fun and productive way to learn how to code which I why I built https://xcadia.app/ which has lots of examples of simple retro games that you can edit and learn c…

I spent countless hours learning to code using QBasic and building games from type-in code books I founds in libraries. I wanted to re-create this experience so built my own learn-…

I agree and it's one of the reasons I built https://akedo.app It's a text based programming platform centred around creating games and can be used from a young age and into adultho…

Thanks, that's a great idea!

It's actually the Japanese translation of arcade (as in shopping arcade). I wanted something short with available domain names.

> 1. Is the language for this open source? If not, is that planned? It's a language I designed specifically for this platform and is not currently open source. If it proves popular…

Thanks, I spared no expense!

It's a language I designed myself heavily influenced by Python, Lua, and BASIC. I wanted something that was as simple as possible to get started with and could grow with the user.

An entire generation of programmers, including myself, started their programming career with QBasic because it was included on every computer running MS-DOS and was easy to get sta…