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TIC-80, a fantasy computer to learn programming

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Re: TIC-80, a fantasy computer to learn programming

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I like the 'batteries included' aspect of it; I wish more 'for practical use' development systems had that. The fact that you can package the result for different platforms, makes it interesting for trying out game mechanics on the go and distributing them inside small games. The style it was made in works on low res, small screens, so programming on small devices (small (cheap) Android tablets, GPD Pocket(high res b…

The last "practical" environment that was really batteries included, as far as I can tell, was Macromedia Flash. It lives on as Haxe, the FlashDevelop IDE feels like a blast from the past (it feels so lightweight!) and it supports quite a few platforms (web, mobile, etc). But it's awfully niche now.

It was not designed for games at all. Making games in in was too hacky.

Re: TIC-80, a fantasy computer to learn programming

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There's also antirez' LOAD81: http://github.com/antirez/load81 And .. as its open source (unlike TIC-80 or PICO-8), its quite possible to add features and extend the console in interesting ways ..

TIC-80 is open source (however there is also "pro version" which isn't). "Regular", open source version supports editing only in built-in editor, no external text files.

Update: seems that "pro" version is built from the same MIT licensed source, only prebuilt binaries on releases page is "non-pro". So it's completely open source.

Re: TIC-80, a fantasy computer to learn programming

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What version FF are you using? It could be that you are on a beta build and something is slowing it down, or you are running an older version.

59.0.3 On Win10 (x64)

OK, I'm running the same version on x64 Win10 as well. No problems here. It could be you have some sort of ad-blocking extension installed that's degrading performance on that page.
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