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General Discussion => Introduce Yourself! => Topic started by: pianoman on May 21, 2011, 06:36:47 pm

Title: Hi!
Post by: pianoman on May 21, 2011, 06:36:47 pm

Hi everyone!
I'm pianoman, and I'm currently trying to learn how to program in Lua for the Nspire.  :w00t:
I programmed a game or two in BASIC before I realized you couldn't do anything with it.
Don't really know what else to say...

Thanks!

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Deep Toaster on May 21, 2011, 06:38:31 pm

Quote from: pianoman on May 21, 2011, 06:36:47 pm

Hi everyone!

Hi!

Quote from: pianoman on May 21, 2011, 06:36:47 pm

I'm pianoman, and I'm currently trying to learn how to program in Lua for the Nspire.  :w00t:

Awesome. I really hope TI lets us use Lua.

Quote from: pianoman on May 21, 2011, 06:36:47 pm

I programmed a game or two in BASIC before I realized you couldn't do anything with it.

Yeah, it sucks, doesn't it :P

Quote from: pianoman on May 21, 2011, 06:36:47 pm

Don't really know what else to say...

While you're thinking about it, have some peanuts!

!peanuts

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: ben_g on May 21, 2011, 06:38:47 pm

Hi and welcome to omnimaga

and yea, basic isn't really meant for games, but it's very good at math

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 25, 2011, 03:29:27 am

Heya pianoman and ben_g, welcome on the forums. :D

Actually you can make good games in BASIC, but you are far more limited than in ASM/Axe.

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Stefan Bauwens on May 25, 2011, 01:21:45 pm

Quote from: DJ_O on May 25, 2011, 03:29:27 am

Heya pianoman and ben_g, welcome on the forums. :D

Actually you can make good games in BASIC, but you are far more limited than in ASM/Axe.

Indeed(at least on the 68k calcs). I must say there are quite some program capabilities on 68k basic.

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: yunhua98 on May 25, 2011, 02:01:35 pm

I think he meant for Nspire ;)

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Ashbad on May 25, 2011, 02:04:21 pm

Welcome!  Hope you enjoy your stay :)

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 25, 2011, 03:21:58 pm

Quote from: yunhua98 on May 25, 2011, 02:01:35 pm

I think he meant for Nspire ;)

Yeah maybe. I know some people claimed we could do nothing in 83+ BASIC too before, though, which is a misconception because they haven't tried hard enough. See for example Serenity, that Bomberman clone on ticalc.org or *cough* some large RPGs in the archives.

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: ztrumpet on May 26, 2011, 04:23:31 pm

Hi pianoman!
Since I already talked to you some on irc, this really isn't an introduction, but I wanted to say, "Hi," anyway. :P