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Petit Computer
Juju:
Petit Computer is a program for the Nintendo DSi and 3DS available on the DSiware that lets you use a programming language on the console, SmileBasic, a variant of the Microsoft BASIC found on computers of the 70s and 80s such as the Commodore 64.
It's 800 points on the DSi, there's lots of features such as support of sprites, music, etc. and the samples provided are pretty great, so you can effectively make your own DSi homebrew.
shmibs:
ooh, that's pretty cool =D
how much does 800 points translate to in cash moneys?
DJ Omnimaga:
Interesting stuff they released there. I wonder if it will be able to achieve games like Reuben Quest, Metroid, Sonic and the like?
Juju:
800 points is $8 (they only let you buy points in increments of 1000 though, which is $10+taxes).
I'm pretty sure you will be able to make at least something like Reuben Quest, as the support of sprites is pretty good. There is memory limitations, but I think calc84maniac already found a workaround for saving data to an image file.
calc84maniac:
Actually, there really aren't very many memory limitations. Programs can go up to 9999 lines or 512KB, and you can store tilemap/sprite data in external files. The image file idea was mainly a workaround for large amounts of save game data, or external level packs. Most hardcoded data you can put directly into your program.
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