CodeBase Entries

This will be a short guide that introduces some of the basic commands of dark basic and darkbasic professional. By the end of this lesson, you'll have completed many small programs along with one small text game.

Displays all possible colour combinations (using a 4-step increment)

Full-screen vertical scrolling trick with image-wraparound - doesn't actually "scrolly" anything.

I saw another example of this, but this uses much less code to detect for a double mouse click. I wrote it some time ago cause someone requested it.

This is an even faster version of a starfield, and is more flexible than the tutorials

Simple readable example of using an array as a stack

Simple readable example of using an array as a queue

Shows both a countdown timer and an elapsed time timer.

Simply send an ASCII code to this function and it will return a description of the key. Easy to understand and edit if for instance you need to use it on a non-qwerty keyboard

See whether the user has dbl-clicked btn 1...

this lets you exporter x file from DBpro ( this do not do animation )

A pulsating wireframe shaded sphere.

Okay so they aren't real rasters - but they look good anyway! Includes my raster function for your own use.

In the days of old we had to pre-calculate everything. In this example. I show you how to achieve a smooth and fast full-screen scroller using only sprites that never change position.

Does one of those classic green-screen text display writers.

Strange results happen when you stretch spheres!

Simple display of the point command to nicely shade text

A nice and smooth text blur display.

This will take a small bitmap and fill the screen with it. Just like the HTML background attribute.

Fills the screen with a smooth gradient fill effect.

A nice resolution independant 2D snow effect. Change the snow value for more or less flakes.

What can I say? I wanted to do a game! Here it is. Columns converted from the Megadrive/Genesis classic. Graphics are ripped direct from the original thanks to Genecyst. The music is a Midi conversion of the Prehistoric Tale music from the Atari ST by Jochen Hippel. Midi conversion by Oedipus.

uses a set display mode to change the display mode to match the window resolution to the window size when the window is resized

Screen and text fade

A demo featuring lines, dots and rotating sprites

Emulator of the old game Telesketch, without media.

Various screen wipes for clearing screens.

This code will map a 2D snow effect onto a multitude of 3D spinning cubes for a totally pixel storming experience! Needs a 3D card capable of alphablending.

Trip back to the ST/Amiga days when distorting effects ruled! This simulates a classic distorter on a 320x240 bitmap. Use the cursor keys to change the step rate and speed of the distort, you can produce some cool effects! Increase the Z value on slower machines.

A complete 3D puzzle game! Use the numeric pad to try and lower all of the blocks. Some have effects on others.