CoolBasic is a game programming language based on BASIC. CoolBasic is currently in beta. The beta version suffers from a lack of proper documentation in English. The official manual is in Finnish. The developer has promised all future developments will be localized in English as well as Finnish. The developer seems to have given up active development and has promised that he will release a new game programming language similar to CoolBasic.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• FREE!
• Wonderfully useful commands like ObjectSight which lets you check if one object can see another.
• Setup collisions between specific objects. Doesn't waste processing power on checking collisions for every object in the game.
• Peculiarly easy to learn.
• Exquisitely useful error messages.
• Very active and helpful community.

Cons

• Psuedo-OO Syntax.
• Future uncertain. Support for 2D version dropped for a new unreleased 3D version.
• Most documentation in Finnish.
• Not good for making text games because there is no console mode.

Related Pages

• Game Programming
• Game Programming Language
• list of free game programming languages
• list of endangered game programming languages

Similar Software

• PlayBasic

Links

Official Links

• CoolBasic Official English Website
• CoolBasic Forum