TNT Basic simplifies game development with an intuitive kit.
While some other "click and play" creator kits promise to allow people to create games without any programming skills, TNT Basic takes a different approach. This software empowers users to unleash their creativity without the limitations of preset functions and templates. Users can create unique and special games with complete freedom and ease.
If a user wishes to program, TNT Basic offers a simplified beginners' programming language called basic. This language is easy to learn and the software's online help system assists users throughout the process from writing their first lines of code to completing their finished games.
TNT Basic offers a wide range of features to make game development an exciting and enjoyable experience. These features include 16 bit graphics with over 32,000 colours on screen, a lightning-fast sprite engine with support for anti-aliasing and translucency, stereo panning sound support, an advanced music engine with support for MP3 and many tracker music formats, and TCP/IP and AppleTalk game networking that enables users to play their friends over the internet.
The software also allows users to build standalone games that don't require TNT Basic to run, load and save hi-scores and saved games, and support automatic joystick, mouse, keyboard, and speech input. The integrated development environment enables users to manage everything from code to music from one application. Other features include syntax colouring, integrated help, and Mac OS X compatibility.
The latest release includes some bug fixes, such as fixing the left control key not working with the 'pressed' command under OS X and correcting a misleading error message that resulted from trying to build an app from a project containing resources with ids lower than 128.
Overall, TNT Basic is a game development software that offers both ease-of-use and creative freedom to enable users, regardless of their programming skill level, to unleash their creativity and make unique and special games for the Macintosh.
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