Hi everyone, a few months ago I started building another interpreted programming language to be the successor of my past project ([url=http://www.socoder.net/index.php?showcase=19896]link[/url]). In short I learned a lot from the old version and started over again from scratch in May. What I am asking is what you think of the syntax I have so far.

 Goals...
[li]Easy to learn, not much typing required[/li]
[li]Ability to create a decent 2D game with it[/li]
[li]Syntax similar to Blitz Basic[/li]
[li]Eventually port the interpreter to the Wii or PSP[/li]

And yeah I already read [url=http://www.socoder.net/index.php?topic=2022]JL's thread[/url].

Here's a simple Pong game I just wrote in it.

[[code]//set up the window
Graphics(640,480,16,2)
AppTitle("Pong")

//player 1
public float p1y = 220
public int p1s = 0

//player 2 (CPU)
public float p2y = 220
public int p2s = 0

//ball
public float bx = 320
public float by = 240
public float bvx = 3
public float bvy = 2

//make a timer to limit game speed
public timer gametimer = createtimer(45)

//main game loop
While(keyhit(1) = false){

	//update ball
	bx = bx + bvx
	by = by + bvy

	//update scoring
	if(bx > 640){
		p2s = p2s + 1
		bx = 320
		by = 240
		bvx = 3
		bvy = 2
	}
	if(bx < 0){
		p1s = p1s + 1
		bx = 320
		by = 240
		bvx = -3
		bvy = 2
	}

	//ball bounces off top and bottom walls and speeds up
	if(by > 480){
		bvx = bvx * 1.1
		bvy = bvy * -1.1
	}
	if(by < 0){
		bvx = bvx * 1.1
		bvy = bvy * -1.1
	}

	//limit ball speed
	if(bvx > 5){bvx = 5}
	if(bvx < -5){bvx = -5}
	if(bvy > 5){bvy = 5}
	if(bvy < -5){bvy = -5}

	//player control
	p1y = mousey() - 20
	if(p1y<0){p1y = 0}
	if(p1y>440){p1y = 440}

	//basic AI for the CPU player
	if(p2y+20>by-2){p2y = p2y - 4.5}
	if(p2y+20<by-2){p2y = p2y + 4.5}
	if(p2y<0){p2y = 0}
	if(p2y>440){p2y = 440}

	//check for hitting paddles
	if(rectsoverlap(630,p1y,10,40,bx-2,by-2,4,4)){
		bvx = bvx * -1.5
		bvy = bvy * -1
		bvy = bvy + (by-p1y-20)/2
	}
	if(rectsoverlap(0,p2y,10,40,bx-2,by-2,4,4)){
		bvx = bvx * -1.5
		bvy = bvy * -1
		bvy = bvy + (by-p2y-20)/2
	}

	//wait for the timer
	waittimer(gametimer)

	//draw screen
	cls()
	rect(bx-2,by-2,4,4,1)
	rect(0,p2y,10,40,1)
	rect(630,p1y,10,40,1)
	text(240,30,p2s,0,0)
	text(380,30,p1s,0,0)
	line(320,0,320,480)
	flip()

}
end()
[/code]


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