Being a kid making games in the early 2000s

Re:Being a kid making games in the early 2000s by smolder on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:22AM (#50379406)

I got started making games in Qbasic. That code was horrendous, and is funny to read now. I did learn some lessons through my mistakes, though, and at a young age, which I think was very valuable.

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Re:Being a kid making games in the early 2000s by mysterydip on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:19AM (#50380198)

I learned the value of naming variables and functions :D booya1 and booya2 don’t tell you much when looking at code a month later

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Re:Being a kid making games in the early 2000s by unpleasurable on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:28AM (#50381138)

I was done at

  20 GOTO 10

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