atari1byte Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 I would like to use a programming language to be able to make a 2d game (with sprites) with documentation. what do you recommend? I know C and C# pretty well. Thank you all for a response! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) Depends on how you want to make the game. The IIGS has a lot of tool sets that are supposed to make graphics creation and animation easier. Don't know if they can be programmed through a C language though. I think you are best to post your question over on comp.sys.apple2.programmer as there is a guy over there that has created quite a few games for the IIGS. Edited April 24, 2023 by Iamgroot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 There is a C compiler. Not, afaik, a free one, but a commercial compiler does exist. And I'm pretty sure there's APIs into the Toolkit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainBreakout Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Brutal Deluxe is a group that I believe is still active. Check out what they've done.. they pushed the IIgs far past it's perceived limit and they might have dev tools you can use. FTA may also have similar stuff. I'd start by looking at these two groups and seeing if they ever made any dev environments for enthusiasts. (Back in the day, I made a lot of my own material by modifying FTA's stuff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari1byte Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 ] Thank you all! ] I will ask in the groups listed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duhast Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 https://github.com/lscharen/iigs-game-engine Orca/C is available from Juiced.GS, in the Opus collection. https://juiced.gs/store/opus-ii-software/ It's still actively updated. https://www.callapple.org/programming/orca-c-2-2-0-b7-released/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwrd Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 https://whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/programming-applications.html has a series of programming applications listed. I bought the Orca set, which is very comprehensive (language choices available), and has very detailed documentation. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get Orca C nor Orca Pascal to link, using multiple emulators, a real IIGS, and 6.0.1 and 6.0.3... I wish there was a STOS/AMOS equivalent for the IIGS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolaerla Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 There is CC65 which is an open source C & Assembler, which supports Apple ][. https://cc65.github.io/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 4:04 AM, atari1byte said: I would like to use a programming language to be able to make a 2d game (with sprites) with documentation. what do you recommend? I know C and C# pretty well. Thank you all for a response! I'm always using 'C' for my Programming Language.. There is also PLASMA for the Apple ][s: https://github.com/dschmenk/PLASMA MarkO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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