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First appeared 2004; 13 years ago (2004) Stable release v1.8.7 / February 11, 2009; 8 years ago (2009-02-11) Website pewtersoftware.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 13, 2007) | ||
Brutus2D is a game programming language developed using Visual Basic, VBScript and DirectX.
Contents
- Platform
- Syntax
- Functions Procedures
- Sound Music
- Example
- Truevision3D Plugin
- Network Support
- Object Based
- License
- References
It is aimed at the amateur programmer who is interested in learning more about programming & game development.
Simple 2D games can be developed in Brutus2D and with the aid of an additional plugin, 3D games can also be created.
Platform
Brutus2D was designed using Microsoft Visual Basic and runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP & Windows Vista.
Syntax
Brutus2D has two distinctive syntaxes, the first is VBScript and is similar in style to traditional Basic. The second is JScript which is Microsoft's dialect of ECMAScript.
Functions & Procedures
Functions & procedures are supported in Brutus2D.
Sound & Music
Support for Sound Effects using Wav files & the following 2 types of music format, Ogg & MIDI can be found in Brutus2D.
Example
option explicit dim Font1 dim bRunning bRunning = True sub main() if (graphics.initialize <> True) then exit sub key.initialize Font1 = graphics.createFont ("System", 14) do while bRunning = True if key.pressed(1) or key.pressed(0) = True then bRunning = False graphics.clear 255 graphics.settext "Hello world", 10,10,Font1 graphics.display loop key.terminate graphics.terminate end sub Call MainThe code above will display a window on the screen & print "Hello world" in it.
Truevision3D Plugin
By using the Truevision3D plugin you can create 3D environments using Brutus2D.
Network Support
Brutus2D also has support for network programming, Meaning that you can write multiplayer games or multiuser applications
Object Based
The core programming engine is supplemented with hard-coded Visual Basic objects. Like JavaScript Brutus2D is object based. Almost all functions (methods) are part of a related object that does a specific task.
License
Brutus2D used to be available in two versions, one of them was Freeware but extra functions could be added if Brutus2D was registered for a small fee. However, since v1.8.5, Brutus2D has been available to download for free with complete functionality.