SmileBASIC Will Bring Petit Computer Game Development to 3DS Next Year

That new logo (or splash screen, or whatever they call it) looks great! Though, I'm curious as to how that 3D is going to work.

Ah, it's too bad this most likely won't be able to use 3d models in games.

@Usagi-san I believe it has PS1 graphical capabilities. But I can't find where I saw that. D:

I'll probably get this version as I enjoy coding simple stuff.

I loved/hated the last one, so I'll probably be grabbing this one, the forum for petit computer is very helpful here

@Prof_Clayton I read it still only 2d pixel art, but i dont know

Probably pick it up for my 9 year old as he's been trying to learn similar stuff in RPG Maker and he wants to make his own mods for the soon to be acquired by Microsoft Minecraft. So far Im impressed he can get Sourceforge and the mods installed. The 11 year old is signing up for computer club on Tues so he msy want this as well.

I was writing my own programs in BASIC back in the early 80s and I have no desire to go back.

I found an article on this. http://www.4gamer.net/games/234/G023465/20140913009/ (The page is in Japanese) Anyway, if you use Google Translate on it, a part of it says "(September 13, 2014), Smile boom of the Nintendo 3DS for today "Puchikon No. 3 SmileBASIC" announced that it would start with the Nintendo e-shop in the fall of 2014 the delivery of. 1000 yen is planned price."

I have regular Petit Computer, so I'll probably get this version.

@Prof_Clayton
This might be where you heard it: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/04/new_version_of_petit_computer_will_allow_for_snes_or_playstation_standard_games_on_3ds

It says it's only 2d, which is a pity because it would be cool to be able to make lowpoly 3d games.

I bought the DSi version, but I couldn't figure it out. I'll buy this one, as well, especially since it'll have a 30 chapter manual. Even if I don't figure it out, I'll still be able to play some great games, I'm sure.

I already know p-basic, so I've got the basics sorted, and I'm a programmer to and through: I'm a game dev and my Uni course heavily involves code. So I'll probably be picking this up for fun, I rather enjoyed WW: DIY, and I'm assuming this has some similarities.

This just reminded me.....what happened to that music app that's suppose to come to 3DS?
Lol and IronFall?

I may get it as I'm trying to learn how to develop games. Not easy, and quite complicating.

I'm going to get it to enjoy the people's creations. Thats it :3

This one has a 30-chapter manual? Then I'm already looking forward to this one! Pretty much the main thing that turned me off from Petite Computer was that it didn't really have a tutorial.

While I may not know a lick of actual coding, I did enjoy the first Petit Computer title for it's impressive games that some were capable of.

Perhaps I'll pick this one up.

Personally, a 30 chapter manual would be PERFECT for doing stuff like this. I would have liked for the original DSi Puchicom to have some sort of decent manual (I found errors like crazy through the online manual that you can get for free).

Certainly going to get PuchiCom3.

Totally happy that this is coming to 3DS, I didn't like the no streetpass in sleep mode thing for the DSiWare.
I just hope that I can import all my programs from the old version.

@EaZy_T There won't be an automated process, I can tell you that much. Many things were changed (like % becoming MOD because the % character is used to identify an integer with PTC3), so you'd have to port it over manually. If you used your own graphics, you'll have to do those over again because the format there has also changed.

I would love to spend next Summer learning this alongside Java. The DSi version was a bit weird and confusing. There weren't that many classic games out there for the DSi Petit Computer from the community, anyway. Bravos to those that have done a good job, such as that PC version Flappy Bird.

I despise BASIC, it's primitive, complicated and not suitable for game development. Why not use a modern language such as Python, or a C variant?

Actually this version should be a cut above the DSi version- the manual is much-needed and at least we can save the programs easily now. The 3DS is difficult to type on, perhaps they will let us transfer from a PC?

Very excited!

Partly because I'm going to be AT Tokyo Gameshow, so I'll try and scope these guys out!

@ZenTurtle They have been making efforts to make the language more modern. The addition of functions and local variables in this version, plus more flexible control flow, makes it so you can program much like any other non-OOP language. You'll never have to touch GOTO in this version if you don't want to, I should think.

I skipped out on the first one because I didn't have the money and heard it was hard to make games on it.

I'm grabbing this one. I want to design games in the future, so why not start now? It'll be relatively impressive if I go into the field with a couple games that I made on my own (more or less) as a part of a portfolio.

Also, I recently bought a Game Boy Advance and have been even more interested in making a game that feels like a GBA title. Sure, there are a hundred-thousand other people that want to do the retro thing, but I think starting small (relatively) is good.

Hope this comes to America. Maybe I'll buy Petit Computer so I can get a jump start on learning Basic.