That video is pure madness. How does this compare to the BBCBasic project?

I got told that BBC Basic is slower (which is to be expected, since BBC Basic is interpreted, unlike Axe), but I do not know about the file size of produced programs. For BBC, the game player need to install BBC Basic APP on his calc to run it and the on-calc editor isn't too user-friendly for the average TI-BASIC programmer. However I saw pretty cool stuff made in BBC Basic.

I'm glad there are finally more alternatives to TI-BASIC and ASM on z80 calcs for game dev

Yeah, I heard that BBC is slower, too. I've actually gotten an Apple //e off of eBay and player around with it.(when I was young and foolish), It uses a similar editor. That was awful when I had to insert many lines of code. Just awful.

BTW, Axe programs are about double the size of what they would be if coded by a good ASM programmer, but that deficit is dropping as Kevin makes improvements.

This gotta be the first calculator language other than TI-83+ BASIC that I can even understand enough to do anything with it. I like how many commands are almost the same as TI-BASIC syntax, while still adding some new commands to deal with pointers and the like. That, and the execution speed plus how you can both program using the TI-BASIC editor and compile on-calc.

Nice job Quigibo on this 2nd feature!

Having used Axe for several weeks now, it is quite amazing. It's great for making fast games in a short time. I really like it, and I has almost entirely replaced TI-Basic for me.

after seeing the video there is only one emotion:
T.T (THIS IS TOO GOOD~!!!)
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TEARS OF JOY!!!

I agree.

Wow!

I'm not even sure what to say -- the potential power this brings is simply indescribable!

Yup, I was amazed when I saw BBC Basic...When I saw this, I was completely speechless. Great job Kevin Horowitz!

Glad everyone likes it! :)

I'm looking forward to adding some really cool new features that I have in mind such as compiling directly to applications and more automation in programming for things like tile-mapping and ray-casting. I expect to finish this project and release version 1.0.0 by the end of this summer.

I really love Axe. I think that Program of the Year is too little an award for what it can do. I think it deserves Program of Forever. However, the former is the only award it will get, so keep it up. If you think you have a candidate for POTY, don't release it until after the voting has passed.

I think that raycasting is really a good idea. I found this great raycasting code online, but I couldn't duplicate it on Axe, since Axe only supports 16-bit integers and the code depended on floats. Either support raycasting, or support floating point numbers. Both are excellent ideas.

I like Axe, most awesome thing ever. Before, I tried many languages and couldn't understand any, then Axe came out. It awnsers wishes of many z80 BASIC programmers in the way they have similar-looking code, but running at a speed similar to ASM and still programmable on-calc.

Speed-wise, before the author adds native 4 level grayscale support, I hard coded some grayscale sprites in the data and by displaying 97 sprites every frame, alternating through layers to create a grayscale effect (using scanlines), I still managed to get about 40 fps on a TI-84 Plus

Axe version 0.4.4 or later now supports floats.