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Welcome to Brutus2D

Guilect — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:54:54 +0000

Brutus2D is a BASIC-style game programming language for Windows.

Brutus2D provides all the familiar BASIC commands like “For-Next”, “If-Then”, and etc.
Additionally, simple commands manipulate graphics, sounds, and inputs. It is targeted towards the hobbyist who enjoys programming a game now and then.

Brutus2D can create fast and small stand-alone executables.

Brutus2D is Freeware.

Advanced features can be found in the registered version.
The registered version is only $10 US.

New Game - PacMan

Guilect — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:53:54 +0000

Peter has produced a variation on the PacMan game.
Make your PacMan collect items in nicely designed levels.

You can download it from its showcase thread in the forum : HERE

v1.8.3 of Brutus2D Released May 7, 2008

Guilect — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:37:18 +0000

Here is the change log for V1.8.3

added — File Objects for writing bytes, longs, and strings
added — Net object commands Initiialize and Terminate.

Changed — moved existing file commands from system object into the File object.

fixed — Brutus2D chm help file has search capability working again.

You can get it from the download page : Here

New Game - miniBoulder

Guilect — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:36:30 +0000

Peter has again delivered a complete game, this time a boulder dash like one.

See the forum for details : Click here

New game - Panic II

Guilect — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:34:41 +0000

Peter has created another complete game — Panic II.
It boasts 27+ levels of fun and was made with the freeware version of Brutus2D.

You can pick up the game from the showcase section of the Brutus2D Forum : Here

v1.8.2 of Brutus2D released February 25, 2008

Guilect — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:40:30 +0000

This release is mostly about the addition of Networked Multiplayer capabilities.
See download page to get this version.

release notes:
added — Net(work) Multiplayer commands. Available to registered users.
Example in examples\Network folder.
added — Graphics.GetPixel to autocomplete

fixed — .bjs files are now associated with Brutus2D
fixed – limited the output for ArcCos to 0 and 3.14159265358979
            And 1.5707964 to -1.5707964 for ArcSin.
            Now if the input is > 1 or < -1 then the output of the function will not give error but rather
            the 1 or -1 output.
fixed — In BrutusMap, where if you open a file, then click new, it maintained the same filename

New Game shown in Showcase — Coin Panic

Guilect — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:16:55 +0000

New member peter has done a wonderful job on his first game in Brutus2D.
It is in the style of a classic platformer. You need to collect all the coins while avoiding the baddies.
peter has created 35 levels for you to try to master.
Visit the forum here to download.
Instructions are in the download as well as some additional pointer in the forum.
Enjoy.

v1.8.1 of Brutus2D Released July 17, 2007

Guilect — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:53:46 +0000

Here is what is new for V1.8.1

changed — system.fileread will no longer create a file if the requested file does not exist
changed — joystick.button now returns booleans

fixed — mouse.setposxy was not updating mouse.x and mouse.y properly
fixed — graphics.setline was leaving out the last pixel
fixed — joystick.GetSlider commands did not match documentation.
fixed — include file not being found generated 2 error messages.
fixed — map tilesets no longer have to be in the root directory.
fixed — gui.showopen changing working directory
fixed — music.clearMidi not working every time
fixed — bug in graphics.SetBox
fixed — bug which caused primatives not to work in a B2D exe when also using a custom exe icon
fixed — sound.CloneWav
fixed — apostrophe in a quoted string, in an exe, causing an error
fixed — Math.GetRndReal taking a long time when the two input parameters were equal
fixed — changing file version number, company name, etc on exe did not work

added — Joystick Initialized / Terminated debug messages
added — Joystick.GetProductName
added — Function graphics.getmem
added — keys.GetCaps ; returns true if Cap Lock is on
added — Music.Ogg commands to autocomplete in IDE

V1.8 Released June 4, 2007

Guilect — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:08:00 +0000

Here is the latest verison of Brutus2D.
Everyone is encouraged to upgrade to this latest version as it fixes some bugs.

Get your copy here from the downloads page :

Click here to go to downloads page

Here is the change log for V1.8

changed — joystick.button to accept variants
changed — console.setforecolor to accept variants
changed — size of windowed mode window to have client size of requested resolution
changed — math.GetRndN to math.GetRndNormal
changed — console.Readline now has an optional prompt
changed — system INI files now assume application path as default location
changed — system object file functions, where appropriate, now return booleans instead of 1 or 0.
changed — graphics.SetCircle now only accepts radius values greater than zero.
changed — mouse.update command removed from documentation, it is no longer needed
changed — mouse.buttons to return booleans
changed — all B2D objects now consistently start with a Capital letter; impications are only for JScript users; e.g. was ‘key’, now is ‘Key’.
changed — the Brutus2D Math object will be known as BMath for JScript users to avoid conflict with JScript’s own Math object.
changed — GUI.ShowOpen and GUI.ShowSave to have optional Title and Filter parameters

added — graphics.SetBox, draw a hollow box
added — Save IDE setting for ScopeKeyword color
added — system.CommandLine –> returns commandline param’s as string
added — Autosave feature to save the last active code window in case of IDE crash.
added — ‘Freeware’ or ‘Registered’ to about box
added — recognition message after successful registration of B2D
added — Console.SetColor command

fixed — mouse.dx, dy, dz returned values
fixed — mouse.setposxy
fixed — path error in Graphics.LoadImage when used with GUI.ShowOpen command

v1.7.1 update released March 29, 2007

Guilect — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:32:40 +0000

This update fixes the following issues:

V1.7.1 (March 29, 2007)

fixed — mouse dx, dy, dz
fixed — particles showing at -100, -100
fixed — console.inkey()
fixed — includes now properly handle ‘REM’
fixed — createimage now reports correct width and height from a graphics.getwidth/height
fixed — mouse.hide and mouse.show
fixed — other windows / icons showing through in full screen mode
fixed — joystick.button

Visit the download page for the full package or the forum for just an update download.