RCBasic - BASIC Programming Language for Games

Devlog

• RCBasic v4.6 Released
  October 14, 2025 by n00bCode

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  #Game Engine, #Game Development, #IDE, #Programming, #BASIC, #2d, #3d, #Graphics, #Framework, #Level Editor, #Tile Map

  This release is mostly a bug fix release. Here is a list of the changes: Fixed SoundExists() function memory leak Fixed Shadow Rendering Added a tool to Serenity to focus camera on selected objects Ad... Continue reading
• Minor update to RCBasic v4.5
  September 22, 2025 by n00bCode#Game Development, #Game Engine, #Programming, #SDK, #Framework, #Graphics, #2d, #3d, #Level Editor, #IDE

  The previous upload was missing the updated API for Nirvana so that has been added. If you downloaded it before this please download the latest update which is called Rev 1... Continue reading
• RCBasic v4.5 Released
  September 21, 2025 by n00bCode

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  #game engine, #programming language, #graphics, #2d, #3d, #level editor, #ide, #framework, #sdk

  RCBasic v4.5 Release New Features Include: New functions for setting blend and anti-alias modes for sprite canvases New functions for setting render priority for sprite canvases Added Isometric Tile L... Continue reading
• Fixed a bug in the distribute tool I just caught
  August 23, 2025 by n00bCode

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  I found a bug in the distribute tool after uploading so I patched it and re-uploaded. Please re-download if you have already downloaded it... Continue reading
• RCBasic v4.4 Release
  August 23, 2025 by n00bCode#Game Engine, #Programming, #IDE, #Game Development, #Tools, #2D, #3D, #Retro, #BASIC

  RCBasic v4.4 adds a few major new features to its bundled editors and a few fixes to the runtime. The biggest new feature is FX materials are now able to be set from Serenity. It also adds an extra pa... Continue reading
• Patched Serenity3D Editor
  August 16, 2025 by n00bCode

  This fixes the Serenity_GetMeshIndex() and adds Serenity_GetMeshAnimationIDByName() to the API... Continue reading
• RCBasic v4.3 Released
  August 16, 2025 by n00bCode#game development, #game engine, #game programming, #programming, #retro, #2D, #3D, #Tool, #anim8or, #blender, #ide, #level editor

  RCBasic v4.3 fixes a few bugs and finally adds android support. The new features/improvements are: Android support (NOTE: Android builds can currently only be done from the linux version) Added the op... Continue reading
• RCBasic v4.2 Released
  June 02, 2025 by n00bCode

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  #game engine, #programming language, #BASIC, #game development, #linux, #windows, #level editor, #ide, #retro

  This is the biggest release of RCBasic to date. I added a 2D level editor and a 3D level editor along with a lot of new functionality. * Added Nirvana2D - A 2D World Editor ----Main Features---- * Spr... Continue reading

  
• RCBasic v4.1 Released
  January 13, 2025 by n00bCode

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  #Programming Language, #Game Engine

  This release fixes a number of bugs from v4.0: * Fixed: Internal Sprite Buffer had an issue where pointers would get lost if more than 5 or 6 sprites were created * Fixed: Only the last font loaded co... Continue reading
• Missing DLLs in windows build
  December 16, 2024 by n00bCode

  I re-uploaded the Windows 64-bit build since it was missing a few dlls. If you had any issues try re-downloading it... Continue reading
• RCBasic v4.0 Released
  December 16, 2024 by n00bCode

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  #BASIC, #Programming Language, #Framework, #Game Enginge, #Game Development, #Tools, #IDE

  RCBasic v4.0 has officially released. Its the culmination of over a year of work re-writing the graphics library, adding support for user defined types, and making several improvements to performance... Continue reading

  
• v3.21 Windows update
  September 12, 2023 by n00bCode

  I added some DLLs that were missing to the windows version... Continue reading
• Documentation Link
  September 10, 2023 by n00bCode

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  I reuploaded with the documentation link fixed. If you have already downloaded it, you can just go into the config folder and modify rcbasic_edit.config. On the line with the documentation link, chang... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.21 Released
  September 10, 2023 by n00bCode#rcbasic, #BASIC, #game engine, #game development, #tool, #retro

  RCBasic v3.21 is up. There is a lot of bug fixes and new features packed into this release. Here is a list of the major changes: Added new music function for spatial audio Added some geometry function... Continue reading
• RCBasic 3.20 rev 3 For Linux
  April 17, 2023 by n00bCode

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  This is an update to fix an issue with building android apps. There will be a fix for the Windows version available in the next couple of days... Continue reading
• RCBasic 3.20 revision 2 release is out
  March 28, 2023 by n00bCode

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  I just uploaded a new version to address some more bugs and add a slight performance boost... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.20 Speed Boost
  March 05, 2023 by n00bCode

  I rebuilt v3.20 to give it a major performance boost. Its literally almost twice as fast... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.20 Release
  February 25, 2023 by n00bCode#BASIC programming language, #Game Engine, #Game Development, #2D, #Pixel Art, #Tools

  This is probably the biggest update RCBasic has had since 3.0. There is a lot of new features, some bug fixes, and quality of life improvements. Here is the biggest new features: Unicode Support - You... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.19 Minor Windows Fix
  October 16, 2022 by n00bCode

  I made some minor fixes to the android builder based on feedback... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.19 Updates
  October 15, 2022 by n00bCode#game development, #game engine, #programming, #programming language, #BASIC, #2D, #Graphics

  I just re-uploaded v3.19 with some updates to the IDE and distribute tool for windows and linux... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.19 release
  September 30, 2022 by n00bCode#development, #game engine, #engine, #game, #tool, #programming, #BASIC, #rcbasic, #graphics

  This new release contains a number of bug improvements and some new features. These are the major changes: Ability to execute files that are not part of a project New preference dialog in the editor C... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.18 Released
  February 25, 2022 by n00bCode#Programming, #Development, #Game Development, #Game Engine, #Asset, #Tool

  This latest release adds a new IDE with project management and a new UI for the Distribution tool. There has also been some tweaks to some of the backend build scripts which should make porting your p... Continue reading

  
• RCBasic v3.17 Released
  December 08, 2021 by n00bCode

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  #Programming, #Game Development, #Game Engine, #Development, #Tools

  RCBasic v3.17 has just been posted. This is not a significant release but it does fix a major bug and improves the installation process on linux and simplifies the process for building an android app... Continue reading
• Fixed issues in the android build
  December 06, 2021 by n00bCode

  Fixed issues related to android being unable to build due to issues with the SDK. The setup instructions have been updated with additional steps for this update... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.16 Released
  October 14, 2021 by n00bCode#game development, #game programming, #programming, #development tools, #game engine

  I just uploaded a new release to address a couple of bugs (Literally 2). * Update() was patched to prevent it from updating events when there is no events in the queue * Web exports now report "WEB" w... Continue reading
• Updated the windows release of RCBasic v3.15
  October 08, 2021 by n00bCode

  I made a change to how the editor is launched on windows and I also added the AurelEdit editor with a launcher for it that should configure it right out of the box... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.15 Released
  October 04, 2021 by n00bCode

  I just uploaded the latest version of RCBasic with some bug fixes and performance improvements. Here is a list of the changes: Added the MusicIsPlaying() function which returns whether your loaded mus... Continue reading
• RCBasic PI ( v3.14 )
  August 02, 2021 by n00bCode

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  #game development, #development, #tools, #programming, #BASIC, #game engine

  This version has been in development for about 8 months now. There are a ton of bug fixes and improvements. I have posted all my release notes on my forum which you can access here: RCBasic PI release... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.13
  December 07, 2020 by n00bCode

  I just uploaded the latest release with several bug fixes and enhancements. It also adds the ability to open a window with VSync disabled... Continue reading
• RCBasic v3.12
  May 14, 2020 by n00bCode#basic, #programming language, #game development, #2d graphics

  v3.12 has just been released. Updated development tools are available on itch.io. To get the latest distribution tools for desktop, web, and mobile devices please visit rcbasic.com... Continue reading