Making A Game In COBOL - Coding Like It's 1975

[@someunusualgames]

Okay maybe not literally 1975, but the fact is I used the fixed format which made me format the code in a funny way... Also, I don't remember where I read it but I saw someone saying "If cobol was realeased today it'd be considered an esoteric programming language", which I found funny and had to mention it somewhere in the video, sorry

[@gargamel3478]

I am glad you used my wrapper :) Good job!

[@someunusualgames]

Hey, you made the wrapper listed in raylib's bindings? Dude you're awesome! I tried to make the game a while ago but couldn't figure out how to pass the struct values to C, your idea was genius :)

[@gargamel3478]

@@someunusualgames I actually copied the idea of using a C wrapper from some youtuber, who also made a game in COBOL, but using SDL.

[@JoshyLPHD]

I have no idea how I landed her, but I am glad that I did.

[@bookle5829]

1 billion dollar code right here. that's really nice!

[@Alberto_Cavalcante]

Wow! No way! Have to check this out later.

[@gargamel3478]

Also, did you know that someone has made a Raylib binding for brainfck? Will you try it?

[@someunusualgames]

@@gargamel3478 yeah I saw it, it's on my list. It'll be a huge pain in the ass but I'll definitely try it :)

[@user-zu9th3no1d]

Fortran next!

[@someunusualgames]

oh boy do i have news for you 😆 I already used it last year here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5y3lJ2HeN-qfsU

[@monesy.893]

I have a question, can you create games on all programming languages? Just curious

[@someunusualgames]

@monesy.893 Sure you can, if you consider text only games as games then any programming language with a print function and a way to loop can make a game :) Otherwise, if the language has a way to call certain OS functions, then you can always load a .dll or .so files containing C libraries like raylib or SDL and use them from the language of your choice. That's what I've been doing :p I believe not all languages can do that though.

[@RedHair651]

Definitely not esoteric. It has had production applications for decades and decades.

[@LycheeLele-mh2ku]

I hate this language, and cannot believe someone would do this