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Windows ships with PowerShell which is a very capable programming language.

thwarted 7y ago
PowerShell is a relatively recent default inclusion in Windows, and it's not marketed or thought of as "You can build your own games with it!" Bookstores used to be packed with things like "The Big Book of Computer Games" and magazines with program listings for interesting programs you'd type in (a task my mother and I shared). A blog/video series about using PowerShell for simple games would be pretty interesting. Windows default file editors aren't that great either. The C64's full screen editor was designed for entering and editing BASIC programs, very visually.
- MagicPropmaker 7y ago
  I disagree. There are many books on programming in PowerShell and you can call into any .NET library from it, so you can certainly write games.
  - fit2rule 7y ago
    Got some examples?
    - MagicPropmaker 7y ago
      Games https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mspfe/2012/09/10/how-to-create-video-games-using-powershell/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mspfe/2012/09/10/how-to-... https://github.com/avdaredevil/SnakeMadNess https://github.com/avdaredevil/SnakeMadNess http://www.twentysidedblog.com/powershell-match-3-game/ http://www.twentysidedblog.com/powershell-match-3-game/ Books: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=PowerShell&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=PowerShell&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 There are a lot of people programming in Powershell. I probably write a few lines every day.
  - thwarted 7y ago
    I didn't say you couldn't write games using PowerShell. I said there doesn't seem to be books or docs or blogs about using PowerShell for games, or for really anything other than system automation and system utilities. I'm sure it's possible to write Eliza or a pong game in PowerShell. These are the kinds of things that introduced kids to programming, and without an easily accessible, included language with the mindshare that they are appropriate for entertainment purposes, less experienced but curious people will gravitate away from it.

PowerShell is a relatively recent default inclusion in Windows, and it's not marketed or thought of as "You can build your own games with it!" Bookstores used to be packed with things like "The Big Book of Computer Games" and magazines with program listings for interesting programs you'd type in (a task my mother and I shared). A blog/video series about using PowerShell for simple games would be pretty interesting. Windows default file editors aren't that great either. The C64's full screen editor was designed for entering and editing BASIC programs, very visually.

MagicPropmaker 7y ago
I disagree. There are many books on programming in PowerShell and you can call into any .NET library from it, so you can certainly write games.
- fit2rule 7y ago
  Got some examples?
  - MagicPropmaker 7y ago
    Games https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mspfe/2012/09/10/how-to-create-video-games-using-powershell/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mspfe/2012/09/10/how-to-... https://github.com/avdaredevil/SnakeMadNess https://github.com/avdaredevil/SnakeMadNess http://www.twentysidedblog.com/powershell-match-3-game/ http://www.twentysidedblog.com/powershell-match-3-game/ Books: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=PowerShell&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=PowerShell&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 There are a lot of people programming in Powershell. I probably write a few lines every day.
- thwarted 7y ago
  I didn't say you couldn't write games using PowerShell. I said there doesn't seem to be books or docs or blogs about using PowerShell for games, or for really anything other than system automation and system utilities. I'm sure it's possible to write Eliza or a pong game in PowerShell. These are the kinds of things that introduced kids to programming, and without an easily accessible, included language with the mindshare that they are appropriate for entertainment purposes, less experienced but curious people will gravitate away from it.