Hope no one minds me asking, but could somebody here please give me some clear basics on using BASIC? I've read through the manual a few times now, but I'm still struggling because I don't exactly understand the formula for it all, if that's how you would describe this kind of problem. Does anyone here know how to explain BASIC practically enough that I can piece it together mentally and use it?

Hello! Here's Jacko, an original character. Looks cool, doesn't he? This is actually an updated version of his old sprite, which can be seen in the screenshot attached to one of my older Play Journal Entries, which also shows a few other characters of mine.

Thank you, anyway!

…Ah, I can't believe it was right there the entire time and I somehow didn't recognize it! How did I miss it? Oh, man! [SIGHS] But at least I know it's there now, so everything's fine. …Oh, hi! I didn't see you. Heh, heh… I guess I never needed to post this.

…Oh, I completely forgot about the INPUT instruction, which I noticed was being used instead of the PRINT instruction for an example in the manual. Oops! Well, it would still be convenient, and helpful, to have a question mark available on the keyboard somewhere. It's a bummer that there isn't… :-\

Huh? Where's the question mark on this keyboard? Can someone help me figure out how to type in a question mark, please?

Hmm… Well, I think you're right that I would not be able to figure out how to do it (at least, not on my own), but I will never lose interest in any of my current game ideas that, with much dedication, I've worked on in my head now for a long time.

Huh? I didn't understand that. What do you mean?

…Oh, okay, *J.P.*. Sure! So, if you have that spooky maze game, could you tell me what the public key is, please? I want to try it out for myself. …Sweet!

@£*J.P.*ĦC▲: …Is that so? …Nope. I've never even heard of it. Do you have the game? …I felt the same way. Though, I've learned from certain people and from example that you shouldn't cram too many ideas into one project. @Lumage: Uh-huh. That was a detailed paragraph. I kinda already knew the stuff that you just told me, but I appreciate your giving the info, anyway. Thanks!

…Maybe human characters, but I'm not sure if I'm good at "spriting" anything else yet. …Thanks! I'm glad you like them. Now, what I mean by limitations… Um… I kinda wanna make some three-dimensional games, and I'm pretty sure that it's not possible to make a full-fledged 3-D game on SmileBASIC… Well, I don't know. Perhaps if somebody, who had the knowledge and skill, attempted to do that…

Nothing yet that I know is possible to make on here. I've got some very cool ideas, but a lot of them, I believe, would have to exceed the limitations of this software to work. That reminds me of a post I made a while ago in this community. I think you'd like it, because the screenshot is of a few sprites of some of my original characters, which I drew on the sprite sheet. It's my favorite post!

I sure hope it'll come in handy later on.

Yeah, maybe.

Ooh, I never knew about that. Thank you! I guess that will be useful. Oh, and never mind about this issue, because I accidentally fixed it: I tapped the SMILE button, then went back, and the strawberry was gone! Cool!

Um… How do I remove this strawberry from the screen? I tried executing the GCLS instruction, and I tried using the NEW instruction to delete all the code for the program that was responsible for it, but it's still there. Could anyone please help me?

Mathias: Senic I just started working on Daisy. How's this for a start? If you want me to change something please tell me.

Mathias: Here are my Mario sprites for my SSB game in SmileBASIC. Note: I'm using my brother's 3DS to post this. With permission.

Thanks for asking, Declan! Yes, he's the player character in the first game.

My Original Characters From left to right: Jacko, Ben, Jet, and Jenny.