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by: I am Rob - Wed, 26 Apr 2023 02:42 UTC

> I would like to use a programming language to be able to make a 2d game (with sprites) with documentation.
> what do you recommend?
> I know C and C# pretty well.
> Thank you all for a response!

Merlin 32 is the programmers choice for IIGS programming.

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by: Peter 'Shaggy&# - Wed, 26 Apr 2023 02:30 UTC

Groovy hepcat F D was jivin' in comp.sys.apple2.programmer on Mon, 24
Apr 2023 09:20 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it.

> I would like to use a programming language to be able to make a 2d
> game (with sprites) with documentation. what do you recommend?
> I know C and C# pretty well.
> Thank you all for a response!

My advice is to learn 6502 assembly. It's a quite simple and easily
learned assembly language, and can be efficient if used well.
You could use C, but IMO it tends to be rather slow and take up too
much memory. Of course that could just be the C compiler I'm using
(cc65). A smaller, more efficient (but less featureful) C
implementation may be better. If push comes to shove (and if you have
the know-how), you could roll your own.
In either case you'll want to install cc65, even if only for the
assembler. Cc65 is a set of cross development tools that run on PC
under Linux and Microstuffed Losedows (maybe Mac as well, but I'm not
sure), and targets numerous 6502 based machines; including the Apple
IIGS, other members of the Apple II family, Commodore 64 & Vic 20 and
other systems.

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by: Kelvin Sherlock - Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:45 UTC

Since you already know C, you could use ORCA/C and the Generic Tile
Engine (https://github.com/lscharen/iigs-game-engine)

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F D <fra.bel211@gmail.com> writes:

>I would like to use a programming language to be able to make a 2d game (with
>sprites) with documentation.
>what do you recommend?
>I know C and C# pretty well.
>Thank you all for a response!

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Subject	Author
Creating a game on Apple IIgs	F D
Re: Creating a game on Apple IIgs	I am Rob
Re: Creating a game on Apple IIgs	Speccie
Re: Creating a game on Apple IIgs	Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood
Re: Creating a game on Apple IIgs	Kelvin Sherlock