twinBASIC Monthly Challenge 2 by Alex Hedley

🎮 twinBASIC Monthly Challenge #2 - February

Create a Game

Build any game you like using twinBASIC. This can be a simple card game, arcade game, puzzle, or something more experimental. Creativity is encouraged - there is no “right” genre or style.

📦 Submission Rules

• Built using twinBASIC
• Full source code must be provided, but licence choice is unrestricted
• Submission must be a single ⁨⁨.twinproj⁩⁩ file (external image and music resource files allowed if necessary)
• Produces a single Windows EXE
• Runs on Windows 10 and later
• Game may be windowed or fullscreen
• Music is optional
• ❌ Not a direct or near-direct port of an existing VB6 game

🎵 Bonus Points

• Inclusion of music or sound effects
• Inclusion of controller support (e.g. XInput)
• Use of GDI+ package ⁠(Discord)
• Use of OpenGL (Discord)
• Clever or efficient rendering techniques
• Use of newer twinBASIC features (e.g. delegates, generics)
• Clean architecture and well-documented code
• Polished UI, UX, or game feel
• Interesting technical tricks (collision detection, AI, etc.)

🎁 Prize

£100 twinBASIC account credit

• Non-transferable
• No cash alternative
• Can only be used towards future twinBASIC licences

🏆 Judging

Entries will be judged across multiple categories, including:

• Originality and creativity
• Technical execution
• Performance
• Visual presentation
• Code quality and structure
• Overall polish and fun factor

Bonus points may be awarded at the discretion of the twinBASIC team.

Winner selected at the sole discretion of the twinBASIC team within 7 days after the entry deadline.

⏰ Deadline

Entries must be received by:

🗓️ 1st March — 12:00 PM (GMT)

Submissions will be locked after the deadline.

Discord

• https://discord.com/channels/927638153546829845/1467429513456783498
• https://discord.gg/UaW9GgKKuE
  • https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/discussions/629

⬇️Download

• https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic/releases

🔗Links

• https://twinbasic.com/
• https://docs.twinbasic.com/
• https://github.com/twinbasic

Keywords

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