Well, I’ve made a start on my Mini LD 52 project, making some kinda game for MSDOS 😛

The good news is I’m up and running with some basic input and graphics!

The “bad news” is my progress so far is basically a rudimentary etch-a-sketch:

For those interested I’m using the following bits and bobs for this:

Oracle VirtualBox, running MSDOS 6.22 on a VHD

VHD means I can mount it in Windows 😉 so can use Notepad++ for most of my coding, and also mount that path in DOSBox for testing the game in the way it’ll be run by most.

I’m also using a DOS port of vi when I need to quickly edit a file in the DOS environment.

OpenWatcom is compiling and linking my C++ for me

If I get as far as some actual bitmappy graphics, I’ll be using Deluxe Paint II Enhanced for MSDOS.

Sound and music are kind of on the backburner at the moment, when I start thinking about them I’ll decide what DOS-based tools to use!