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The FORTH code for Chipwits is released in the game's 40th anniversary

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210 points JoeDaDude | 6 comments | 21 Nov 24 18:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.883s | source | bottom
1. transfire ◴[21 Nov 24 19:49 UTC] No.42207888[source]▶
Curious, what is the modern version of Chipwits is written in?
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2. owyn ◴[21 Nov 24 19:53 UTC] No.42207936[source]▶
They mention that it's C# and that it's at least 10x the amount of code...

I loved this game! I actually had the Forth package for the C64 also but I never put 2+2 together that the game was made with it.

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3. DougDroogSharp ◴[21 Nov 24 20:05 UTC] No.42208050[source]▶
Unity in C#
4. DougDroogSharp ◴[21 Nov 24 20:15 UTC] No.42208162[source]▶
Glad you dig my old game. Play our demo on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2330720/ChipWits/

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5. DougDroogSharp ◴[21 Nov 24 20:18 UTC] No.42208187[source]▶
Stacks in ChipWits were very much a result of coding the game in FORTH.
6. owyn ◴[22 Nov 24 01:03 UTC] No.42210253{3}[source]▶
That's awesome. I will! I was probably around 12-14? when I spent many hours with that game. After that it was DOS and Doom. But I think when I eventually drifted towards the path to being a software engineer I did grasp a lot of the basic concepts faster because I played games like this as a kid. The other path was being a musician of course.