Dark Basic Professional Review
Awesome Software, but Lack of Community
You can buy it at RegNow for that price.
Could makes great games Software comes with some tutorials
Lack of community or forum
I brought this software a year ago. I did some programming and it work out pretty well. The software has a built-in code list that feature every single code that you could use in it. It also have small tutorials built-in it such as moving 2d characters and creating environments. I found that pretty awesome and learn a lot from. While I was brosing the software I found some pre-made games in it. The pre-made games were exciting and I learn a bit from those too by examining the codes of the game structures.
What this software lacks is the basic of programming. Rookies like me had troubles finding a start. I didn't know where to go or how to begin. It was little frustrating from the beginning. I spend a week or two trying to start a simple application such as move a 2d character.
I check out there forum and there community is alright, but it not great for rookies. They need a beginners sections corners or something.
Overall this software is great and could makes some decent games, but need to work better with the community for beginners.
I believe Dark Basic Professional could be a more successful software if it improves it community.