I'm currently in the debugging phase of my current project, but I plan on using SmileBASIC File Manager to export it and then upload it to GitHub before porting it to SmileBASIC 4. Though I would also like to try my hand at Petit Computer.
I'm considering sunsetting SBS and making it readonly
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Hey, all. I was thinking of picking up SB again and thought I'd check in, here. Guess I'm not really surprised by the plans to close this down, seeing how slow it's been, but it's still a bit sad to see.
I joined years ago in the 3DS days, but never made anything worthwhile. A couple of years ago I dug into SB4 and actually got a solid start on a project for once, but I dropped it. Now I want to pick it up again, and hopefully make it playable within a month or two. Figured this would be a good place to share it, but... Oh, well.
It seems that the most active SB users are Japanese (based on what I find by browsing projects within the app on Switch), and most of them don't bother to use this site, so I guess that's a big reason why things are slow, here. I like this site because SB doesn't have an official place to discuss programming and search for projects (that I know of), and this is perfect to fill that void. Or, would be, if only people would keep using it.
Wish this site could stick around longer. But I absolutely understand why you're making this decision. Thanks for providing this, I enjoyed the time with the SB community.
Got the urge to work in SB again, so I thought I'd check this place out again. Shame it's going to shut down.
It's been a long time since I've been here, and I know I was mostly just the annoying kid of the site no one really cared about, but I just wanna say. I'll miss this place when it's gone. I have a lot of fond memories ot this site and my life would legitimately not be the same without it. When this site was active was some of the best years of my life and I feel legitimately sad such a big part of my mid-to-late childhood is going away. But oh well.
To be honest, even though I haven't talked to anyone I met here in years, I miss a lot of you. I've just not really had any good ways of reaching out, and it's hard to bond when most of us have drifted away from the one shared interest that brought us all together in the first place. But that's life.
...I'll just drop my discord handle here for anyone interested: bulba413
Gonna miss this place. Was fun seeing what people made even if I never made anything myself.
Hopefully someone is still around here.
I'd like to send special thanks to CyberYoshi64 if he's still around—he was a major force for me to get introduced to the world of programming.
Wherever you are, bud, I've enjoyed working with you. Hope life is treating you well.
Oh man, haven't been here in a bit! Lots of good memories, PTC got me introduced to programming, and sites like this kept my learning and excitement going, undoubtably changed my brain for the better. Thanks for the work you've done!
i am somewhat wondering if, say, smilebasic 5 came out, if the site reopening in that case might happen because there would probably be another spark of interest? if not by you, would you perhaps consider transferring ownership of the site, partially or entirely, if there's enough interest? i would certainly be interested in helping revive the site again if something like that happened and you needed help and/or wanted someone else to take over. or even just making another site that's a fork of this one if there's nothing official
obviously that's probably not happening anytime soon but like. in the future
Coming back here and looking at the threads brought back a lot of memories. Most of my teenage years were spent here, in this community, and I look back at the times I spent here fondly. The years spent in chat with everyone were truly special, and were a bright light that got me through some hard times.
The inside jokes, the silly competitions over the coin games, the strange TDoS bot, SBAPI... all of those were high points for me. There were lows, too, but those only made every other moment special. SBS (and by extension, SmileBASIC, even though I didn't get it until years later :)) will always be an aspect of those years that I look back on with nostalgia.
I apologize for the pest I would be at times (especially towards Y and haloopdy; I was quite a troublemaker). I caused a lot of trouble for everybody, and I tended to be a pain for the moderation team. Not only did I enjoy (almost) every moment of my time on this website, but in a way, this site raised me, however silly that may seem. I had a lot to figure out about myself, and some of the direction I received changed my life. Thank you.
Thank you to (sorry if I use an outdated username at any point) haloopdy, Y, snail_, tint, 12, answer, chicken, Amoura, Chemicalex, computablee, and everyone else. Although I still chat with some of you, for the others I hope we will chat again and maybe reminisce together sometime. If anyone would like to reach out and chat, you can find me primarily on Discord (@masterr3c0rd) and sometimes on Bluesky (@record.epqu.ca)
Sweet dreams, SBS.