VCS Game Maker

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• v0.47.3: Fix bug where the color selection was using the wrong RGB values for one of the entries.
  October 29, 2025 by haroldo-ok

  This version fixes a bug where the color selection was displaying the wrong colors for one of the entries... Continue reading

  
• v0.47.2: Fix bug where creating a new project wasn't clearing the actions tab.
  October 25, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This fixes a bug where the "Create New Project" button failed to clear the actions tab... Continue reading
• v0.47.1: New distribution for Windows.
  October 24, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version releases a new distribution for Windows... Continue reading

  
• v0.47.0: Create button for creating a new project.
  October 23, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a button for creating a new project... Continue reading

  
• v0.46.0: Create option for hiding the blank lines.
  October 18, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.46.0 adds an option for hiding the blank lines. It has the side effect of preventing missile 0 from showing when the blank lines are hidden... Continue reading

  
• v0.45.1: create option for hiding the score.
  October 18, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.45.1 adds an option screen where, for now, it's possible to configure whether the score will be displayed at the bottom of the screen... Continue reading

  
• v0.44.0: Implement blocks for reading a pixel from the background.
  October 13, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a block for reading a pixel from the background... Continue reading

  
• v0.43.0: Allow flipping players horizontally.
  October 10, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.43.0 adds an extra option to the player blocks in order to allow flipping them horizontally... Continue reading

  
• v0.42.0: Allow changing the score color
  October 02, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds blocks for changing the score color... Continue reading

  
• v0.41.1: Fix bug that prevented comments from working
  October 01, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version fixes bug that prevented comments from working; now, Blockly comments will be correctly translated into the corresponding "REM" statements... Continue reading

  
• v0.41.0: Implement blocks for drawing vertical/horizontal lines.
  September 30, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.41.0 implements blocks for drawing vertical/horizontal lines... Continue reading

  
• v0.40.0: Implement support for scrolling the background.
  September 28, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version implements support for scrolling the background... Continue reading

  
• Updates during "Improve My Game Jam 41"
  September 28, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  Those updates were made during " Improve My Game Jam 41 ": New features implemented: v0.40.0 : Implement support for scrolling the background. v0.41.0 : Implement blocks for drawing vertical/horizonta... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.39.0 - Create block for hiding the player sprites.
  August 23, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a block for hiding the player sprites. There's also an updated version of the windows distribution... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.38.0 - Add more examples using the color blocks.
  August 21, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a few more examples on how to use the color blocks... Continue reading
• Version 0.37.0 - Show version number on the top of the page
  August 19, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version shows the version number on the top of the page... Continue reading
• Version 0.36.0 - Create block for choosing colors
  August 15, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a block that makes it easier for the user to choose a color... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.35.1 - Windows distribution for 0.35.0
  August 10, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds an Electron-based windows distribution for 0.35.0... Continue reading
• Version 0.35.0 - Add support for the console switches.
  August 09, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  Added support for the "Reset", "Select", "Color" and "B/W" switches... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.34.0 - Add support for difficulty switches
  August 08, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds support for difficulty switches, as well as a few examples on how to use that... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.33.0 - Add block for changing background pixels
  August 05, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a block for changing background pixels using bBasic's "pfpixel" command... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.32.2 - Update internal dependencies
  August 02, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version updates a few npm dependencies in order to make future updates easier... Continue reading
• Created Windows distribution for version 0.32.1
  May 15, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  Created Win32 distribution for version 0.32.1... Continue reading
• Version 0.32.1 - Fix bug where sprite edits where being lost
  May 03, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This fixes a bug where sprite/background edits where being lost if the user changed pages a fraction of a second after editing a sprite or a background... Continue reading
• Version 0.32.0 - Allow changing player sprite height.
  May 01, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a button that allows changing the player's srite height, on the sprite editor... Continue reading
• Version 0.31.1 - add button for exporting the generated source code.
  April 20, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a button for exporting the generated bBasic source code... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.30.0 - Title screen example
  February 10, 2025 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a title screen to the examples. Also added a Windows build for this version... Continue reading
• Version 0.29.0: platformer example
  October 31, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  Added example on how to create a simple platformer movement; Improved the diagonal ball bouncing example... Continue reading
• Version 0.28.0: allow setting the ball width.
  October 29, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version allows setting the ball width... Continue reading
• Version 0.27.0: create blocks to execute code every n frames.
  October 28, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  Created block to execute code on even / odd frames; Created block to execute code every n frames; Updated diagonal bouncing ball example to use the new blocks... Continue reading
• Version 0.26.0: added a few more examples
  October 26, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  Added a few more examples: How to make a diagonally bouncing ball. How to select the next background... Continue reading
• Version 0.25.6 fix code generation for `repeat` blocks.
  October 14, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  The repeat block was generating invalid code when combining `until`/`while` with the `or` operator... Continue reading
• Version 0.25.5 - Handle collision against itself
  October 10, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  Fixes a bug where using the collision block that was colliding with itself was causing a bBasic compilation error. Changed so that if the block is configured to check collision with something against... Continue reading
• Version 0.25.4 - Fix bug on the true/false boolean constant bloc
  October 09, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  The tool was generating invalid code when the true/false constant block was used. This was fixed... Continue reading
• Version 0.25.3 - Fix nested block inside `else`
  October 07, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  - This adds required line breaks in the generated `else` code; - This fixes label generation for the `while` block... Continue reading
• Version 0.25.2 - fixed error when creating variables on the windows distribution
  October 01, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  The windows standalone distribution was failing to open the variable creation dialog when clicking on the "Create variable..."; this version fixes this... Continue reading
• Version 0.25.1 - Just a few security fixes
  September 26, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version just fixes a few security problems... Continue reading
• Added a tutorial
  September 24, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  See:... Continue reading
• Version 0.25.0: more flexible random numbers.
  September 19, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a block for generating random numbers within some predefined ranges... Continue reading
• Version 0.24.0 is now available! Added an example.
  September 09, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  Added example for a vertically bouncing ball... Continue reading
• Version 0.23.1 now comes with a downloadable Windows version
  August 23, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version comes with an Electron-based downloadable Windows version... Continue reading
• Version 0.23.0 is now available!
  June 30, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version implements events for title screen, gameplay, gameover, etc... Continue reading
• Version 0.22.0 is now available!
  June 24, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds block for defining code that should be executed only once when starting the ROM... Continue reading
• Version 0.21.0: import/export images
  June 12, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds buttons for exporting and exporting images to and from backgrounds and players... Continue reading
• Version 0.20.0 is now available!
  June 08, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a few player 1 related examples... Continue reading
• Version 0.19.0 is now available!
  June 06, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version implements support for multiple player animations... Continue reading
• Version 0.18.1 is now available!
  June 02, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This fixes a bug where player color and missile height were interfering with each other... Continue reading
• Version 0.18.0 is now available!
  June 02, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds blocks for setting number and width of players and missiles... Continue reading
• Version 0.17.1 is now available!
  May 30, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  Player animation wasn't working when starting a new project... Continue reading
• Version 0.17.0 is now available!
  May 28, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a few examples to the toolbox... Continue reading
• Version 0.16.1 is now available!
  May 28, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version fixes code generation for nested `if`/`else` blocks... Continue reading
• Version 0.16.0 is now available!
  May 21, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version implements support for simple sound effects... Continue reading
• Version 0.15.1 is now available!
  May 18, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  Bugfix: when starting a project from scratch, the program was failing to provide a default background... Continue reading
• Version 0.15.0 is now available!
  May 16, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a block for generating random numbers between 1 and 255... Continue reading
• Version 0.14.0 is now available!
  April 13, 2024 by haroldo-ok

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  This version now includes a Windows distribution, using Electron wrapper... Continue reading
• Version 0.13.0 is now available!
  December 08, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a block for setting background/playfield color... Continue reading
• Version 0.12.0 is now available!
  December 04, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  The compilation errors are now shown at the bottom of the window... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.2 now available!
  December 02, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds a toolbar at the top, so that, even if running on a narrow window, the user will still be able to navigate between the various editors:... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.1 is now available!
  November 06, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  This version fixes a bug where equality and non-equality were generating the wrong operators, preventing the code from compiling... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.0 is now available!
  February 26, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.11.0 allows calling the screen rendering routine explicitly... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.2 is now available!
  February 23, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  This fixes a bug where the code generators for the repeat N times and repeat while/until blocks were generating JS code instead of bBasic... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.1 is now available!
  February 20, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.10.1 fixes a code generation bug when incrementing a variable. The block "change 'some variable' by..." was generating incorrect, non-compilable code; this version fixes this bug... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.0 is now available!
  February 05, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  This version adds support for multiple backgrounds: now, it is possible to design multiple backgrounds and choose which of them to use... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.0 is now available!
  January 22, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.9.0 adds blocks for manipulating the score... Continue reading
• Version 0.8.1 is now available!
  January 20, 2023 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.8.1 fixed a bug where changing the player's color simply wasn't working... Continue reading
• Version 0.8.0 is now available!
  August 19, 2021 by haroldo-ok

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  Version 0.8.0 is now available! Now, you can add or remove sprite animation frames... Continue reading
• Version 0.7.0 is now available!
  August 10, 2021 by haroldo-ok

  Version 0.7.0 has been released! It now allows the sprite animations to be edited... Continue reading
• Version 0.6.0 is now available!
  July 31, 2021 by haroldo-ok

  Version 0.6.0 has been released! It now allows the background to be edited. Only supports a single background, for now; future versions will allow multple backgrounds... Continue reading
• Version 0.5.0 is now available.
  July 26, 2021 by haroldo-ok#new minor version

  Version 0.5.0 is now available! Updates since the first release: 0.2.0: created block for collision checking; 0.3.0: added support for variables; 0.4.0: generated bBasic code is now displayed on its o... Continue reading