The Free and Open
Game Programming Language
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Tutorial 5: Exploring KonsolScript
From the previous tutorial, we’ve already tried understanding what’s written inside the sample code. In this tutorial, we will try to understand the files created along side our sample code “helloworld.ks” — namely, helloworld.konsl and ks.log files. What are they for? helloworld.konsl The .KONSL file is basically the processed file which stores the codes you…
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Tutorial 4: Understanding KonsolScript
This tutorial explains the sample code shown from Hello World tutorial. function main function main() { //more code to follow } All KonsolScript game should have this function called, main. This main function is the first function to be executed in KonsolScript. Without function main, your code will not execute at all. So, what is…
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Tutorial: Basics
Seeing some activities on KonsolScript’s SourceForge page and Facebook page, it made me think: how can I keep this momentum? I gotta say, last KonsolScript release was over 3 years now but I’m pretty sure it’s quite useful and quite stable for others to use already. So, given that I’ve not much time to tinker…
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Tutorial 3: Hello World
This tutorial assumes that you already installed KonsolScript, and was able to prove that everything works fine. Assuming you are using Windows 7, right-click anywhere on your Desktop or on your working directory. Then select New-> KonsolScript Document as shown in photo below. If successful, you should already have a file temporarily named “New KonsolScript…
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Tutorial 2: Running KonsolScript
This tutorial assumes that you have successfully installed KonsolScript. But how would you know? Well, you can try downloading KonsolScript’s official tech demo, called Smack!. Once Smack! is downloaded, unzip the files and look for MAIN.KS file then double-click it. If all goes well, you should already see the tech demo’s main menu as shown…
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Tutorial 1: Installing KonsolScript
Here’s the first agenda. Making sure your game will run on your computer, let’s install a runtime environment. Eh, what’s a runtime environment? It’s kind of like how Java Runtime Environment makes your Java-written code to run on your computer. Or how Flash Player let’s you play Flash games. Okay, back to the agenda. Simply…