Petit Computer Looks Set for the 3DS

I hope we get something akin to Wii to Wii U VC discount. It would suck if I had to pay full price for the DSiWare AND 3DSWare.

By the by, had already brought Petit Computer from eShop.

I hope this one allows for larger files and more advanced graphics and such...the old one looked pretty limiting(a given though being on Dsiware)

I just read a post about some programmers recreating Megaman 1 on Petit Computer. It looked awesome!

Heh, I was contemplating whether to get Petit computer for the dsiware service.
Glad i waited.

@DimetriWarrior Well the hope is that it's a sequel/improved version of the game/program. Could be interesting if people can share what they create.

Me too! I was about to buy it either this week or next.

Hopefully this will make the code sharing a little bit easier than scanning pages of QR codes. A good online transfer perhaps? Would make coding team communication a whole lot more streamlined.

Also, look no further than our very own forums to see just how dedicated some people are to this app.

Heck yes I am excited about this! I started my hobbyist games making with coding BASIC on an Amstrad when I was 11, and although I sucked at it, I made stuff happen. Looking forward to revisiting BASIC in an inviting new shell.

Well, if Smilebit will need the very same amount of time to bring it in Europe, I'm looking forward it towards the end of 2016..

This seems like a cool tool. Too bad I don't have a clue when it comes to programing, even in BASIC.

This thing makes a lot more sense on Wii U with the Miiverse behind it. Look at the huge impact the Art Academy Community has had in such a small time. Nonetheless I will check it out on 3DS.

Oh My Harvest Goddess.

faints

I was wondering what Petit computer was. I'll definitely get it.

I'd love to make a game, but I just don't have the time inbetween playing them to make one I think haha. Surprising they announced a 3DS one so soon after releasing the DSi one in Europe but I guess with the waiting time inbetween the Japan & European releases even if you just bought DSi Petit you will still get your monies worth out of it before the 3DS one releases for sure. Maybe one day I'll buy it & make an RPG or something haha.

I will pick this up for sure.

I am hoping for a more robust language, or at least beefing up the BASIC support. If I recall correctly, you can call subroutines, but you can't get a return value without setting it in a global variable. In fact all of the variables have global scope. That gets tricky, as you had to keep careful tabs on things when you want to reuse a variable.

If they include a C style language I would be ecstatic. That would really open up the door of scalability that I find difficult with just basic BASIC.

Sweet! I've considered getting the original previously, but was unsure. I'll just wait it out and get this. Sounds like a nice app to tinker with.

excellent news. 3DS is a much more powerful platform and for an interpreted language you really want all the speed and memory you can get.

I'll get it if they actually add tutorials of some kind and make it intuitive...

The original is like trying to learn to write poems in mandarin without any help.

oh yeah.
dont have the dsiware game but it looks super interesting.

Time for me to learn me some programming!!

Awesome!!

Ahh, yes. I was on the edge about buying the DSi counterpart because I knew they'd have to release a much better 3DS version of it. And I was right!

Finally, I can access the internet browser on 3ds, while in the game!
Please include a tutorial, even if it's advanced though, that was an issue with the first to many people.
...Or translate the website into english. >_>

@Discostew You can make MM2 a 3d classic now!

@DrKarl this one is still gonna be BASIC,but you can still make awesome games with it!

@WiiLovePeace its not so easy to make games with it,well,that is if you don't know how to program BASIC,that was the problem with Peit computer,because some people bought it thinking to make awesome games but then they realized that they don't at all how to program with it when they thought it would be so easy! But there is not many tutorials,and,well,there are mostly just tutorials that teach you only how to make text games,but you can just ask people on the forums for help.

@Bluerobin2 that is something I have contemplated if PTC ever became a 3DS app. The 3DS is not only more powerful, but it also doesn't suffer from known hardware bugs, like the DS/i's RAM issue that would effectively drop the CPU's power to 1/8 when not reading data in RAM sequentially.
I really hope they incorporate more capabilities, like more c-like items like incrementors (abc++, abc+=2), more functions/features, or even a semi-compiler to reduce processing used on parsing. I prefer c/c++, but I'll takes what I can get.

YES YES YES! Plz have better instructions and online!

Actually, I'd like it to have some form of data file support, so I don't have to deal with the small/slow GRPs to hold data externally.

I always planed on picking up the DSiware version, I'll wait and see when this comes over here. Probably will have some new features and of course 3D

Would love to get a more user-friendly 3DS version.

I didn't pick up the DSi version, but as somebody who's been programming various computers for 30 years I could really enjoy a 3DS one. I'd love to port M.U.L.E.

I was pretty interested in the DSi version. I decided against buying it on my 3DS, because I wanted a 3DS version. I'll be picking this up for sure. I'll figure out this BASIC and hopefully make something good out of it.
I hope we get that synthesizer app, too. It's called MORG, I think. My bro wants that.

dangit, i hope they come up with an easier way to transfer code to and from the 3DS. I kinda think that's why i stopped mucking around with the DSiWare version, it just got too annoying to work with the buggy program for coding via PC and then transferring to QR codes to be scanned in via my 3DS :/

I bought the original with the dream of making my own game but I couldn't for the life of me, figure it out, even with all the online help This one better have a full 360º tutorial/lesson on BASIC for me to buy it. I'd even pay $10 again if it means I could finally create my game that I have planned.

SmileBoom, please don't let my dream die!

Good things come to those who wait!

I almost bought this last month.

Would be cool to take this and 3dize some pcengine/tg16 games if such a thing could be done using this. Bonk 1,2 and 3 would be awesome. Might be a good time to learn how to program

@LegendOfPit same here I was totally confused and got myself a headache trying to sort through confusing online help. But I bet its great for those who know how to use it

Though I don't know a thing about programming it was fun scanning those qr codes to try out games people made. It is amazing what people can make with such limited space. (Reminds me of the nes days)

A 3DS version would be nice, just to suspend/close the system and still get streetpasses!

Already downloaded the DSiWare one on the eShop. //facepalm

Very interested to see what improvements are made.
Will Petit Computer 2.0 be backwards compatible with code from the original?

@Barbiegurl777
Why did you delete it? Even with no ability or interest in programming, you could still just play the games that other people have created.

I loved BASIC when I was a kid. I fiddled with QBASIC on msdos for years... yes even creating a computer virus for fun (I was suspended from school for it, ha)

But making a game in BASIC will turn out exactly that, basic.... I'd like to see a more powerful programming tool created for Wii U, like C/C++/Java etc... I think there would be a lot of talent out there that could make their own quick games(when I say quick I mean maybe a month or two) and upload them to miiverse for others to try out.

Do you have to declare lines? I hated that part about basic, thankfully QBASIC took that madness out.

"I'll get it if they actually add tutorials of some kind and make it intuitive"

@gojiguy You have google. There is a billion resources online for programming in BASIC... The BASIC language has been around for a very very long time, and its already well documented. You should be fine following along with guides online.

@Bluerobin2 That will make my experience maximized.
We might either remake all of our games in 3D or just update them with a 3D update. 3DS only, though, so I'm doing remake.

@Barbiegurl777 I love how you fret over how you couldn't get ANYWHERE, and say "Happy Gaming" to those who are on the Petitcom forums and all gamers.

I swear, I will download this first once it comes out. I am excited to make more games and programs, except with the powerful 3DS. (XL actually, I haven't picked it up yet so I'll get the XL due to the HUGE screen) How I've been using the first, I don't have a 3DS so how do I use the normal PTC?
DSi XL.
I got it when it was new, and while the midst of the 3DS came out I was still using it.
Now I will have TWO! But one can do 3D... And better, new games...

Was going to get the original.. now I will wait!

....And? Hello? Any more news...on this? Is the project dead....?

@WinterWarm I'd still buy the original if I were you. The new one is not compatible with the old one's QR codes, and not all devs will want to port all of their games to the new program. Unless you plan on solely making your own games, I'd get both.