TNT Basic is a games development kit for the Macintosh that allows anyone, regardless of previous experience, to make their own great games easily!
Making games in TNT Basic involves programming in a simple language called basic, which is designed especially for beginners. Don't worry if you can't program, we'll show you how, anyone can do it with TNT Basic!
Make your own games today!
Even though we've made it easier than ever to create games, TNT Basic doesn't hide from you the technology you'll need to make great games. TNT Basic uses simple terms and commands to give you access to the following great technologies:
In the TNT Basic package you will find the following files:
Hieroglyph
Hieroglyph is TNT Basic's editor. You use Hieroglyph to edit your TNT Basic projects and compose all your graphics, sounds, maps, music and code. The resultant project is ran by TNT Basic.
Hieroglyph Blocks
This folder contains plug-ins for Hieroglyph to allow it to work with TNT Basic.
TNT Basic
This is TNT Basic itself. TNT Basic runs your projects and plays your games. You can run TNT Basic yourself and use the "Open..." command to run projects manually if you wish.
TNT Basic Help
The help system for TNT Basic, you can access this from the help menu in TNT Basic and Hierogyph.
TNT Basic User Guide
This user guide. You can access this from the help menu in TNT Basic and Hieroglyph.
Examples
Example games and demos for TNT Basic.
Register TNT Basic
TNT Basic is shareware. You can use TNT Basic for free while you evaluate it, however if you like TNT Basic we'd like you to register. The "Register TNT Basic" document explains to you how to pay for TNT Basic.