What cool features should I learn about today?

I've just got my first lcd screen :) - omg so cool! - so I'm going to be spending wayyyy too much time on the computer in the near future and I figured I should do programming. Blitzmax has no documentation so I thought I'd ask the community what stuff I should learn. I've already gone through...

- custom types
- collisions
- animations

Now I'm wondering where to next. Remember: I am 15. So I don't want some 1337 crap :P Also would arrays be worth learning in blitzmax? Thanks in advance :)

Yes, Arrays are worth learning.

How about reading and writing to files?

I would also suggest learning how to use third-party DLLs or Windows API with BMax. That will always be helpful ;c)

If you haven't done so, I really suggest studying this tutorial on BMax, it covers just about everything:

Beginners Guide to BlitzMax

"1337 crap" is highly subjective :P

If you like scripts, you could try to learn how to process and inteprete texts..

bog snorkling! a skill you can take anywhere!

failing that take a look into openGL

The Nehe examples need updating (fairly trivial) but they
are simple enough so that by understanding each one at a time you can get a good introduction into opengl

Unlearning 1337 language ;o)

Writing to files sounds interesting enough :)

edit: just fixed my multidimensional array thanks to google =)

Strict
Graphics 1024,768,32,60,1

Local arr:Int[][] = [[1,2,3],[4,5],[6,7,8,9]]
'						(0)	  (1)	 (2)
DrawText "print 2 by 1 from our integer array, computer!",0,0
DrawText "Yes sir! - " + arr[2][1] + "- printed 2 by 1 sir!",0,16



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