Blitz Research
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Blitz Research Ltd is an Auckland
, New Zealand
based company which currently produces 3 BASIC based programming languages. Founded in 2000 by Mark Sibly, the company's first product was the now obsolete Blitz Basic 2D, a PC version of the Amiga Blitz Basic
. It was released the same year as the company's foundation. In 2001, Blitz3D was released. This allowed programmers to create 3D games and applications in Blitz Basic using DirectX
.
In 2003, Blitz Basic 2D was rendered obsolete by the more recent BlitzPlus. BlitzPlus built on the foundations of Blitz Basic 2D and also allowed programmers to create true Microsoft Windows
programs as well as games.
In December 2004, Blitz Research released the BlitzMax programming language for Mac OS X
, Windows and Linux
. Unlike all the other Blitz programming languages, BlitzMax can use either OpenGL
or DirectX.
In 2011, it released Monkey, a game programming system which can produce C++, C#, Java, Javascript and Actionscript code.
Blitz Research also produced the Maplet modelling tool, which is now no longer supported.
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
based company which currently produces 3 BASIC based programming languages. Founded in 2000 by Mark Sibly, the company's first product was the now obsolete Blitz Basic 2D, a PC version of the Amiga Blitz Basic
Blitz BASIC
Blitz BASIC refers to the programming language dialect that was interpreted by the first Blitz compilers, devised by New Zealand-based developer Mark Sibly. Being derived from BASIC, Blitz syntax was designed to be easy to pick-up for beginners first learning to program...
. It was released the same year as the company's foundation. In 2001, Blitz3D was released. This allowed programmers to create 3D games and applications in Blitz Basic using DirectX
DirectX
Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay,...
.
In 2003, Blitz Basic 2D was rendered obsolete by the more recent BlitzPlus. BlitzPlus built on the foundations of Blitz Basic 2D and also allowed programmers to create true Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
programs as well as games.
In December 2004, Blitz Research released the BlitzMax programming language for Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
, Windows and Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
. Unlike all the other Blitz programming languages, BlitzMax can use either OpenGL
OpenGL
OpenGL is a standard specification defining a cross-language, cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 2D and 3D computer graphics. The interface consists of over 250 different function calls which can be used to draw complex three-dimensional scenes from simple primitives. OpenGL...
or DirectX.
In 2011, it released Monkey, a game programming system which can produce C++, C#, Java, Javascript and Actionscript code.
Blitz Research also produced the Maplet modelling tool, which is now no longer supported.