picture=1
across=640
down=512
set display mode 1280,1024,32
for i=1 to 20
box 0,0,i,i
next i
get image picture,0,0,21,21
do
randomize 1
cls
for i=1 to 67
ink rgb(rnd(255),rnd(255),rnd(255)),0
print "this is a background my dear, this screen of text that you did see appear, I would add more, but think that the floor, looks ok with what we put here, my dear"
next i
sprite 1,across,down,picture
if upkey()
dec down
endif
if downkey()
inc down
endif
if rightkey()
inc across
endif
if leftkey()
dec across
endif
loop
a simple snippet that shows a screen of text with a box in the middle that you can steer with the cursor keys, try playing about with it (after saving a copy) and you will see what it does.
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