for matrixes, just look at chapter 12 of the monster hunt tutorial
maps can just be made from in game prmiitives (make object box) or from a modelling program
chars, i'm assuming u mean ASCII characters. dont bother. they're boring.
and bitmaps, basically its just
load bitmap "bitmap directory",image number
you can use the scaling commands however ya like. copy bitmap 1,0 will paste bitmap 1 onto the screen, as 0 is the screen itself
probly a lil less than you wanted but there are alot of tutorials already out there. 99.9999 percent of the time, you learn programing by yourself, and the other 0.0001 percent is when someone teaches you. the beginners guide to darkbasic book is a great start. coupled with the monster hunt tutorials, you'll be up to speed in no time.
and I don't want to go onto my email, so here ya go. hope this helped a little but i dont have a ton of time right now and your request was bordering on flameable, so if anyone here gives you trouble, just know they're usually people without social lives who prey on those who don't spend as much time as them on the compy.
the beginners guide to darkbasic book is about 25 bucks on ebay. it's pretty easy to get started with. I noticed you've only been on here a couple days. Have you programmed before or did u just get DB for christmas and just started?
best of luck and welcome to apollo
---Jeff
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