Last night I found myself trying something in JSE and going "Oooh, didn't know it could do that..!"
Which is a bit odd, given that I wrote the thing.

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Using SetBuffer BG, you can draw onto the 1024x1024 background layer, but not only that, you can apparently use ReadPixel to read the colours off the background layer, too, which is REALLY interesting!
It means I can "dig" from a background layer, or have other pixel-based elements happen on a mostly-static image.

// New Project
// by Jayenkai
// Created 2024/1/5

Graphics 320,240,2
GameHandler("New Project","Easy|Normal|Hard")

.StartGame

px=512
py=512
aimx=px-jscrh/2;aimy=py-jscrh/2
scrx=aimx;scry=aimy

SetBuffer BG;ResetDraw
SetCol 180,50,0
Rect 0,0,1024,1024

SetBuffer FG
Return

.InGame		// One single frame of your game.

aimx=px-jscrw/2;aimy=py-jscrh/2
scrx=SmoothTo(scrx,aimx,8);scry=SmoothTo(scry,aimy,8)

CLS:ResetDraw

Text 10,10,cx,0

DrawBG 512-scrx,512-scry

spd=0.5

gx=(GamePad(ButtonRight)-GamePad(ButtonLeft))
gy=(GamePad(ButtonDown)-GamePad(ButtonUp))

SetBuffer BG
R=ReadPixel(Floor(px+gx*6),Floor(py+gy*6),0)
if R<50 then spd=2


px=px+gx*spd;py=py+gy*spd
if px<8 then px=8
if py<8 then py=8
if px>1015 then px=1015
if py>1015 then py=1015

SetCol 0,0,0
Oval px,py,6,6,16

SetBuffer FG

SetCol 0,255,0
Oval px-scrx,py-scry,4,4,16

Return

The above isn't a game, but is a nice example of what I mean. I can imagine a Leiro style game in the engine above, or something of that nature.
Could be interesting to experiment with the possibilities, I reckon!

It's always nice to find unexpected features in programming languages. Especially one you've coded yourself!
..of course, it's also entirely plausible that I coded this feature specifically for that sort of game, and have completely forgotten that I did that!!


"Cartoon Derek, surprise, unexpected, HD, 4K" by #DrawThings

I've missed DrawThings!
Its Greenie's are always much more .. um.. betterrer!
.. You know.. Until it isn't, and you have to replace the tool because the whole model's gone wonky and won't draw properly any more.