<s>
The	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Creators	I-Application
Ltd	O
(	O
TGC	O
;	O
formerly	O
Dark	O
Basic	B-Language
Software	O
Limited	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
British	O
software	O
house	O
based	O
in	O
Macclesfield	O
,	O
Cheshire	O
,	O
England	O
,	O
which	O
specialises	O
in	O
software	O
for	O
video	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
originally	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DarkBASIC	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
creation	O
programming	O
language	O
with	O
accompanying	O
IDE	B-Application
and	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
is	O
a	O
structured	O
form	O
of	O
BASIC	B-Language
,	O
similar	O
to	O
AMOS	B-Language
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
is	O
video	O
game	O
creation	O
using	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
DirectX	B-Application
from	O
a	O
BASIC	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
create	O
both	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
games	O
by	O
providing	O
function	B-Library
libraries	I-Library
that	O
enable	O
a	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
programmed	O
with	O
considerably	O
less	O
code	O
than	O
with	O
a	O
language	O
such	O
as	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
especially	O
without	O
such	O
dedicated	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
consists	O
of	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
debugger	B-Application
and	O
interpreter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
an	O
engine	O
built	O
on	O
DirectX	B-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	O
emits	O
Bytecode	O
that	O
is	O
appended	O
to	O
an	O
interpreter	B-Application
to	O
create	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
executable	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Protocol
Wraith	I-Protocol
is	O
an	O
example	O
game	O
made	O
with	O
DarkBASIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
called	O
DarkBASIC	O
Professional	O
was	O
released	O
that	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
DirectX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
DarkBASIC	O
Professional	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Creators	I-Application
have	O
stated	O
that	O
there	O
will	O
be	O
no	O
further	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
language	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
will	O
still	O
be	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
TGC	O
lead	O
developer	O
Lee	O
Bamber	O
decided	O
to	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
DarkBASIC	O
Professional	O
for	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
to	O
prevent	O
it	O
from	O
becoming	O
unsupported	O
abandonware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
and	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
are	O
hosted	O
(	O
since	O
start	O
of	O
2016	O
)	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
license	I-License
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
released	O
freeware	B-License
binary	B-Application
program	I-Application
was	O
Dark	O
Basic	B-Language
Pro	O
Binary	O
120216	O
(	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2016	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
the	O
activation	O
of	O
many	O
previously	O
commercial	B-Application
modules	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
Gamemaker	O
is	O
a	O
computer	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
The	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Creators	I-Application
,	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
various	O
genres	O
of	O
3D	O
games	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
Windows	B-Application
executable	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2016	O
The	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Creators	I-Application
decided	O
to	O
release	O
"	O
FPS	O
Creator	O
"	O
as	O
"	O
FPS	O
Creator	O
Classic	O
"	O
source	B-License
available	I-License
(	O
no	O
defined	O
license	B-License
)	O
with	O
many	O
model	O
packs	O
on	O
github.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
The	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Creators	I-Application
launched	O
the	O
Alpha	O
version	O
of	O
GameGuru	O
MAX	O
,	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
GameGuru	O
.	O
</s>
