Creating your first Nibble App

The Shell

When you first run Nibble, this is what you will see:

This is the shell, it can be used to run apps.

For example, you can use the ls app to list the contents of a folder:

Or the record app to record your screen:

Creating an app

There is an app called new which can be used to create apps, you just have to tell it what is the name of the app you wish to create:

Coding your app

Each app needs a function called draw() so it can paint anything to the screen.

To create this function in our new game we use the app code:

ESC can be used to bring up the menu, and S/D keyboard keys are mapped to the black and white shoulder buttons and can be used to either exit the menu or quit the app while in the menu.

To run our app, we just need to type its name: