Ok - start at the beginning - lets read the manual for Amos 1.2 - to load a game press the Amiga key and L - hmmm - no amiga key on my laptop - however discovered that holding right mouse button brings up load option and then clicking left mouse button execs the command.

So the first program the manual shows is number_leap.

Hmmm - number lead seems to crash - Wondered if it was because I configued Winuae to Amiga 1200 - but got same response when using Amiga 500 configuration.

This has not started well.

UPdate - Have now got number leap to load - played the game - then crashed my computer - (or Emulated Amiga ) - I wonder if thi

This was easy - the game I want to make is the game I submitted to the Amiga power design a game competition - See issue 21 - Amiga Power Jan 1993 - I will try to get a link from Amiga Magazine Rack.

The game is a simple guide a blob along a courseway of tiles - the tiles cause different affects to your character - there are also cute aliens to shoot.

I wrote quite a detailed plan for the competition with subgames when you land on different tiles - I also suggested various cut scenes for when you die - some inspired by Monty Python / Jet Set Willy with big feet coming down and squashing you -

Probably best not to get too carried away - and start with the basics first of

Not a good start to programming on amiga - could not install AMOS onto my Amiga 600 or my A1200 - apparently install.amos was not executable.

Copied Amos disks to ADF and loaded up on Winuae. Now have scray prompt screen for AMOS shown below:

Today sees the launch of a new section to AmigaPd - a tutorial section which will record my struggles to learn Amos to create a new public domain game for the Amiga - hopefully this will inspire others to learn Amos / basic and make new games for the Amiga.

I have never written any code for the Amiga and have only recently got into programming by attending some IT courses on website design - the usual CSS and HTML - although shamefully I do not use them for this site mainly due to time constraints.