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Here's a post I wrote about why I used FORTH to code ChipWits in 84:

https://chipwits.com/2023/04/08/forth-programming-language-g...

Forth has been something I've wanted to learn for years now. It seems weird to me that for most stuff in old computers, you have the option of "assembly" if you want your program to be fast, and "BASIC" if you want your program to be slow, but Forth lingers along as the "medium speed" language, despite at least looking pretty high-level.

Forth seems to be one of those write once languages like perl. Easy to start writing and building, but come back to the code in a year or so, no clue what it does.

But really fast and efficient.

Looks very cool!

Relatedly, there's http://tumbleforth.hardcoded.net/, which I think looks lovely. Has anyone gone through that and would like to share their experience?

I so desperately wanted this game as a kid.

Man I'm getting old.

I played it a lot on the Commodore 64 when I was a kid. Unique, curious and entertaining.

Curious, what is the modern version of Chipwits is written in?