François Lionet
Encyclopedia
François Lionet is a French
programmer, best known for having written AMOS BASIC
on the Amiga
and STOS BASIC
on the Atari ST
(along with Constantin Sotiropoulos
). He has also written several games on these platforms
.
In 1994, he founded Clickteam
with Yves Lamoureux, producing the Klik
series of games-creation tools, including Multimedia Fusion.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
programmer, best known for having written AMOS BASIC
AMOS BASIC
AMOS BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language implemented on the Amiga computer. AMOS BASIC was published by Europress Software and originally written by François Lionet with Constantin Sotiropoulos.- History :...
on the Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
and STOS BASIC
STOS BASIC
STOS BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language implemented on the Atari ST computer. STOS BASIC was originally developed by Jawx by François Lionet and Constantin Sotiropoulos and published by Mandarin Software ....
on the Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
(along with Constantin Sotiropoulos
Constantin Sotiropoulos
Constantin Sotiropoulos is most famous for being the co-creator of AMOS BASIC, a popular beginners programming language for the Commodore Amiga home computer, and STOS BASIC on the Atari ST....
). He has also written several games on these platforms
Platform (computing)
A computing platform includes some sort of hardware architecture and a software framework , where the combination allows software, particularly application software, to run...
.
In 1994, he founded Clickteam
Clickteam
Clickteam is a software company, founded in 1993 by François Lionet, Yves Lamoureux and Francis Poulain, headquartered in Paris, France. Clickteam is perhaps best known for the creation of a script-free programming tool that allows users to create video games or other interactive software using a...
with Yves Lamoureux, producing the Klik
Klik
Klik or Click is a term used to describe a software created with one of Clickteam's software products. The term Klik originates from the name of the first product in the Klik range of products, Klik & Play, where the alternative spelling "Click" originates from the name "Clickteam", the creators of...
series of games-creation tools, including Multimedia Fusion.