Ok, so when they say "game coded entirely in Microsoft Excel" it's just a cool way of saying they are using VBA, which is just a language for doing macros in microsoft office applications and that includes Word, so answering your question, yes you can. you just need to open the visual basic editor in there.
That said, VBA is not meant for game development hence why that jam must be challenging and fun.
Hello!
"so answering your question, yes you can. you just need to open the visual basic editor in there." <---- All members of MS Office are also viable? (For example, Powerpoint, Access.)
"That said, VBA is not meant for game development hence why that jam must be challenging and fun." <---- Yes, the jam is actually quite interesting. Each entrant can choose whatever BASIC dialect to develop entry. However, this entrant was so creative. In addition, MS Excel is so versatile!!!!!!!
Hi!
Yes, VBA is compatible with all MS Office tools, including Powerpoint and Access.
I personally find Visual basic very painful to code in general, bumpy case for every keyword is very annoying, but yeah, since it's highly mathematical it would be nice to see if someone takes advantage of that and create something complex and cool (I love math) like a 3D game using software rasterization in excel or a raycasting game like wolfenstein 3D.
