I tried, today, but I just wasn't quite into it once the game started to build up.
Today's unfinished game, Unknown.....!

PlayMyCode games no longer work

<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pmc_unknown-300x193.png">

Random thought..
There's no denying it..
I LOVE making these tiny games.

Missed a day.
I have an idea for a game in my head, and I know what the game should play like, but .. too tired!
It's been a long week!!
Tomorrow's not meant to be AGameADay, but I might give it a whirl anyway.

(Apologies, it's a bit "half-asleep/randomly ranty/jumping through topics/freeflow" today!!)
As an iDev guy, I get 50 codes per Update for all my games. I can hand these out to reviewers or folk I know.
Handy.
So, off they go, sent out, willy nilly, to all the reviewers/people I can find, and see where it takes me.

I had a decent topic in mind for the blog, earlier.... *shrugs*
Should've wrote it down..
No matter, I can randomly waffle for 10 minutes! I usually do ok with that...

Had a day out, today.
I rarely go out anywhere, since there's feck all in town anymore.
95% of the shops in Bolton Town Center are mindnumbingly shit, unless you feel the need to visit a charity shop.
The shops I used to visit are, in order of visits..

I've always found Flash slightly more complicated than it needs to be.
For a few years I attempted to learn various versions of the official Flash demoes, and SoThink's 900% cheaper clone. They were ok, but they weren't designed for coders. Flash was an artist's tool, with tweening and vector graphics and all that other none-codery stuff.

A simple Breakout game with only one level.
Taking the "Keep it in play" scoring method from Centipong, I've tried to make it so that clearing the first level in breakout doesn't always result in exactly the same damn score every single feckin' time. .. That ALWAYS pissed me off!
So, keep the balls juggling to super-combo your score, and see how many points you can manage from just one wall.

The other day I suggested that a new set of AGameADay might be in order, since I'm totally stuffed for ideas, lately.
Out of ideas, make the requirement more.... Sure, that makes sense, right?!
Anyhoo, today I spent . um.. all day.. doing yet another one of those Framework things that I apparently love to do.
This time I used PlayMyCode.com, and the resulting menu/score/game thing has actually worked out quite nicely.

On Twitter last night, there was a semi-conversation about how to go about doing AGameAWeek.
Once I'd headed off to bed, I lay and typed this gubbins into the iPod's Notepad thing, and then swiftly forgot about it, until just now!
It's a bit waffley, and probably not entirely intelligible (it was 4am!) but here it is anyway..
If anyone DOES want to give it a go, let me know how you get on, and .. should it become a proper thing, I'll see about making some kind of linkage sy...

I've got a whole month to do a framework, so apparently that means I'm going to be a lazy git who does sod all, then crams the whole framework into the last day!
.. Well, hopefully not, but I did manage to cram in a couple of hours of Burnout, yesterday!
Been a long while since I sat and played a game for that long.

<a href="https://agameaweek.spreadshirt.co.uk/stroke-my-munky-A10741539/customize/color/4">I just thought of a really good game..</a>
but... .. Not entirely sure how doable it'd be.
.. hmm.. another time perhaps..
Anyhoo, Monkey.

You know what they say. If one PC break down, they all decide to do it simultaneously.
That's exactly what happened this week.
A PC at work literally fried last week. Power supply and motherboard were both dead dead, and the guy at work ended up having to buy a new laptop.
Having spent most of the week reinstalling and organising files, I got through to friday hoping to do my AGameAWeek.

The story so far...
Jay buys Mac
Main PC Dies
Jay worries not
Jay uses Mac.

What follows is a review from PlayThisThing.com
I screengrabbed it, because they're probably going to fix the "little" thing at the top, and I want to continue to take the piss out of them.
Here's me taking the piss out of them.

Keeping with the classic retro theme, here's a nice and simple little 15-screen jumping platform game!
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/GeeBee_Hop_20101101_Logo_thumb.png">

In windows, to add a tab to the left of 3 or 4 lines, I've settled into the habit of doing either one of two things..
1. Up, Home, Tab, Up, Home, Tab, Up, Home, Tab, Up, Home, Tab.
Which goes up per line, heads to the far left, then places a tab.
or

Oh, hell, I gotta start this all over again!!
Year 3 : October 2010 - October 2011
It's a month away, and I'm still being all lazy and relaxing, but I need to try and keep the site looking half-assed, so it doesn't disappear due to lack of activity

54 games. Last year I only managed about 30-odd, so I think that's pretty good going.
Sure, it might not have truely actually been A Game "Per" Week, but I did at least keep the ratio up.
If I hadn't taken the time out to build the framework, I probably would've actually achieved the target a little better
The stats show I was pretty much on top of things up until that point, but then things got slower and slower until my buffer zone was all dried up.
Anyhoo, this is a n...

Last Sunday I had the worst migraine I've had in ages. Ack!!
For the rest of last week I felt mostly drained, not much energy, and I haven't really done too much of anything.
This weekend I think I just plain gave up and have spent about 48 hours asleep!

I'll post Mac and Linux editions of this tomorrow, but I just want to make sure it's working for all the PC Peeps first..
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/MICROBE2_20100705.zip">Here's a rerelease of Microbe2</a>, with ONLINE SCOREBOARDS!!!
And those keyboard controls that everyone apparently wanted..
Lemmie know how it goes! Ta

Awww..
A missed week.
They're quite rare, nowadays, but there we go.
If Apple could get their act together, I could've said "Y2:W48 : Cardagain iPod", but.. guess that's not happening any time soon.

Tuesday : Game #200 : RetroRaider II, Lara's Quest Continues

Am I still doing that 90 minute thing?!
*shrugs*
Seems to have faded out a bit. Oh well, no matter..
Today I spent about 2 hours working on this.

So far, we've had the following..
...
Day 1. (Last Wednesday)
Do What?!

August 26th 2009
That's the last time I did a Mailbag post!
Blinkin' eck!
Over the past 6/7 months, I've occasionally dipped into the mailbag and plucked out little snippets, but I figured it was about time I did a proper one.

And so it begins.... A whole month of MAR10 games, featuring your favourite (or not) Jayenkai characters, all dressed up like Mario! Hurray!

Ted Bob in a Mario Costume

<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Ted_Bob_in_a_Mario_Costume_20100302B.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Ted_Bob_in_a_Mario_Costume_20100302B_thumb.png"></a>
Taking the character, and the gameplay, straight from Three French Hens, I've upped the stakes, upped the hens, an...