The Shoebox Of Games finally gets a well deserved namecheck over on the Switch, as a quickly made rendition of Klondike Solitaire appears on the system.
If you've a Switch and SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key

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Playtesting.. Ugh..

Struggled to sleep.
Stupid fireworks, all night. Grrr.

If you want to write a nice card game or two on Switch, you can grab the official SmileBoom HD Card pack, or if you'd prefer a smaller file size, I've written/drawn a renderer and some sprites, which will come together at about 1/10th the filesize of the official pack.
If you've a Switch and SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the cards using the Public Key

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Spent an alarming amount of time writing the newsletter, yesterday..
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... Then realised it was only Tuesday, not Wednesday.
D'oh!!

Aaah, I've not done proper juggling for a while!

Grab a knife, and stab that Pumpkin's face...

I woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep again..
Hmm.. What to do..?

As I struggled to come up with a nice "Dice battle" methodology, the thought occurred that the enemy could just kill you..

Boy, yesterday wasn't easy!!

Oh dear.. I'd better not get hung up on this, like I did with the Testcards!!

I made another testcard, yesterday.

Yesterday's new/old testcard is called "Picasso".

Over the course of 2020, I've created a LOT of games. (113!?)
In this post, I pick my personal favourites that I've made this year, for each of the four places that I've been juggling making games for.
If you have your own favourites, let me know in the comments, or bombard me with tweets telling me how wrong I am!

I coded on the Switch/SmileBASIC, yesterday!

Lazy Jay got testcards D and E complete by about 2pm, yesterday.

Yesterday's Testcard was a bit of a struggle.

I knew the testcard generator would keep me busy for a short while, but I'm surprised at how complicated it's all gotten, already.

Took me ages to get yesterday's tasks done.

The Testcard Test has been posted to the server.
Happy times!

Here's how yesterday went..

Not happening.. .. yet..

Two similar solitaire games, in which you move cards of higher or lower value onto the Foundation pile, in order to clear out the deal pile.
Uintah features four foundation piles, whilst Wasatch only contains one.
Game Concept - Gordon Bower
You can Play Uintah and Wasatch in the Shoebox.