Developments

How long have I been coding NeonPlat Adventures 2? Because last night I only just got around to adding moving platforms, and that was one of the first thing I wanted to add to the thing.
Grrrr.
All this OUYA-Recompile stuff is certainly taking it's toll on getting the newer things done.
Other things I wanted to do this year include getting an online scoreboard system working, making a new version of The Gear That Works, and of course making a new Advent Collex...

Developments

Yesterday, I finally (*finally!!*) got around to adding a life display to NeonPlat Adventures 2!
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There they are at the top, between the score and the "coin" count.
Two little N...

Developments

So, with all my games now missing from OUYA, it's time to start popping them all back on again.
One by one, I'm opening old code, fixing up any issues, and getting the games updated to the newer framework.
The new controller code is a piece of piss, since I did all that work in the Monkey Target part of Monkey. Essentially, I need only hit the recompile button, and the new controller code magically fits itself into the game.
The tricky part is adding a "Quit G...

Game scrapped.
Kinda scrapped.
Mostly scrapped.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/GameJolt-Thumbnail_3.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/GameJolt-Thumbnail_3-1024x576.png" alt="GameJolt-Thumbnail_3" width="590" height="332" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-4452" />
I might come back to it at a later date, when the idea's a little more "rested", but I think that re-attempting it ...

Hey, d'you have a GameStick?
*tumbleweed*
Well, for those who DO, you can now grab Alpha Collexion from the GameStick frontend doohickey, and give it a whirl.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/GameJolt-Header_1.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/GameJolt-Header_1.png" alt="GameJolt-Header_1" width="950" height="250" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4159" />
The game seems to work ...

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If you played through Alpha Collexion, that should look familiar.
For my next game, I'm doing that again!
"YBox Drops" or "YBox Falls" or something like that..
I'll be adding optional skins, making the rules a little clearer, and coming up with some new gameplay ...

Since I'm spacing out my dev-time, I should hopefully have more time to do Dev-Diary type posts, as the games progress.
Hopefully, this will give you a little more insight into the sort of decision making that goes into AGameAWeek. I'll also try to take the time to add odd bits and pieces of craptastic-useless-trivia whenever I get the chance.
As frequent players will have noticed, I've been using a strange secondary numbering system for a long while. (Check out the Windows-Downloads to see th...

Currently on my list of ideas, I have...
1. A kind of space shooter style platformer.
2. A redux of YBox Yahtzee from the Alpha Collexion
3. SpikeDislike3

A year of Platdude.
.. Almost..
I made 10 Platdude games, this year. 9 individual games up until September, and then an extra one bundled right at the end of Alpha Collexion.
.. And I never did get around to that "Proper JNKPlat" did I.. hmm.. Sorry, AW!

Sixty two!!
That's 10 more games than there are weeks in the year!
..although, that's a teensy bit of a cheat.
Technically, I've released 31 games,this year, but Future Classics is 7 games in one, and Alpha Collexion is 26 games in one, so when you add them all up, you get a nice big lovely number!!

<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion</a> was AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar.
You can <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here</a> for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
All games are now unlocked, and will remain playable forever! woot!

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_Z.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_Z_thumb.png">

Platdude in Zone Zero

Concept
G...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_Y.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_Y_thumb.png">

YBox Yahtzee

Concept
Yahtzee me...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_X.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_X_thumb.png">

Xplosion Xperiment

Concept
An e...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_W.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_W_thumb.png">

Warning : Waves

Concept
Grab th...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_V.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_V_thumb.png">

Volatile Velocity

Concept
Leap ...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_U.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_U_thumb.png">

Urgent Umberella

Concept
It's r...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_T.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_T_thumb.png">

Tower Torment

Concept
Grab a lo...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_S.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_S_thumb.png">

Soda Service

Concept
Keep the p...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_R.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_R_thumb.png">

Roller Runner

Concept
A semi-bo...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_Q.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_Q_thumb.png">

Quriously Qubic

Concept
Light u...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_P.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_P_thumb.png">

Penguin Parade

Concept
Guide th...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_O.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_O_thumb.png">

Ooooh, Octopus!

Concept
This ai...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_N.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_N_thumb.png">

Numbing Numbers

Concept
Reduce ...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_M.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_M_thumb.png">

Money Maze

Concept
Collect all ...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_L.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_L_thumb.png">

Leaping Lizard

Concept
Avoid le...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_K.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_K_thumb.png">

Karate Kerfuffle

Concept
Hit th...