I wasn't aiming to do the Final Beta until about Wed/Thursday this week.
Today, the Final Beta went out.
A few days early, but there was nothing more I could come up with.
The game is done.

For a while, today, you started the game with 8 lives instead of just 5.
Then a few people on Twitter suggested I should put it back.
If you can't complete it, don't blame me

And I've still got a todo-list as long as my leg!!!
If I want a few people to beta-test the final-ish edition, that's gotta be done by about Wednesday, I think.
So, I have about 5 days or so to get everything done, now.
After that, hope for the best, and get everything bundled for the coming Sunday.

And I'll be doing nothing again, today.
.. well..
.. I say nothing..
What I mean is, I don't have a great big 12 item checklist to do, and I won't be struggling to type by the end of the day!!

Today, I became a complete and total recluse!
It was the only way it was all going to get crammed into the day.
Let's go through last night's list, shall we?

Gah!
Extra hats today!
I now need about 3 hats, and annoyingly I think I might need an extra bunch of baddies, which also means more hats!
D'oh!

Today's been total utter chaos.
I wrote a bunch of little Badges (Awards?!) the other day, so I've spent today trying to wrangle the code together so that they actually work.
See inside for some oddly missing information.

First up, be aware that these aren't working yet, so the bit where one of the achievements would appear to be mostly impossible without the others, is actually down to the fact that they're 6 items apart, and nothing to do with anything that's been earned yet!!!
.. having said that, here's the first screenshot of the Achievement table that I've been working on, today.

Phase One was the simple test engine I release WAY WAY back in the very early stages of this humongous project.. .. last month!
Phase One was a basic engine, with simple platforming mechanics.
Taking the rules of NeonPlat and adding a scrolling background, I wanted to judge if it'd be enjoyed.
True, one piece of feedback was a little downbeat, but on the whole it's been well appreciated.
You can't please everyone, but the original's not broken, so hopefully that makes...

Tap inside to see Jiro25 playing the NeonPlat Adventures Beta!

One at a time.
Get the task done, finish the game entirely, move onto the next.
Our current task is NeonPlat Adventures.
Let's see how much I added today..

Apologies for the lack of daily blog/rant lately. Work schedule is crazy, sleep schedule is crazy, and AGameAWeek schedule is also all messed up.
..
Well... I say that..

Jay's Crazy iOS Sale!
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2 free games, and another half price.
What could possibly go wrong!?!?

Over the years, I've settled into somewhat of a set of "Bad" habits.
I clump everything into unnamed arrays, with unnamed numerical references for everything.
I reuse arrays for anything from enemy locations, collectables, particles and anything else.
If you open up my PlayMyCode games (click the edit button!) you'll see my habits.

Won't be posting a blog tonight, so might as well do it now.
Long long night..
Sat up writing the newsletter 'til late, then posted the short blog, then headed to bed about 1am..
After lying there playing Sheep Goes Left for an hour or two, I finally drifted off, only to wake up at 5am.

You might say... "Hey, this is just Spike Dislike with different controls.."
And you might be right..!
Here it is, anyway!

PlayMyCode games no longer work

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.

Yeay!
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Kristina - May 19, 2011
Well i have been playing you game and it suck i havent been hitting things and it still says game over you guys created a piece of crap!

Well, that was a lovely little blip, there, wasn't it!
I've written half-a-framework three times in a month!
*sigh*
It finally showed this week, when a crazy chaotic week of newness became a horribly pathetic week of giving up.

1. No sound pitch.
Jinkies Munkies, What the Funkies!?!?
Simplest example.
You know in Horizontal Shooter, when your weapon goes "SQQEUUUUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"..

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hmmm....

The game that keeps on going, even though it's just a ball and some spikes!
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Yesterday, Rob from RetroRemakes asked if he could do a spritesheet for Spike Dislike.
After a lot of back and forth, I decided to write a how-to, so any future requests could go a little bit smoother!
Here's some info on how to make 'em, alongside a bunch of all-important rules.

The year is new, but the logo's old.
Sod it. I love this logo!
I should be doing a year-long roundup thing, but I've not had much time, what with the whole Advent and stuff.
No matter, there's been some good, and plenty of bad, and that's what AGameAWeek's all about!

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.