Right in the midst of "AGameAWeek Meets iOS Month", with SpikeDislike3 (hopefully) incoming, and two other games already out, and ...
well..
I'm having a teensy tiny problem with iTunesConnect.
Usually, at the bottom of a game's info-page, is a little "Request Promo Codes" link, which you click on to get promo codes for that game, that you can then send out for promotional reasons.

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Yesterday's doings.
Boxsploding
I continued work on Boxsplosions, and got a nice new control scheme up and running for touchscreens.

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With SpikeDislike3 out the door ('ish), ChuckABall ready to relaunch (chuck?) and Invisible Munky already getting played by at least one person, it's time to think ahead to what project comes next.
For a while, I've been wondering if I should attempt a newer edition of (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=325">Boxsplodings).
It's a fun little game, but was quite limited by the number of levels and how they were organised.
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Aaah, iTunesConnect.
When Invisible Munky 2 launched, the other day, I noticed something odd in my iTunesConnect pages.
Where there's usually a "Request Promo Codes" link, there was none.

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After a game's release, half the fun is watching the aftermath, and scrawling the internet for comments.
On this occasion, however, I pretty much know what's coming.
Invisible Munky 2 isn't a game that I'm expecting to be popular, or fondly remembered, (it hasn't thus far, anyway..) so any comments and feedback will be minimal.

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Well it's about sodding time!!!
After just over a week and a half, Invisible Munky 2's finally gotten through Apple Review, and is now available on the AppStore.
Unfortunately, for some bizarre reason that I've not yet tracked down, the "Promo Codes" button appears to be completely missing from iTunesConnect.
For this game, I was hoping to dish out a few promo codes to folk with different devices, to ensure the game runs as it oughta on those iPhings. Due to m...

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Last night, I decided to open up my old projects. Over the past couple of years, my iOS releases reduced to practically nothing, yet I still built up an alarming number of games over the weeks.
Hopefully with the new faster, more usable MacMini in place, I can keep up a better rate from here on, but last night I found myself digging through the archives, seeing what would and wouldn't be suitable for iOS.
At which point, I stumbled upon (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/...

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And so ends our journey of creation.
or, rather, HOPEFULLY ends the journey! We'll find out in about a week, whether I managed to click all the settings in an accurate manner.
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A somewhat eventful day, yesterday, but one that took WAY too long!!
As I finished off the last of the levels, and got the game working toa moderately lovely standard, I figured I might as well start throwing bits and pieces into iTunes.
I've still got a number of days until Invisible Munky (hopefully) passes AppleReview, so I can relax and take my time with all the iTunesConnect gubbins.
Starting with the the description, the screenshots, the icon, I continued...

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Yesterday was spent tweaking a few odds and sods that I never really got around to doing previously.
I, of course, added a few extra levels, and I added "OUYA Controller Button Icons" to the main menu, so it's marginally more obvious that you can use the shoulder buttons to open the Options menu and Scoreboard.
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A busy day, yesterday, as I set about building more of those Mission/Level things for SpikeDislike3.
I've now got marginally different Mission modes for 10 of the 13 themes, although "Super X!" seems to appear a fair number of times!
With only 3 more sets of levels to create, I'm pretty much nearing the end of development, although there's a bunch more extra bits that I might end up throwing in.
Anyway, I figured now's about as good a time as any, to give you a...

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Guess who forgot to hit the "Submit for Review" button on Invisible Munky 2!!?
That's right!!
I blame Apple.. It used to be that you'd have to have iTunesConnect open at the same time as Application Loader, and juggle the two until it did what you wanted to.
Recently, though, they've completely overhauled iTunesConnect, and I found myself doing 99% of the tasks via the Windows Laptop. By the time it came to uploading the release, I was using the Mac, and stup...

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OK, I *think* I managed to post Invisible Munky 2, correctly, to iTunes Connect!
Unfortunately, due to the world in which Apple operates, we're going to have to wait just over a week to know for sure, as we wait for it to get through the stringent Apple Review gubbins.
No doubt, even if it's as broken as Cardagain is, it'll still get through, so I'll be counting on the masses of Twitter-folk to let me know if it works on all the different types of devices that are ou...

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RAWR!!!
Wednesday went swimmingly well, with all the pieces falling into place, and everything being awesome and cool.
It stands to reason, then, that my Thursday didn't go quite as well.

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A quick video..
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About a week ago, I booted up the MacMini to test compile SpikeDislike3 onto my iPad.

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Yesterday, I made this!
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Taking sprites, sounds and music from (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=350">Invisible Munky 2), I quickly cobbled together a SpikeDislike2 t...

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Yesterday, I took the phrase "Sleepy Sunday" and worked the heck out it.
My cat woke me up at 6:15am, and I managed to stay mostly awake until just after 9, when I realised I was too tired to code, and instead went for a nap..
.. A long nap!!

Bah, it's Thursday, already, and I've still not gotten a proper start on this next game.
You know what, this whole "Gap Year" thing... .. It's not working out, is it?
Instead of coding with a vague deadline, I'm spending every day doing nothing, relaxing, and generally being a lazy bum.
I'm supposed to be working on SOMETHING, but instead I've watched an entire season of Castle over the past few days. And this is roughly how my days are going, lately.
TV watching, resting, playing...

Invisible Munky is BACK!
It only took 10 years for Invisible Munky to re-appear*, and in that time, it's learned an excellent new skill.
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Invisible_Munky_2_20150330B_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Invisible_Munky_2_20150330A_thumb.png">

I say "slow", but of course, I mean "Slow in the realm of AGameAWeek!"
I've been working on Invisible Munky 2 for nearly THREE WEEKS, now! Blimey, that went fast!
I'm currently working on building levels, and trying to keep the momentum of the game flowing in a decent manner. I'm also trying to add a decent mix of music, but it's all kinda samey. I might have to head in a completely different melodical direction, or something. *shrugs* Not sure!
Anyway, the game currently contains 9 leve...

The engine's working nicely, an art style has been defined, and things are getting put together.
I've started building some proper levels, now, but already the game's feeling like it's still missing something.
At the moment, I'm attempting to add wandering bad-guys into the levels, which should help make things a little less lacklustre, but trying to get them to wander nicely within the areas is proving to be much more complicated than I thought, especially when the levels are build up with noth...

Tentatively titled "Invisible Munky 2 - Happy Banana Land!" because... why not!
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So, um.. Yeah..
The engine seems to be working well, although I've not added too much yet.

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!