Too tired.. Instead, I've been working on Sheep Goes Left DS, which is proving 17,000,000,000% more popular than it's iOS rival. Quite why, I don't know, but the fact that it's being mentioned quite a bit is a good sign.

Aaah, there we go.. Back to normal! A nice little missile command game, that really kicks your arse!!

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How the hell did I ever manage to get so much done over the past two weeks?!! .. oh yeah, I wasn't half-asleep..

I was up stupidly late last night. I wasn't coding. I wasn't listening to music. and I wasn't watching TV either.

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"> The game didn't ever really have a heart. It started well, but it just kinda puttered out after just an hour or two. The game remains unfinished, expecting some sort magical experience, but n...

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. They're everywhere, and they "EVIL!!!" I am an oldskool coder. This is how I code..

Hmmm...

Hey.. This is just Spike Dislike again...!!! Sod it, different physics make it a different game, so it counts!

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I've been very very sleepy today, so I had a nap!

Hmm.. You know when you think to yourself "Here's an idea", and then you try it, and go "Oh.. .. never mind then.." Still, at least I tried. It's a bit dull.

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I wrote tonight's Socoder Newsletter earlier today, so that I didn't have to do it tonight. The Plan? Get home, head to the Mac, Code some Daisy Chains.. The Reality? Get home, head to the Mac, answer emails, post tweet replies, forums stuffs, and then my phone started yelling at me because I haven't posted today's blog yet. FFS!! Sod it, let's blog a rant then.. .. you wanna know what I don't get..?

Oops, I appear to have remade a Cassette 50 game.. .. ARGH!!!! (but, you know, a little bit better )

PlayMyCode games no longer work

Spent some time today doing a bunch of little tweaky things. First off, late last night, I started on reformatting SpikeDislike's GameCenter code, to make it a bit more universal, and easy to plop into other games. Took about an hour to get everything working nicely, integrated into Daisy Chains, and get the highscores up and running. woot!

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

Yesterday I suggested that Adverts were evil. If an advert pops up in my game, I tend to get a bit pissed off about it. Today, my whole game is an advert. But it's done in a "Well at least you can play the damn thing, and it's not just sitting shoved into your face while it drains your battery.." way.

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BUY IT ON IPHONE!!!!

Totally drained, today. Just about managed to post a few random DaisyChain based posts/emails, and that's about it. Out of all of 'em, I'm hoping the <a href="https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=20869.0">TIGSource</a> one prods interest a little, but.. .. I dunno.. Almost a day later, only 25 views, and 0 replies.. .. It's not looking good. *Jay grabs the defibs and cranks up the charge*

Although I haven't yet started to code anything, I have spent the past few days wondering how best to tackle redefinable keys in the PlayMyCode. I'm unsure whether to go for a menu based thing, or not.

Today's game took AGES! 3 hours of slow slow progress. Must still be wiped out after yesterday! As a result, I haven't gotten around to any redefine-stuff, today. d'oh! It's on tomorrow's list!

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I'd forgotten why I don't do anything on Saturdays..

Saturdays aren't meant to be AGameADay days, but I missed yesterday, so here's a catchup game. Roam around and paint without getting hit!

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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.

Solutions are everywhere! There are springy splodgy sticky blobs you can slap on the screen, there's big fullsized controller connectors to wrap the phone in, and there's even wifi touchscreen iPod -> iPad controller things, too. Plenty to choose from...

If you tried to enjoy some TV yesterday, you probably had craploads of Olympic crap crammed down your face. It's still a smegging year away, and I'm already sick to death of it! Have you had enough yet?! Olympic Based AGameADay!! Why not attempt to carry the torch for the entire year that's left!? .. or not!

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PS, YEAY! GREENIE!!!!! And he's wearing Green, which is incredibly unlike him!

During this little AGameADay mini marathon thing I've been waking up, coding a game, then having my breakfast. Each game's taking about an hour, occasionally 2. They're quickies. I also planned not to do Wednesday games. Today took a detour..

Wednesday's my day for iDev, rather than AGameADay. At the minute I'm downstairs keeping an eye on Mum, since mum's not too well.. The Mac is upstairs. Bugger... .. Fuck it, might as well go mental, then! Have a cheap Mario clone made in only 5 hours!

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(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.