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15th October 2010
Arseholes.
God damned feckin' arseholes.
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A few weeks ago, my sister lost her job. She's currently in the midst of trying to get a new one, and so is hopping around site to site, grabbing Application forms, sending off CVs and all the other "Trying to get a job" types of things.
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Before Tuesday...
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14th October 2010
"Haniff" emailed me about 4 or 5 weeks ago, just as I was starting my lazyitis month, and asked if I could do a nice big video, showing how I create a game.
I wasn't going to rush a game, there and then, so I figured I'd record my first AGameAWeek once I got around to starting things up again..
Turns out I haven't recorded my first AGameAWeek, because this game's shit!
Still, here's a game.
<a href="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/SomeGame.zip">Linkage</a> (Win only, but ...
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Suggestion Box...
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14th October 2010
As promised, a new weekly feature will be the suggestion box.
No longer will your suggestions be hidden away inside the locked box.
Instead, they'll be readable by all.
The first AGAW game (still unplanned, unless I decide to use the rubbishy game I made today) will be posted on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, suggest away!
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The New Logo
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13th October 2010
It's not that I hated the old logo.
In fact, in many ways, the old logo fit my whole game making thing a little better than this one does.
So, maybe, at some point, I'll switch back.
The thing is, though, if you slap the old Recterange logo onto a Tshirt, it looks like a freakin' name badge!
Dumb, unoriginal, and a little childish.
So, a newer logo for a new year, and I've gone with the whole "Just some text with a Platdude on it" style, which I think looks a teensy bit less childish, and name-badg...
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12th October 2010
This is it. End of the road for Jay's relaxation time!
Today's Tuesday, no game today, kinda, sort of..
Today I submitted Stringy Things (2 games) to the AppStore for review. That should be properly done by.. um.. about December, at current Review speed!
So, what about AGameAWeek?
Well, I'm going to start that in a short while.
Maybe today, or.. given the fact that half my day's already gone (thanks for making THAT easy, Apple!) it'll probably be tomorrow.
I'm still not sure what game I'm doin...
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10th October 2010
In windows, to add a tab to the left of 3 or 4 lines, I've settled into the habit of doing either one of two things..
1. Up, Home, Tab, Up, Home, Tab, Up, Home, Tab, Up, Home, Tab.
Which goes up per line, heads to the far left, then places a tab.
or
2. Select all lines, hit Tab.
Which adds a tab to all the lines.
On a Mac, my fingers are exercised a little more thoroughly...
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F'k you, Cee Lo!
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6th October 2010
Cee Lo Green's song, Fuck You, is the song of the summer.
As such, when I was in town yesterday, (Bury!) I figured that'd be the one thing I'd aim to buy.
I've not bothered buying physical games for a while, iPhing, Steam and Wii online ones do me just fine. Music CDs are just the same. I think the last one of those I went out, specifically to buy, was probably the Relaxed Muscle album! (c)2003
So, Asda then.
..
Hmm.. No singles in Asda? OK, WHSmiths!
..
WTF!? No music at a...
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5th October 2010
I did post the pre-release of NeoPlatDS, this week, so that's nice.
If you want to give it a whirl, try (URL "https://desmume.org/">DesMuMe), it's what I used 95% of the time during development, and has now overtaken No$GBA as my dev-emu of choice.
I can't get FAT read/write working on it, though, so you'll have to make do without highscore load/saving. Other than that it runs nicely, and the default keys are easy to remember.
Cursors to move, Z to throw, X to jump.
Exactly the same as my Win/Lin/...
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1st October 2010
There's more to add, but things are getting crowded on the poor old DS!
Before I decide whether to add powerups or not, I need to know if folk can handle the game as it is.
The result of this test will be either.
A) People are happy with this.
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/NeoPlatDS_20101001A.png">
They'll play it for ages, and love it as it is..
or
B) People want more!
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/NeoPlatDS_20101001B.png">
They ask, and I cram i...
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Release
NeoPlatDS
Game
1st October 2010
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Platdude
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Action
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Arcade
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Remake
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Neonplat
Missed Week...
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25th September 2010
This week won't be "missed", because I'm still having my September off.
But next week, the first week of October, will probably be missed.
I really want to get my iPhing framework up and running before I start off the new year of AGameAWeek.
Having a base framework will help in a whole lot of areas, mostly because I can just whip up (possibly!) an iPhing game in a short amount of time. Because that's quicker, I can juggle iPhing and Win/Lin/Mac dev quite easily, and I should be able to cope with the w...
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Note to SoaT
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22nd September 2010
(I'm not sure if that rhymes, possibly maybe..)
Over at <a href="https://battle.onego.ru/forum/showthread.php?p=459813">[Battle]Forum</a> (|edit| I think this forum's long gone |edit|) they're having a nice chat about JNKPlat2010, and, more significantly, the insanity that is Shadow1w2's MASSIVE 100th level.
It's a fantastic level, but they just can't quite fathom it.
I had a go, today.
Loaded up Taksi and the game, and tried abo...
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hmmm....
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20th September 2010
In many ways, I preferred doing AGameAWeek. Mostly because I'd actually have something to post here at least once a week!
As it is, I'm finding it hard to come up with interesting things to post during my little hiatus.
Perhaps I should start posting silly Youtube links every day?
Rather than splitting my blog off into 100 different sites, just clump it all together into one?
*shrugs*
Its an idea, right!?
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Progress Report...
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15th September 2010
Just a nice quick update of things that are/aren't happening...
1. Arcade Slots on the iPhings is almost at a point where I could release the JNKPlat Edition. I'm not sure if I want to release that, just yet, or wait until I've finished up the rest of it... Either way JNKPlat Edition will be the demo, and the rest will be the pay-for.
2. NeoPlatDS is at around about 75%. I need to formulate a good "Game Progression" thing, and figure out where/when the levels will be starting/ending.
But otherwise...
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The Jingle
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12th September 2010
Time to pick a new Jingle.
I'm thinking that Year 3 should be marked, slightly, by tweaking the intro jingle a little, so I've gathered together a handful, and popped them all here.
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The Suggestion Box
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11th September 2010
The old suggestion box disappeared from the sidebar when I redid the theme, a while back.
It had almost camouflaged into the sidebar, hidden from sight, due to the fact that it was always there.
Instead, then, I've decided to make a regular feature of it.
hurrah!
Every weekend, assuming I remember to do this, I'll make a "suggestion" post, where regulars can contribute ideas, and perhaps even play about with each others ideas to build up something special.
No guarantees I'll be making these ideas...
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The Plan...
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11th September 2010
Oh, hell, I gotta start this all over again!!
Year 3 : October 2010 - October 2011
It's a month away, and I'm still being all lazy and relaxing, but I need to try and keep the site looking half-assed, so it doesn't disappear due to lack of activity
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8th September 2010
54 games. Last year I only managed about 30-odd, so I think that's pretty good going.
Sure, it might not have truely actually been A Game "Per" Week, but I did at least keep the ratio up.
If I hadn't taken the time out to build the framework, I probably would've actually achieved the target a little better
The stats show I was pretty much on top of things up until that point, but then things got slower and slower until my buffer zone was all dried up.
Anyhoo, this is a nice big lengthy re...
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6th September 2010
54 games. Last year I only managed about 30-odd, so I think that's pretty good going.
Sure, it might not have truely actually been A Game "Per" Week, but I did at least keep the ratio up.
If I hadn't taken the time out to build the framework, I probably would've actually achieved the target a little better
The stats show I was pretty much on top of things up until that point, but then things got slower and slower until my buffer zone was all dried up.
Anyhoo, this is a nice big lengthy re...
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5th September 2010
54 games. Last year I only managed about 30-odd, so I think that's pretty good going.
Sure, it might not have truely actually been A Game "Per" Week, but I did at least keep the ratio up.
If I hadn't taken the time out to build the framework, I probably would've actually achieved the target a little better
The stats show I was pretty much on top of things up until that point, but then things got slower and slower until my buffer zone was all dried up.
Anyhoo, this is a nice big lengthy re...
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This Week...
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5th September 2010
Um..
Still relaxing!
We're currently inside Jay's Month Off, so there's no game this week.
Meanwhile, I'm playing around with a few bits of tech.
I've made a couple of new bits of music, fiddled with some nice big useless pictures that won't ever be used, and am pretty much sitting here quietly doing nothing all month.
Woot!
At some point in the next few days, I'm going to sit down, and flick through the complete collection (again!) and jot down a few little notes about each game. How well they p...
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The Torrent : Year 2
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2nd September 2010
This year, the Big Torrent is available from Monova.org! (Torrent is long gone!)
If you'd like to play 53 out of 54 from Year 2, you can go grab it now.
I left out Rock My Chords, since it's 49Mb on it's own, and I reckon it's got an audience of.... me!
But otherwise, the rest are in there.
All the Windows games, the DS ones and the one single little Java Mobile one, too.
What I've NOT included is the Mac/Linux packs.
I'll be doing those later.
Judging by the interest in...
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31st August 2010
I was supposed to be writing up a nice big writeup for this, but.. I'm in no rush! I'm resting!
Video's done.
Writeup later!
woot! 54!
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This Week...
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28th August 2010
This weekend I'm planning on doing a nice big happy writeup about Year 2.
I'll be hopping through and replaying all my year's games, and jotting down little should/shouldn't's about each one. I might even take the time to record a few seconds of each and then build up a nice big Year-2 Video.
That'd be nice!!
Meanwhile, I can't sit still, and have already begun a new'ish game.
<img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/possibleNeoPlat.png">
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25th August 2010
... FFS, I can't count.
FiftyFOUR weeks, FiftyFOUR games.
Even with a miscount, I still managed to equal the weeks:games ratio.
Lovely stuff!
Here's the stats, straight from GoogleDocs
and here's a great big blue and red google graph, looking all lovely and linely!
<a href="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/AGAW_Y2_Chart.png"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/AGAW_Y2_Chart_thumb.png"></a>
Yeay!
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24th August 2010
Fred is a happy Flea, and he loves to hop.
He especially loves it when all the Dandelions are casting their seeds around in the air, as he can grab on, and go for a ride.
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Fred_the_Parachuting_Flea_20100824A.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Fred_the_Parachuting_Flea_20100824A_thumb.png"></a>
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Release
24th August 2010
Keep Fred in the air, by hopping him from floating pieces of Dandelion Pollen (achene, if you wish to be specific!)
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Hop
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Float
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Survive
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