Next Game?
Blog
23rd April 2019
I think my head wants to have a play with a "Normal" AGameAWeek game.
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Reversi
Game
23rd April 2019
Place tiles on the board such that there are a line of your opponent's tiles between your new tile, and one of your tiles elsewhere on the board.
Any opponent's tiles inbetween will be captured. Aim to have the most tiles on the board, by the end of the game. Views 52, Upvotes 17
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Reversi
Blog
23rd April 2019
A nice and quick game for today. Battle against AL or a friend, in this flipping strategy game.
You can Play Reversi in the Shoebox, where you'll find it under the Misc games. Views 111, Upvotes 10
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Recent Feedback
Blog
23rd April 2019
As the Shoebox grows, so the feedback flows!
You can Play the Shoebox of Games here. @RSKGamesToday I played Board of spikes and Ludo in android mobile. This is the first time I am playing shoebox of games in mobile and I found it to be a very good experience. Took a little bit of effort to place the ludo pieces initially but then it became easier. Views 68, Upvotes 20
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Shoebox
24th April 2019
All previous links will still work, and nothing should be broken by the HUGE change in Shoebox, since the new domain simply links to the same files in the same folder, and all the file access is relative.
ShoeboxOfGames.com now exists! I bought the domain a couple of days ago, but only got around to setting it up properly, late last night. A more or less simple addition to the overall chaos of AGameAWeek. Views 58, Upvotes 10
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Going Back
Blog
24th April 2019
AlanAl overshot the goal and starting going backwards. Is that correct? I think so.! This is something that I added to Snakes and Ladders, as it's been a rule we've always played at home, and since Board of Spikes is more or less a clone of Snakes and Ladders, I opted to leave that rule in. If that wasn't the case, then there's be no need to use a specific card to end the game. I felt that was more important than just letting the player us... Views 120, Upvotes 11
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House Rules
Blog
25th April 2019
I added that function for good reason, and Alan seems determined to make me use it!!
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Flipped Puzzle
Game
25th April 2019
Based upon the classic Nintendo DS launch title "Polarium", try to find a single move through the tiles which will flip them over such that each horizontal row contains just a single colour.
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Misc
The Big Cache Update
Blog
25th April 2019
A fairly large update, this morning, as I'm fairly confident that the caching is now working like it oughta.
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Flipped Puzzle
Blog
25th April 2019
New game added to the Shoebox!
You can find Flipped Puzzle in the Extras section. Views 137, Upvotes 16
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OK, Now What?
Blog
26th April 2019
So, the Shoebox now has Level capabilities.. That's nice!
I'm tempted to add something like Quadoban, or maybe a Kee-Bo-Ard, but that would definitely be crossing the border between physical and arcade.. I might need to come up with some way to mesh the styles together, somehow, and create a brand new sort of game. Hmm.. Views 63, Upvotes 10
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Player Thoughts
Blog
26th April 2019
As the Shoebox continues to build, more and more and more comments are incoming! I've literally had more comments to the blog in the past couple of months than I have in the past decade!!
AlanOlympic sprinters don't need to break the tape by exact footstep*imagines 100 Marathon sprinters stopped right at the end of a race, all trying to roll a 6 to win* Views 108, Upvotes 12
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Back Breaking
Blog
26th April 2019
I can't fathom this stuff out!
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Android Dev
Breaking Back
Blog
26th April 2019
Yeah, that did the trick..
The Shoebox now clutters your browser history! I'm currently trying to figure out the best way to remove the hundreds of references that are built up as you navigate through the games, but .. For now, at least, the Back Button on Android should now behave as you'd expect it to. Hurray! Views 67, Upvotes 7
Shoebox
27th April 2019
Oh dear, this game's hard!
You can attempt to play Beleaguered Castle Solitaire in the Shoebox in amongst the card games. Views 135, Upvotes 9
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Shoebox
27th April 2019
Move cards one at a time to try to unveil the next cards to fit onto the foundation piles.
You can move card on top of higher ranking cards, in a bid to get to the required card. Warning : This is a REALLY hard game! Views 68, Upvotes 17
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Simplification..
Blog
28th April 2019
I spent a good number of hours, yesterday, looking online for any rulesets that might make "Beleaguered Castle Solitaire" any better, but failed miserably to find anything.
I did find a number of alternative solitaires that claimed to make the game a little harder, though, so.. Um.. Yeah, ok!! Views 37, Upvotes 9
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Golf Solitaire
Blog
28th April 2019
Golf Solitaire isn't nearly as bad as Beleaguered Castle Solitaire!
You can Play Golf Solitaire here in the Card Games section of the Shoebox. Views 128, Upvotes 14
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Golf Solitaire
Game
28th April 2019
"Putt" your cards onto the green. Putted card should be of value one higher or lower than the card on the green.
If you can't putt any cards, draw a new Green from the deck. Views 57, Upvotes 16
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Cards
Took Too Long!!
Blog
29th April 2019
Board Layouts.. Not easy!
But the main ones are in, now. Regular Scrabble, Super Scrabble, Words With Friends, and there's also the option for random layouts, so that's nice!! More to come.. Views 111, Upvotes 12
Shoebox
30th April 2019
Crikey! This game's harder to code than I remembered.
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Scrabble
What a Bizarre Bug
Blog
30th April 2019
RSKGamesWhen I was playing Golf Solitaire in my android chrome browser found an odd issue where the drag and drop card gets placed in the top left of the screen as seen in the attached screenshot. Views 65, Upvotes 13
Shoebox
Continued Crossing
Blog
1st May 2019
You know when you spend hours working on something, then look back at what you've done, and go "What on earth did I actually do?"
.. I did that, yesterday! Views 92, Upvotes 19
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Bugs
1st May 2019
Attempt number one hasn't gone particularly well.
The game struggles to keep up with itself, and my laptop's fan kicks into overdrive, while the game just about manages to find the word "AA" in amongst all the possibilities! Views 72, Upvotes 10
Shoebox
1st May 2019
I've just had a fairly decent game against AL.
His AI's not quite up to much, but he is at least managing to play along. Views 75, Upvotes 10
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More Crossword Work
Blog
2nd May 2019
AL's getting slightly better, but is currently only attempting about 2 word placements per frame.
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Shoebox
3rd May 2019
I might need to rejig the way the WordList is held, to make AL's job a little bit easier.
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