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8th April 2011
Add a simple pause menu.
That was task number one, this morning, on a 5 item tasklist.
The stupid menu took 5 hours!
FIVE!!

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Ios Dev
7th April 2011
For those struggling in the future...
"[CCDirector sharedDirector] deviceOrientation]"
Doesn't.
but
Views 6, Upvotes 3  
Daily Blog
6th April 2011
Today, another one of those mindbogglingly annoying issues that stops you, makes you scratch your head, then makes you go "Well sod that then!" and enjoy the sun for a bit.
I'll do this again, tomorrow!

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Daily Blog
4th April 2011
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_0593.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_0593-300x200.png" alt="" title="IMG_0593" width="300" height="200" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1314" />
Is Barry The Spelling Bee going to be the star of my next iOS game?!

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Daily Blog
4th April 2011
I've got a whole month to do a framework, so apparently that means I'm going to be a lazy git who does sod all, then crams the whole framework into the last day!
.. Well, hopefully not, but I did manage to cram in a couple of hours of Burnout, yesterday!
Been a long while since I sat and played a game for that long.
Views 15, Upvotes 3  
Daily Blog
1st April 2011
Today I've been continuing to fiddle about with all the framework's drawing methods.
The engine seems rather fickle, and will sometimes do a bunch of big sprites, and other times do a buttload of tiny ones.
I've currently got the settings to a nice middleground.
It can handle quite a bit, so long as you don't give it mountains of giant sprites to contend with!!
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/photo-1.png"><img src="https://AGameAWee...
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Ios Dev
1st April 2011
This isn't going to be a "You thieving bunch of bastards" post.
I know this goes on. There's no point trying to stop it.
Unless Apple want to show me a list of who did and didn't buy my app, there's sod all I can do about it.
I can only urge people to bother to buy my game. Because it's really fucking good!
Views 13, Upvotes 4  
Daily Blog
31st March 2011
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/HammerTime.png" >

Views 11, Upvotes 4  
Daily Blog
So.. ... Blog
30th March 2011
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.
Views 31, Upvotes 4  
Ios Dev
28th March 2011
A Pro/Con list might've helped beforehand!!!
Fuck it, 70 quid down the drain..
carry on.

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Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
28th March 2011
Bad time to be swinging again, Jay...!
20x(640x32) images + 10x(64x64) images.
That can just about struggle to run at about 22fps on an iPod Retina.
Then you've got text to go over that, and another 10x(64x64) for badges..
Views 53, Upvotes 10  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
28th March 2011
1. No sound pitch.
Jinkies Munkies, What the Funkies!?!?
Simplest example.
You know in Horizontal Shooter, when your weapon goes "SQQEUUUUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"..
Views 45, Upvotes 9  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
27th March 2011
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/photo.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/photo.png" alt="" title="photo" width="320" height="480" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1285" /></a>
hmmm....

Views 34, Upvotes 4  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
26th March 2011
I think I'll either be limiting myself to 100 sprites/60fps, or 200 sprites/30fps, for iPhing games.
...
That's quite a lot, though!
Pics below

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Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
25th March 2011
Coming soon : A whole new world!
I finally made my choice, and it's GLBasic.
Hopefully that choice doesn't come and bite me in the ass later.
For now, I'm going to be rebuilding all that framework goodness.
Views 34, Upvotes 8  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
24th March 2011
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/byemunky.png">

Views 40, Upvotes 9  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
22nd March 2011
About 40-odd times I've decided "Right, let's give GLBasic a try!!"
This morning, I was finally ready to actually do that!
...
And then, right out of the blue, and totally co-incidentally, a twitter conversation began with <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Indie_DIJ">@Indie_DIJ</a> about that very language.
Views 63, Upvotes 7  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
22nd March 2011
Silly me put the name "Chicky Crosses the Road" into a variable, then forgot to put the variable on the titlescreen!
D'oh!
sod it..
Live and Learn!

Views 27, Upvotes 5  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
21st March 2011
I have a game!
It's written in <del>Munky</del> Monkey!
But... Am I ready to buy the language yet?
hmmm..
Views 46, Upvotes 15  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
18th March 2011
A few hours with Monkey today.
A game idea was planned (finally!) and attempted, but I realised I had rotation issues.
Tried and tried to get the rotate and scaling working together with numerous results.
One time the sprites were rotating away from their midpoints, another they were scaling all over the place, and on and on it went..
Views 27, Upvotes 4  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
15th March 2011
Sometimes, things that happen at the other side of the world, still make you change your habits.
AGameAWeek returns next week.
Views 17, Upvotes 4  
Daily Blog
10th March 2011
<a href="https://agameaweek.spreadshirt.co.uk/stroke-my-munky-A10741539/customize/color/4">I just thought of a really good game..</a>
but... .. Not entirely sure how doable it'd be.
.. hmm.. another time perhaps..
Anyhoo, Monkey.
Views 42, Upvotes 10  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
7th March 2011
Take one part Asteroids, and mix in... um..
..
hmm...
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/TinyAss_20110308_Logo_thumb.png">

Views 95, Upvotes 11  
Release
Focus.... Blog
6th March 2011
Another day pondering about the should/shouldn't monkey issue.
Another day wondering if I shouldn't just be writing a game..
I should be focusing on the important bits, but instead, my minds contemplating what could be.
We're in March.
Views 48, Upvotes 8  
Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
6th March 2011
Oh, Mark.. What have you done!
I was happily coding away at AGameAWeek, and now I'm stuck in this odd Will I/Won't I scenario, unsure as to what to do next..
I spent a few hours playing with Monkey again, Yesterday, and am still unsure which is the better path.
Monkey has no recolouring for sprites. That's a pretty big deal, and is a bit of a biggy when your onscreen text is sprites. No sprite colors means one text color.
Even my Tandy TRS 80 could do more than one text c...
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Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic
2nd March 2011
This week saw the launch of "<a href="https://monkeycoder.co.nz/">Monkey</a>", the next-generation of BlitzBasic.
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/monkey1.png" alt="" title="monkey1" width="332" height="56" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1233" />

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Monkey-x , Glbasic , Monkey_or_glbasic , Spikedislike
1st March 2011
I've written that as "Mr Spike" about 30-odd times, this week. *sigh* Really have to start a new iPhing game, some time!
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Mr_Swing_20110301_Logo_thumb.png">

Views 58, Upvotes 6  
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