Last night I sat and wrote a vague tutorial'ish thing for SmileBASIC. I took the idea of what I did with the Banana Dodging thing, and tried to make an entire game of Pong/Tennis within the space of a single screenshot-able screen of text.

You can find it in the Nintendo Switch eShop, (once your country's timezone hits the sweet spot!) and begin your creation adventure.

This week's release sees you holding and releasing the plungers, to keep the evil red walkers away from your house. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Catch the spikes as they fall from the swirling vortex. Protect the planet. The people don't like spikes.. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Guide the bugs along the path of mysterious spinning objects, and try to keep your gang alive. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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A quick "game" tutorial type thing for a silly little game, created using PetitCom/SmileBASIC on the Nintendo Switch. If you've grabbed a copy from the Japanese eShop, you should be able to follow along, since the program itself now includes a complete English translation. I'll assume you're using the program with a USB Keyboard attached, but if not, most of the keyboard functionality can be accessed by hitting the [-] button on your controller. From the main menu, hit the Make a Prog...

Blast away the evil virus using your super power of making blue flashy things. Go, Go, Neo! If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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(As in.. A board made of cards!) Move around the Card Board and score points as you go. Points are awarded when you land on an unturned card, based on the card's value (Ace = 1, Jack = 11, Queen = 12, King = 13) If you land on a Diamond, you'll earn twice as much. A Heart will give you another go. Landing on a Spade will cause you to Lose the points, whilst landing on a Club will award the points to all the other players. The winner is the player with the most points, once the last card ha...

Right, I've had this idea bubbling about for a week or so. It's almost fermented, but I think I should be able to figure out what's going to happen along the way.

Guide your player along the perilous LED strip, avoid all the evil red dangers, and grabbing the yellow bonus points as you go. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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The current Petit Switch game is nothing more than a generic Breakout clone. I'm going to try to up it to Arkanoid status, and maybe add something new to the mix, but. .. Honestly, what new stuff can I add that hasn't been added 100 times before?!

Deliver as many pizzas as you can, within a single Pizza Delivery Minute. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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If you're playing on Petit Switch, Blockman Gets got a lovely update, last night. Enhanced by the new version of the framework, with its new "High/Last" frontend, it now saves your highscores, and flows a little better. I also took the time to switch out the blocky square grid for a slightly better "rail" look, which seems to have transformed the look of the game. Nice! Grab the update with the same SBKey : 424PN33N4 Still not sure what new game to make for this week, tho...

This is the alarmingly over-simplified sprite tool that I've been using to do all my Petit Switch games. Don't expect anything magical!! If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the tool using the Public Key...

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I started the day off with an idea in mind. I created a little sprite of a bubble, and formulated some kind of a plan for a game.

Battle against the enemy buzzard, and steal all of their eggs. Don't let them boop you on the head!! If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Work continues on my bulking up of my Petit Switch Framework, with the titlescreen now looking a little more familiar to regulars.

A fancy graphical doohickey turned into an action game! Hop over all of the blue Zyndotz in order to clear the level. Beware the Spikes, and watch out for that odd creature that shows up. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Help the ranger keep his forest clear of evil flying mutant death-balls, by blasting them out of the skies. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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As is tradition for my birthday, SpikeDislike2 is free on iOS today. If you don't already have it, go and grab it, and then have fun disliking spikes.

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I posted this Monday's game, last night, already! I figured today probably wouldn't be a very productive coding day, so thought I should do something quick, and ended up with another Solitaire game for Shoebox. Monte Carlo Solitaire is in the Shoebox's Card Games, and I'll do the bloggy stuff later on, whe...

A wormhole? A space track? A rainbow road? The only thing I know for certain, is that you really oughta shoot things along the way. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Guide Froggy through the forest, avoiding the evil Space Munkys that are clinging onto the trees. Use Froggy's magical hat to collect the stars! If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Use the power of springyness to navigate the arena and gather up all the coins. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Shoot the enemies to steal their energy, but don't shoot too often... Your life depends on it!! If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Lots of internal tweaks to the engine, today. The game now records your highest combo, and places that alongside your highscore in the saves. This means that, when necessary, I can pop that up on the screen. Your last score on the scoreboard is now highlighted and bounces to and fro, to stand out on the list. I do miss having that in the Browsercade. .. Maybe I should try to figure out a way to do that, but Browsercade's save data is there for lots of different types of games, and having a Top 10...