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I'm going to have to double check with my old Framework to ensure I've done this all the right way.

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Well, I say rest...

Two years ago, I was riding high. I was preparing to launch the biggest and (IMHO) best EVER version of SpikeDislike. SpikeDislike3 was due to be, without a doubt, one of my most important releases EVER. I'd put months of work into it, and if anyone knows me, they know that that's a HUGE amount of effort from me. It was ready, it passed Apple Review, it launched, and then I released the Android one. All was good! All was golden!! \o/hurray for mobile gaming\o/

Each July I have to pay my ?79.00 to keep dev'ing for iOS. My previous game was SpikeDislike3, which I launched in June 2015. The latest iOS release was (URL "https://itunes.apple.com/app/quadoban/id1258518067">Quadoban... today.) That means I've actually gone 2 whole entire PAID years (2015-2016 and 2016-2017) without releasing a single thing on iOS. That's rather alarming... :

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Currently a bit of a blank canvas.

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You know when you release a game, then sit in bed playing it, and suddenly realise you forgot to switch off a little toggle? Doesn't matter, nobody'll notice it.. Feel free to guess what it was, though!

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This week's ingame tune turned out nicely ( ^ That one ^ ).

Rollyblob has been released, and not everyone's happy. I thought I should make today's blog a bit of a "How it came to be what it is" tale.

( width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CfWm5MIWnjk?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>> Also available (URL "https://soundcloud.com/alodare/pulpish-acrylic">on SoundCloud) Yes, I did post this a few weeks ago. Back then it was simply a test. Today it's a proper track, and is the first in a complete ALChoon AL Bum of "Pulp'ish" The tracks start here!

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After a couple of rest days, I was back in the swing of things yesterday.

( width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/331005076&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true">> (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/Music?Journal=Video">Journal Video)

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This week's game (assuming it even is this week!) still hasn't been decided on.

( width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/330336953&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true">> "Liquid Xigua Syrup" is the ingame music from Thwackity Puttz.

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Heading back in time, once more, I found myself working on the Workshop, yesterday.

As each game is released, and player comments are posted, I'll try my best to make these posts as complete as I can. Feel free to leave your own comments, and I'll add them to the pile. This week, player's thoughts on (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/0407">Thwackity Puttz)

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The golf game is turning out fairly well, and is *almost* release-ready.

( width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MBc619ilrsg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>> Also available (URL "https://soundcloud.com/alodare/sonically-yellowed">on SoundCloud).

Oh dear, that hasn't gone down very well, has it?! Hmm.. First up came the issue with the Level Generator. Things seemed to break fairly late in the project, meaning that different systems were generating different sets of levels. For this reason, the online scoreboards were removed, as they'd be impossible to properly compare between all the different level sets. Doing test after test after test, right up until the last minute, led me to accidentally upload a broken version of the game. .. And no...

If you've downloaded RetroRaider-3 at any point today, you might want to re-download the game. Whilst stress testing my level generator, I accidentally left a few "quirks" in there, including a cheat mode, and a "feature" that locks the game up and doesn't let you play. Ooops.. A fix has been uploaded, so if you're stuck with the broken version, you should go and grab the new one. The broken version sees the current level end if you hit the V key, and the whole game lock up if you try to load levels...

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I'm getting near to the goal, now. The game seems to have a good feel, and I spent about 20 minutes last night ensuring that every single one of the 81 (9x9 grid) levels would generate without any crazy array-out-of-bounds errors.

Waiting...

For the past day and a half, my laptop's fan's been kicking off like crazy. Watching Task Manager, it was all down to Windows Modules Installer Worker, working away in the background, killing all CPU, Memory and Disk access for what must've been about 12 hours in total.

( width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CfWm5MIWnjk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>> I've decided that AL's next Bum should be a Pulpish one. "Something Borrowed.. Something New.." Track one is above, and is merely a test. I've still got a few more of SonicALly to finish off before I can officially move on to the next one!

Watching

I watched the UbiSoft E3 conference, yesterday.

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(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/524_003.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/524_003-1024x605.png" alt="" width="750" height="443" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-7528" /> Hey, would you look at that!!

Each week, people share their thoughts with my games, and I like to make little community topics where I can answer/comment on their comments! It's a comment-o-rama!

@TimeKillerGames

I find a little more effort could be put in to the title screens of some of your more recent games. Why not do what you used to do, and add a little more visuals of some kind to it?

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I'm continuing my fight with this week's game!

Gaming - ARMS

Had a play of the "Test-Punch" demo of ARMS, at 1am, last night/this morning.

After each weekly game is posted, people LOVE sending me their own little reviews! Send me yours to get it posted in these topics! Thanks to RSKGames (Who's a Patreon supporter, btw!) for his now regular weekly review!