Fly through the sky in your wonderful little Rescue Helicopter.
Rescue all the people, and take them back to base.
But what are you rescuing them from!?!

If you've a Switch, and have downloaded PetitCom4 from the (Currently) Japan-Only eShop (vague instructions here), you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

4KK8QEBX

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Latest Game : 15th August 2019 : My Little Rescue Helicopter

Petit Computer 4, SmileBasic for Nintendo Switch, was released on 23rd of May, 2019 in the Japanese eShop.
If you'd like to give it a try, I've written this vague guide to get you started with getting the Japanese edition onto your none-Japanese Switch, as well as these additional blog posts.

I've also made the following downloads for the language.

I'll aim to post a new game every Friday, so watch out for them!

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Keep the Microbes at bay with your big giant ray!

Spin yourself around the arena, and shoot for survival.
Don't let any of the Microbes get beyond the outer reaches of the arena.

If you've a Switch, and have downloaded PetitCom4 from the (Currently) Japan-Only eShop (vague instructions here), you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

4NJ233ES3

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Don't worry, it isn't the Twelve Days of Christmas, already!!

The endless hopping mechanic returns. Bounce on the backs of the three hens as much as you can, without touching the ground.
You only get three jumps from the ground, so repeated bouncing is the best way to get a high score.

Tip : Hold A to bounce longer and higher.

If you've a Switch, and have downloaded PetitCom4 from the (Currently) Japan-Only eShop (vague instructions here), you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

4W4JQW33J

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Time to connect the hexes!
Grab a hex from the side, and smash it into alike-coloured hexes, to make them all disappear.

If you've a Switch, and have downloaded PetitCom4 from the (Currently) Japan-Only eShop (vague instructions here), you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

4QJEDEEVD

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Welcome to a mini-deathmatch scenario.
It's just you and the aliens, in this classic twin-stick shooter.
How long will you survive?

If you've a Switch, and have downloaded PetitCom4 from the (Currently) Japan-Only eShop (vague instructions here), you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

444XEP3HD

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This week, NeonPlat makes its way to the Switch!
Throw your balls at the bats, and colour all of the plats!

If you've a Switch, and have downloaded PetitCom4 from the (Currently) Japan-Only eShop (vague instructions here), you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

444S543SD

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Don't think of this as Pong.
It isn't Pong.
It's NOT Pong!

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The colourful world of [Horizontal-Shooter] makes its way onto Petit Switch, this week.
If you've a Switch, and have downloaded PetitCom4 from the (Currently) Japan-Only eShop (vague instructions here), you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

44ZK5JESD

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Centipong comes to Switch, with the help of Petit Switch.
If you have a copy of PetitCom4 on your Switch, use the Public Key : 42RN383KV to download the game, then have a super fun bouncing time!

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This week's Petit Switch release is a recreation of one of my favourite puzzlers, Blockman Gets.


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If you have a copy of Petit Computer 4 (SmileBASIC) running on Switch (currently only on the Japanese eShop) you can grab the Blockman using the Public Key : 424PN33N4

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Another weekly remake, in the world of Petit Switch.


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A lovely little grab from the AGameAWeek archives, as we revisit the teensy tiny space world of Space Popcorn!

Shoot the popcorn.
There's only one piece left.
This shouldn't take long at all.

Public Key : 4XYV34J (This seems shorter than the previous two codes.. Hopefully nothing's broke!)

You can Play Space Popcorn using a copy of Petit Computer 4, for Nintendo Switch. It's currently only available in the Japanese eShop, but you can grab hold of it using the instructions provided here.

The default pixel-sprite editor for PetitSwitch
Scroll around the left-side (full spritesheet) with the left thumbstick, draw in the right hand "zoomed" view (you can zoom in further) with touchscreen or mouse.
Controls for colours, but the palette doesn't save. .. Booo!
Plenty of twiddly knobs and buttons, barely any of which I have the faintest idea what they're doing.
A to plot, B to pick colour.. .. Except..
The dpad doesn't move the cursor.. In fact, NOTHING moves the cursor.
Instead, you're stick with Mouse Control to do everything.
Not even copy+paste!?!

Drawing outside of the boundary of the zoomed in region (eg, mis-clicking the dodgy palette boxes) will randomly splodge a pixel in any area outside of that region.
You have limited zoom options, but at no point can you zoom directly into a single sprite.. It's always slightly too large, or slightly too small, and 1 single sprite never quite fits into the editor's viewport.
Scrolling also occurs based on the size of that viewport, so trying to edit one sprite, then move to the next, is damn near impossible.
Also, seriously, no thick gridlines at 16 to help guide you to drawing within the sprite limits!?!

Really, all kinds of messy, and ..
Nah..

Not gonna be happy using that.

..
So, um.. You can probably guess what I spent most of today doing.

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Prepare to Flap, on Switch!


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Guide Flappy between the two sides of the screen, landing on the platforms inbetween.

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JMTrackr is a Music Randomisation engine, which can create an endless variety of music, based upon a set of prewritten melody patterns.

You can download it to PetitCom4 using the download code 4E3E33P5Y

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This morning, my laptop's clipboard still had yesterday's Daily Platdude Pixelart in it.
.. This is how much time I've spent working in Petit Switch!

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Really getting somewhere with JMTrackr for Petit Switch, now!

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I've gotten JMTracker up to a semi-working state, but still have to add test settings for things like Tempo and Instrument selection, as well as a proper Load requester.
But so far, so good, and it's a vaguely decent output.. I think!!

Although only a proper set of melodies and actual ingame usage will tell for sure..

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I think I'm making a music program..!?

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Tonight I attempted to get a JMTrackr style music engine to work in Petit-switch.

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