I think, if I can find the energy for a Monday game, this week will likely be the last, for the year
.. 'ish
-=-=-
.. In the world of AGameAWeek, there's never time to rest!
I need to focus on the Advent/Typing Tutor thing. It's extraordinarily not started yet, and really needs to be done within the next two months.
So, that's going to be the main focus for the next couple of months.
Depending on how much of that I can get done before Dec 1st, I might find some time to write a few more games before the year's done, but I honestly wouldn't count on me managing to find any time!! Good grief, where did all my time go, this year?!
Last year was all about the house move, but this year I really haven't had a good excuse.
ugh.
I'll keep trying to post interesting blog posts over the next couple of months, and no doubt I'll be finding the odd nip/tuck for JSE, too, so watch out for those.
As for AGameAWeek, though, we'll call it a hold for the next couple of months.
It's all about Typing, now!
I need to find just the right style to make it as much fun as I can.
It will still be a typing tutor, but I'm sure I can sprinkle a little AGameAWeek oddness into the mix.
... If my imagination manages to wake up at any point, that is!
ugh..
It really hasn't gone well, this year, has it!?!
35 Games so far this year. Last year was 28.. Good grief..
Aw well. At least I beat that, so that's ok.
A.I. Corner
First half written by me, second half by Claude.ai > Reveal 🔎
[verse]
Is it already the end?
I thought I had more time.
But October's shown up fast,
And now I have to refocus.
[chorus]
No time to make games.
No time left to waste.
I have to make a tutor,
For typing with haste.
[verse]
October, November.
Two months I must work,
So that Advent is ready,
For all of the folk.
[chorus]
No time to make games.
No time left to waste.
I have to make a tutor,
For typing with haste.
[bridge]
Fingers flying, keys a-clicking,
Lessons growing, time is ticking.
Soon December will arrive,
And typing skills will come alive.
[verse]
When Advent calendars open wide,
My tutor will be there inside.
Each day a new lesson to explore,
Typing skills forevermore.
[chorus]
No time to make games.
No time left to waste.
I have to make a tutor,
For typing with haste.
Int. Dave's apartment - Late afternoon
[Smoke is billowing from the oven. Dave is frantically waving a tea towel, trying to clear the air. Green bursts through the door.]
Green: Dave! What on earth is going on?
Dave: [coughing] Just a slight mishap with the oven, Greenie. Nothing to worry about!
Green: [rushing to open windows] I don't think you should be baking on your own, Dave.
Dave: I wasn't baking! I was... reheating a pizza.
Green: In the oven? What happened to your beloved microwave?
Dave: I thought I'd try something different. You know, expand my culinary horizons.
Green: [peering into the smoky oven] Well, your horizons are certainly expanding. Into a cloud of smoke!
Dave: It's not that bad. Just a bit... well-done.
Green: Dave, it's not [air quotes] "well-done," it's practically ash! What temperature did you set it to?
Dave: [sheepishly] The highest one. I thought it would cook faster.
Green: [sighs] It's a miracle yesterday's muffins turned out as well as they did.
[Scene Two]
Int. Dave's kitchen - A few minutes later
[The smoke has mostly cleared. Dave and Green are examining the charred remains of the pizza.]
Dave: You know, if you squint, it almost looks like one of those fancy artisanal pizzas.
Green: Looks more like something left over from a Martian attack.
Dave: [defensive] At least I tried! It's not like you're Gordon Ramsay.
Green: No, but I think I would at least be able to warm a pizza up.
Dave: [reaching for a can of cola] Well, I guess it's back to liquid dinner for me.
Green: [taking the cola away] Oh no, you don't. We're going to clean this up and then I'm teaching you how to use an oven properly.
Dave: But Greenie, I'm hungry now!
Green: [rummaging through cupboards] Don't you have anything else to eat?
Dave: [looking around] Uh... coke?
Green: [exasperated] Dave, you can't live on cola alone!
Dave: Pah, That's just an old wives tale.
[Scene Three]
Int. Dave's kitchen - Early evening
[The oven is clean, and Green is demonstrating how to use it properly.]
Green: Alright, Dave. Let's make a fresh pizza. First, we preheat the oven to a reasonable temperature.
Dave: I dunno, Greenie. It said online that I had to set it to 375 degrees when reheating it. The oven only goes up to 250, so I put it on that.
Green: Aaah. I think I might see the problem here. I know how to fix this.
Dave: [excitedly] Ooh, can we put cola on it?
Green: [horrified] What? No! We're not putting cola on a pizza!
Dave: But it might taste good! Like a... fizzy margarita!
Green: [pinching the bridge of his nose] Dave, please. Let's just stick to normal toppings.
Dave: Pineapple?
Green: Don't even...
[They prepare the pizza together, with Dave sneaking looks at his cola fridge]
Green: Okay, now we put it in the oven for about 15 minutes. And we watch it!
Dave: [setting a timer] Like this?
Green: [surprised] Yes, actually. That's... surprisingly responsible of you.
Dave: [grinning] See? I can learn!
[Scene Four]
Int. Dave's kitchen - 7 Minutes Later
[The timer dings]
Green: That was definitely not 15 minutes.
[They open the oven to reveal a half cooked pizza]
Dave: [amazed] It's... it's beautiful!
Green: I'm not sure it is, Dave. Not yet.
Dave: Awww.
Green: It's ok, Dave, just give it another. [checks watch] That was definitely not 15 minutes.
Dave: Sure it was. My phone beeped.
Green: [grabs Dave's phone] .. Coke break.
Dave: Oooh!
Green: You set an alarm for a Coke break?
Dave: [opens can] Yeeeaah!!
[End credits]
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