A quest through the stars, as you beam your crew down to the planet, wander through the perilous path, and blast off in a rocket! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Space_Rocket_Adventurers_20140819A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Space_Rocket_Adventurers_20140819B_thumb.png">

This week is going to be very-much a rush-job, as I've spent most of the week working on getting the new server up and running.. Not a fun experience!! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/392_001.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/392_001-1024x596.png" alt="392_001" width="590" height="343" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-4044" /> ...I might draw better art, since I somehow managed to get most of ...

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If you've noticed a few minor changes on the site, that's because I've just done a complete server change, and have lots a few Wordpress settings along the way. Annoyingly they're stuck on the old server, and WordPress has it's settings all the hell over the place!!! I've spent about a day and half uploading files, and am now tweaking settings and things, to get everything nice and tidy, and working properly again. More lovelyness to come. .. I hope!

Because sometimes, all you need is TRON! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Neon_Bike_Championships_20140812A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Neon_Bike_Championships_20140812B_thumb.png">

Last week, you threw the ball. This week, you bounce the ball. It's almost like a theme, or something!! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/BounceABall_20140805A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/BounceABall_20140805B_thumb.png">

Since last week's Ball Bouncing craziness comes even more Ball Bouncing craziness!! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/NotYetTitled.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/NotYetTitled-1024x596.png" alt="NotYetTitled" width="590" height="343" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3981" /> We're revisiting the world of Centipong, and this time the Centipede's bringing some friends! ,,,in fact, this game is cu...

Chuck a Ball. Hit the wall. Watch it fall. Beat them all! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/ChuckABall_20140728A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/ChuckABall_20140728B_thumb.png">

( width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qF_23ijClXQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>> "ChuckABall!" Game's pretty much done, but with little tweaks still needed. Plays well enough, though!

Since I seem to be having oodles of fun with the PaperArcade things, someone on Twitter asked for a template. Not sure why "Upload the template!" hadn't crossed my mind, but if I'm honest, it's probably down to the fact that, in amongst all the chaos of getting my "Icon Resizer" to generate these things, I'd made the whole process very very specific to my development style! I've been thinking about making a more user friendly app to do this, but for now we'll stick with the DIY method! (URL "https://AG...

After an unscheduled break, we're back with a brand new "Platdude In" title, this time driving around a racetrack in a go kart! It's almost as if I've spent the past few weeks doing nothing but playing Mario Kart 8!!! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_A_Go_Kart_20140721A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_A_Go_Kart_20140721B_thumb.png">

For a limited time only, a select few AGameAWeek games are 100% off, on iOS! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140721-121206-43926951.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140721-121206-43926951.jpg" alt="20140721-121206-43926951.jpg" class="alignnone size-full" /> Until July 23rd (2014!) four of my more recent iOS games are free, because.. Um.. *shrugs* (URL "https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bloc...

After a week or so of tweaking, testing and preparing, I've finally settled on a nice PaperArcade template, and have started uploading the lovely little papercraft models into my Archive. These will be done weekly, along with the games, and older ones will be sporadically generated as I find time, and/or are bored! If there are any particular games you'd love to see a PaperArcade for, let me know in the comments. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140721-104801-38881787.jpg">&...

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OK, I think I've worked out most of the kinks in my papercraft arcade machine. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/2014/07/got-paper/">Previously...) There are still a few niggly bits, most notably that top bit, where you can't quite wrestle it into place without getting gobs of glue everywhere.. And there are oodles of little white gaps everywhere, which I really oughta sort out, but if I'm honest, that's probably more down to my crappy hand-eye co-ordination at the minute. (Shaky hands makes for terrible...

I wonder what on earth the mystery object could be!?!? Print out, and piece together to find out! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Papercraft_MysteryBuild.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Papercraft_MysteryBuild-1024x1024.png" alt="Papercraft_MysteryBuild" width="590" height="590" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3942" /> Click for Bigger) (*NOTE : This post is not meant to be taken seriously!)

A quick test.. I recently bought a nice new printer, and figured it might be nice to design a little Arcade cabinet thing. Bloody fiddly bastard! I didn't quite have the patience, so gave up trying!! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-1024x764.jpg" alt="photo" width="590" height="440" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3937" /> If I'm honest, it'll prob...

As I sit here trying to code this week's AGameAWeek, I'm struggling. Not because I don't know what the game's supposed to be. I actually have most of the game planned out in my head, and I think it might be fun, but something else is butting in. For some strange reason, I can't stop thinking about NeonPlat Adventures. I'd like to make "Greenie's Communication Tower", but each time I open the code, I instead find myself thinking about the complexities of Platform World Generation, and how much fun I fo...

Seem to be in a bit of a coding-lull at the minute. I'm also not doing much music, or even silly doodles on twitter, or really much of anything. Seem to be at the unimaginative apex of the year, or something.. I had a game idea planned for this week, but I've barely touched it, instead opting to laze around the house, sleeping far much more than I oughta, and spending the time watching odd bits and pieces on YouTube. If there's no resulting game, this week, blame it on sheer bone-idleness. Normal s...

This week, I started a game with ducks. Having spent most of last week thinking about OUYACentral/Brew's "Lester and Ralph" game, I was looking forward to making some kind of game which made use of both thumbsticks to control two characters at once. I'd already given up on Lester and Ralph, since there wasn't any realistic way I could fit it all into a single week, but I carried on with the twinstick control thing, and brought it down to a more manageable scale. Ducks (and Swans) on a blue pond seemed li...

This week's game has been started, but progress is slow. There's no particular reason for this, just that my mind doesn't seem to be in a game making mood. Instead, I've been playing Mario Kart 8 and Tomodachi Life, as well as faffing about with various website tweaks, and doing other none-productive things. I guess my mind must need a rest or something, as I seem to be taking a lot of breaks lately. *shrugs* Hopefully, I'll be back in action by next week. See you then!

This week, I got a new phone, and so game-dev took a bit of a back seat. As a result, this game isn't quite as good as it could've been, since it's missing a fairly significant part. hmmm.. <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Battling_Ostriches_20140624A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Battling_Ostriches_20140624B_thumb.png">

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PiBO_004.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PiBO_004-1024x596.png" alt="PiBO_004" width="590" height="343" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3915" /> This month's "Platdude In" game is going to be a good old fashioned Joust-ish game. The rules are slightly rejigged in a usual AGameAWeek style, and things are fast and furious, but all the essentials are in.. Flapping,...