Today's updates. 1. A change of instruments 2. An accompaniment 3. More channel-specific so as to stop instrument overlap. 4. Properly integrated into Framework (the sample below is literally the test, no cut/splicing. just as is, from game start... including the JNKDitty)

When I first started to think of "A game that uses Badges" the name "Dungeon Badges" stuck in my head, and slowly but surely evolved into Dungeon Badgers. Over the course of the week (during which I was finishing off Centipong 2) the idea had evolved to include a garden, a house, a cat, and of course.. mushrooms and... arrghh! A snake! Today's post is a brief description of the game that was in my head, before it got thrown out and replaced with an idea that could be drawn a wee bit quicker!

A full day's work, and this is the result. It should be noted that this is very early stages, and that I really oughta try and find some nice instruments, but this is the first proper test of my new Framework Music Engine. That is, I shove in a few bits of melody, chord, bass and drums, and the framework fiddles about, and plays with the tune, creating a constantly evolving background tune that'll continue to sound nice and playful throughout the entire game. Neat! But still needs work. ...

Update This has all been checked, rechecked, and triple checked. It appears to have been nothing more than a coincidence. .. That tried to steal my password.. And then another coincidence that caused me to reset my iPod for the first time since Xmas. Purely coincidentally mind. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with Angry Birds. I'm still not sure about Crystal, but Angry Birds is quite safe. Original Post Last night, I downloaded the updated edition of Angry Bi...

Haven't started on this week's game, or the new music engine, yet, and am already thinking of even more "other" things that must be done. (To be fair, my todo list has about 15 items on it! So I'm hopping all over the place doing lots of different things) You might've noticed that I'm not linking to the Archive, lately. That's because it isn't quite doing it's job at the minute, and it all needs fixing up. There's a whole bunch of stuff that needs updated, including a YouTube video embedded on the p...

aka BadgeBox, because I kept changing it's name, but forgot to update the exe's title! d'oh! A nice simple maze game, with health points and power points. Collect the gems to up your health and power, and collect Badges to increase your abilities. If you manage to collect the four outer "Cornerstone Badges" you'll open up an exit in the level, which completes the game. Otherwise you'll probably die! <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Box__s_Adventure_20100216A.png">&...

Eeek.. It's scary to even consider this, but there's no free-forming games for a while. We're in a zone now, and I can't stop it even if I tried! Tomorrow's game is about ready, although I'm still missing 4 little parts that I might wimp out on!

The current name of this game is "Box's Adventure", but that might change. Or I might be lazy and not change it! <a href="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/Boxs_Adventure_(Screenshot_15_Feb_2010_131242).png"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/Boxs_Adventure_(Screenshot_15_Feb_2010_131242)_thumb.png"></a> In this shot, you can see the following. 1. Box! He's a box! Actually, he's a square since he lacks a third dimension, but we'll ignore that for the moment! 2. ...

A nice slow paced game is due for tomorrow, or at least it's currently slow! It might not be by tomorrow, but right now it is!! A nice almost rpg-but-not, done on a small map, with lots of random elements to try and keep things moving. The game relies on the Badges to expand the character, thus giving me an excuse to spend a week working on the badge part of the framework. All is well in Framework-land! Oh, except the controls aren't done! And the music isn't, either. Hmm. I'll f...

1. If anyone with an iSomething has the TurfWars app, I'm in there as ROVER546 2. Adverts. I shoved these on about a week ago, and they're not being clicked, but at least they don't seem to be ticking folk off! Google ads are nice and neat, and behave themselves. If you do find one that does misbehave, let me know! Seriously, let me know!!! Screenshots tell all.. I don't trust 'em, but as long as they're not annoying folk, that's good enough. 3. Currently working on...

(URL "https://www.google.com/profiles/jayenkai">Jayenkai @ Google!) If it wasn't obvious what my google profile url was going to be, there it is! Am I using it? Mildly. It's supposed to be picking up my tweets, but.. I don't think it is! So, everything's either over at one, or it's over at the other, right now. If you're watching me on Twitter, I'm still writing this week's Socoder newsletter, which I've already posted (URL "https://socoder.net/?NewsStory=130">here) If you're watching me on...