The date's been set, and it's NEXT WEEK!! Wowies! PetitCom 4/SmileBASIC 4/Petit Switch, call it what you will, the language will be available on the Nintendo Switch eShop next Thursday, 23rd April 2020.

This week's release sees you holding and releasing the plungers, to keep the evil red walkers away from your house. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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You can find it in the Nintendo Switch eShop, (once your country's timezone hits the sweet spot!) and begin your creation adventure.

Last night I sat and wrote a vague tutorial'ish thing for SmileBASIC. I took the idea of what I did with the Banana Dodging thing, and tried to make an entire game of Pong/Tennis within the space of a single screenshot-able screen of text.

Let's code a really simple Tennis/Ping Pong game, shall we?

I've been asked how I achieve my scrolling backgrounds, especially since (as you can probably tell from my games) I'm not using "normal" techniques. So, let's code a quick example, and you can hopefully follow along. WARNING : This is far from being the ideal, or even the "normal" way of drawing backdrops. I am NOT the best tutor for programming. I've been coding far too long without getting rid of my bad bad habits, and have been working towards "many games, quickly" techniques, rat...

I enjoyed my day off, yesterday. Got a few none-gamedev things worked out, and even started playing with paper again. Wondering whether to bring back my old Paper Arcade crafts, expand the DVD Case images to fit properly and include a back, and maybe even some oldskool cardboard boxes and cassette inlays. .. Yep, even when not coding, my mind is fizzling away, trying to keep itself busy and not worry about all the doom and gloom outside.

Our oldskool videogame character is after his stars. Use his rope to reach them all. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Sorry to get you excited, there, but the little dungeon puzzle thing has already been scrapped.

Defeat as many enemies as you can, but avoid the falling debris, in this fast paced invader shooter. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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This edition of the game includes a two player mode, which you can play by grabbing a Joycon each!

Let's create a classic retro effect. Flames! As with all of these tutorials, you can hit F5 at pretty much any step of the process to see how the changes in code have impacted the program.

As I stated a few days ago (didn't I?) I've been working on a port of Poke 5,n over to SmileBASIC. It's been going fairly well, but I had to integrate Touch control to my framework. Eeek!!

Poke five of the tiles so that the grid matches the target. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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And so ends a full year of Switch games. Every single week for 52 weeks One complete full year of 100% AGameAWeek You can See the complete list, here, or alternatively here if you want to see the release dates!

Birthdays, Anniversaries, any excuse is a good excuse for cake!

Guide the cake towards your heart, and avoid the forks along the way. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Help Roland grab the diamonds without getting stuck, by pushing him around on the ice. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Some silly sailor has dropped a bunch of really important floppy disks into the water. You'd better go and get them. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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The cloud hopper is hunting for rainbows. Try to find them, without getting hit by an evil birdy. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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