Late night pondering shifted to the Mod playing functionality in Browsercade, and I wondered...

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A simple dice rolling challenge.
Roll the dice, and then decide if you want to roll again, totting up the scores into the Kitty as you go.
If at any moment you wish to "Bank" what you've earned, play will move to the next player
If you roll a One, you lose everything in the kitty.

It's a simple risk/reward game, but I really enjoyed the game, especially in Party Mode against 3 AL players.

You can Play Pig in the Shoebox under the Group games.

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I'll be taking the day off, today, so only the posting of last night's Shoebox addition, then a few spammy posts to Twitter.
After that, I think I'm going to shut down for the day.
Full of flu, sniffling, energyless.

... Yeah, I need a day off!!

My iPad alarm went off as usual, and I rolled up and hit the "STFU" button like I always do.
Except it didn't STFU..
Instead, it got approximately 800 times louder, and glitched the same half second of audio, over and over and over and over and over and over...

I had to power down the iPad and reboot it.

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Latest Game : 19th September 2019 : Idigidragon

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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RAWR! Stomp Stomp Stomp!!

Idigidragon's back for revenge.
Fly your plane as hard as you can, and try to defend the city.

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...

4VK3NYJ5S

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I did that thing again, where I go "Hey, if I write the entire newsletter on a Wednesday Night, instead of saving half of it until Thursday Morning, I get more time on a Thursday Morning to code!!"

..
And then did that thing where I spend all night writing the newsletter, don't get to sleep until stupid-o'clock, and then don't manage to wake up until after 12.

D'oh!

I've now posted the SoCoder Newsletter, and this week's ALChoon to YouTube/Soundcloud, and will shortly be heading over to PetitSwitch to finish off the Idigidragon game.

Idigidragon's getting a remake on Switch, this week.

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SpikeDislike was my "Test if I can.." game for PetitCom4, and as good as it was, I felt it wasn't 100% what it could've been.

Public Key : 424JQK3NJ

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Four 8 letter words have been made into a crossword.
Use the letters provided to complete the words.

You can Print out a sheet full of these puzzles, here, or alternatively Play the game in your browser, here.

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I have a vague idea for the sort of game I'd like to make for Petit Switch, this week, but cramming it into a couple of days might not help it.

I also need to get those pockets working on the Pool game, and then get that fully formed for a (hopefully) Saturday release.

Not much more going on that that, if I'm honest.

*shrugs*

Keep on Coding!

This week, a redux of the game I made for Petit Switch, last week.
Blast all of the "Stars" away, with your trusty tins of exploding paint!

You have 3 explosions, so use them wisely.
(You earn 1 extra explosion every time you eradicate all 10 stars)

You can Play Stars That Burst here, in your Browser, on Desktop, Mobile or Tablet.

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The reproduction of Interplanetary Paintbox/Paintshop (!) is almost done, but the stars aren't quite right, yet.

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Over on this particular Smile Basic community forum, the admins finally (after me whinging about it!) added in an option to let people submit games made for the new Switch edition of Petit Computer.

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In reply to my earlier thoughts on "blurred" backgrounds, Alan suggests..


And he's probably right..

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The game is still on schedule.
..
... Just not the same schedule it was on, yesterday!

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Find words using any available letter, and work your way up the pyramid until all the letters are gone.

You can Play Word Pyramid in the Shoebox, under the Word Games section.

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I took most of the day off, yesterday.
Writing 4 games a week is harder than it sounds!!!

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Blast your paint-spike (!?!), and see how many planets you can inexplicably destroy with the streams of paint!

This game makes absolutely no sense, whatsoever, but it's ever so pretty.

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...

4QAEDXEVD

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I might have to redraw the pockets of the Pool game a little.
The balls are having one heck of a hard time fitting through the tiny gap between the corner cushions!

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