..wait a minute, wasn't I trying to take a break!?

Alright, time to start on the next iOS project.
Over the past year I've started around about 500,000 iOS games, and released 6.
You're probably wondering WTF happened to the rest of 'em.

You could say I crapped out, and gave up.
I aimed for 52. I aimed for a 2nd whole year's worth of games, within a startlingly short amount of time.
..
But I probably would've managed it..

February.
The iOS edition of SpikeDislike was kicking arse, the WiLMa edition was doing well, and the PlayMyCode edition was being played quite a bit, too.
What else could SpikeDislike be ported to?!

Yeay! More Sheep!
I need to make a feckin' level editor for the DS Sheep Goes Left game, and then rebuild all the levels, all over again.
Baa!!!

Too tired..
Instead, I've been working on Sheep Goes Left DS, which is proving 17,000,000,000% more popular than it's iOS rival.
Quite why, I don't know, but the fact that it's being mentioned quite a bit is a good sign.

Aaah, there we go.. Back to normal!
A nice little missile command game, that really kicks your arse!!

PlayMyCode games no longer work

How the hell did I ever manage to get so much done over the past two weeks?!!
.. oh yeah, I wasn't half-asleep..

I was up stupidly late last night.
I wasn't coding.
I wasn't listening to music.
and I wasn't watching TV either.

I tried, today, but I just wasn't quite into it once the game started to build up.
Today's unfinished game, Unknown.....!

PlayMyCode games no longer work

<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pmc_unknown-300x193.png">

Over the years, I've settled into somewhat of a set of "Bad" habits.
I clump everything into unnamed arrays, with unnamed numerical references for everything.
I reuse arrays for anything from enemy locations, collectables, particles and anything else.
If you open up my PlayMyCode games (click the edit button!) you'll see my habits.

Hmmm...

Hey.. This is just Spike Dislike again...!!!
Sod it, different physics make it a different game, so it counts!

PlayMyCode games no longer work

I've been very very sleepy today, so I had a nap!

Hmm..
You know when you think to yourself "Here's an idea", and then you try it, and go "Oh.. .. never mind then.."
Still, at least I tried.
It's a bit dull.

PlayMyCode games no longer work

I wrote tonight's Socoder Newsletter earlier today, so that I didn't have to do it tonight.
The Plan?
Get home, head to the Mac, Code some Daisy Chains..
The Reality?

Oops, I appear to have remade a Cassette 50 game..
.. ARGH!!!!
(but, you know, a little bit better )

PlayMyCode games no longer work

Spent some time today doing a bunch of little tweaky things.
First off, late last night, I started on reformatting SpikeDislike's GameCenter code, to make it a bit more universal, and easy to plop into other games.
Took about an hour to get everything working nicely, integrated into Daisy Chains, and get the highscores up and running.
woot!

Random thought..
There's no denying it..
I LOVE making these tiny games.

Yesterday I suggested that Adverts were evil.
If an advert pops up in my game, I tend to get a bit pissed off about it.
Today, my whole game is an advert.
But it's done in a "Well at least you can play the damn thing, and it's not just sitting shoved into your face while it drains your battery.." way.

Totally drained, today. Just about managed to post a few random DaisyChain based posts/emails, and that's about it.
Out of all of 'em, I'm hoping the <a href="https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=20869.0">TIGSource</a> one prods interest a little, but..
.. I dunno..
Almost a day later, only 25 views, and 0 replies.. .. It's not looking good.

Although I haven't yet started to code anything, I have spent the past few days wondering how best to tackle redefinable keys in the PlayMyCode.
I'm unsure whether to go for a menu based thing, or not.

Today's game took AGES!
3 hours of slow slow progress. Must still be wiped out after yesterday!
As a result, I haven't gotten around to any redefine-stuff, today. d'oh!
It's on tomorrow's list!

PlayMyCode games no longer work

I'd forgotten why I don't do anything on Saturdays..

Saturdays aren't meant to be AGameADay days, but I missed yesterday, so here's a catchup game.
Roam around and paint without getting hit!

PlayMyCode games no longer work

Missed a day.
I have an idea for a game in my head, and I know what the game should play like, but .. too tired!
It's been a long week!!
Tomorrow's not meant to be AGameADay, but I might give it a whirl anyway.

Solutions are everywhere!
There are springy splodgy sticky blobs you can slap on the screen, there's big fullsized controller connectors to wrap the phone in, and there's even wifi touchscreen iPod -> iPad controller things, too.
Plenty to choose from...