Yesterday, I posted that final game from Advent (only 2 days late!) and that marks 52 games for the year.
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In today's game, it's pretty much Connect 4, but with a Spin.
Land a counter in the spinner, and the board will rotate 90 degrees clockwise, leading to all manner of additional cascades that will earn you extra points.
Only the person who earns a cascade will earn points for the cascade.
A bit of a shame that that wasn't posted a couple of days ago. I can only apologise for my tardiness, heck the whole of Advent's been a bit of a shambles.
Must do better, next year.
But, hey, 52 games in a year!
Woot!
It's not been exactly AGameAWeek, with the schedule being much more than a little bit haphazard.
It didn't help that I took most of October and November off to build up a fun little Advent-based Typing Tutorial game that I then threw out the window in the last week of November, and instead scrambled to try and write little games in a ludicrous amount of time.
See what happens when I plan ahead!!!!
Chaos.
Absolute chaos!!!
But 52. \o/yeay\o/
There's technically another week to go, this year, with the final Monday being in a few days, but I REALLY need a rest after the past month of Not Doing Advent, and I think I'm going to take the next few days off.
I hope you all have a very happy holiday season, and get time to shut down and relax for at least a few days.
Spend some time with loved ones, drink moderately, and eat your way through a whole month's food in the space of a few days.
[verse]
Dropping down counters, (drop)
Down to the bottom, (down)
Of the game board, (game board)
Gotta score rows. (lines)
Splashing down to the base, (base base)
To the bottom of the case, (case case)
Where they lie, and they pile (pile pile)
and occasionally link. (link link link 'em up)
(click-click-click link)
[chorus]
Drop 'em in, watch 'em spin,
Strategise for the win.
Make a line, claim your prize,
See it right before your eyes.
[break]
[verse]
Set 'em up. Make a row. (row)
Or a column, Link 'em so, (so)
Make a line in the air. (air)
Link 'em up how you dare. (dare)
Left to right, to and fro, (to and fro)
Make a cross, diagonal. (diagonal)
Can you win, will you beat, (will you beat)
Score a magical defeat. (I smell defeat)
(smells like defeat to me)
[break]
[chorus]
Drop 'em in, watch 'em spin, (spinning all around)
Strategise for the win. (all for the win)
Make a line, claim your prize, (gotta get a prize)
See it right before your eyes. (within your eyes)
"Cartoon Derek playing Connect 4 against a robot at christmas, sitting around a table on lovely wooden dining chairs, cinematic lighting, Speech Bubble "No More Advent!!" " by Replicate/Flux
Int. Dave's Kitchen
[Dave is collecting empty Cola cans from various surfaces, including from his Cola desk and Cola shelves.
Dave: *singing to himself* Jingle time is full of cola, Christmas festive limited edition..
[Lady Computer's screen flickers]
Dave: What? No, that wasn't the actual lyrics. I improvised.
[Dave looks at overflowing recycling bin]
Dave: Oh dear. Mr Wheelie Bin seems to have shrunk, this festive season.
[Lady Computer flickers rapidly]
Dave: That's true, this is his first christmas with me. Perhaps he's usually this small.
[Screen displays crushing-can animation]
Dave: *gasps in horror* Lady Computer! How could you suggest such violence?!
[Dave cradles a can]
Dave: These cans have been loyal servants of refreshment. Each one has given their fizzy life for the cause!
[Lady Computer displays statistics about recycling]
Dave: But... but they're historical artefacts! This one's from... .. Tuesday!
[Screen flickers impatiently]
Dave: And this one! This one witnessed the Great Turkey Incident of Christmas Day!
[Mrs Microwave beeps smugly]
Dave: Don't you start! You're still in trouble for what you did to the Christmas Pudding.
[Dave heads outside to the Wheelie Bin area]
Dave: *whispering to the cans* Don't worry, we'll think of something. Maybe we can build you a new home from old computer parts?
[Lady Computer's screen visible through the window, displaying the crushing animation again]
Dave: [hiding the cans from the screen] Don't look! She's being insensitive!
[Pause as Dave has an idea]
Dave: Wait! What if... what if we stack them like the ancient Cola-Egyptians? We could make a pyramid! On my Cola desk!
[Lady Computer displays a warning symbol]
Dave: Fine! But I'm not crushing them. I'll just... encourage them to become more spatially efficient through voluntary dimensional optimisation!
[End credits roll as Dave attempts to teach his Cola cans yoga positions, while Lady Computer's screen displays a facepalm emoji]
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