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Year 2 : Part 2 : Merry Christmas! Blog
6th September 2010
54 games. Last year I only managed about 30-odd, so I think that's pretty good going.
Sure, it might not have truely actually been A Game "Per" Week, but I did at least keep the ratio up.
If I hadn't taken the time out to build the framework, I probably would've actually achieved the target a little better
The stats show I was pretty much on top of things up until that point, but then things got slower and slower until my buffer zone was all dried up.

Anyhoo, this is a nice big lengthy retrospective, and we'll be looking back at each game, giving 'em all a fresh score, and seeing how it all tots up.

You can download each game by clicking their titles.

1 to 18 : 19 to 30 : 30 to 54
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Year 2 : Part 2 : Merry Christmas!



Over Xmas, 2009, I decided that I should attempt to make a different game for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Most ended up being slightly rushed, but there's a few fun ones here.



19 - A Partridge in a Pear Tree


25 December 2009



A "Spot the partridge" shooting gallery!
I was slightly worried that someone out there would complain about my apparent cruelty to animals, over the coming weeks, so I started with a simple harmless game. You shoot, and the partridge flaps away.
He's never harmed!
He's happy!

Overall, the game's quite tricky in places, mostly because the partridges seem to vanish into the folliage. And what lovely leafy trees they are, too!

Polish : 3


Lovely leaves!

Playability : 4


It's like Duck Hunt, only with less movement! Still perfectly playable.

Completeness : 2


Probably could've done with tougher levels, more birds, things like that. But I aimed to roughly match the titles, so it never got any further.




20 - Two Turtle Doves


26 December 2009



A maze hunting game, with Thrust-esque gravity fighting!
You control one turtle dove, and must meet him to his partner.
You can roughly tell where she is, by watching the direction of oncoming coos. Also, the faster they appear, the closer you are to her.

It's a slow paced mazey game, and it doesn't care if you know it!

Polish : 2


A horrible jittery grid kept cropping up for reasons unknown, and rather than fix the bug, I made it even more apparent, so that it looked as though it was done on purpose.
Tricks of the trade!!

Playability : 2


The mazes were probably a little bit TOO big!

Completeness : 4


Not much to do, but there's a mountain of randomly generated mazes to play through, if you have a spare week or two to do it!




21 - Three French Hens


27 December 2009



This one was suggested by PixelProspector's Authentic Kaizen, who said it'd be fun to hop on top of the hens for a bit.
Sure is!
It's also #2 in our strangely unseasonal "cruely to animals" list!

Polish : 4


A barn, a stickman, and some little hens. There wasn't much to go wrong, here.

Playability : 5


Hopping on Hens is so much fun!

Completeness : 2


Again, the game was limited by the song's list. If it could've been bigger, it would've!




22 - Four Colly Birds


28 December 2009



This time, we're not trying to kill the animals! But you do need to avoid them with your little rocket.
As the birds get close, your rocket is harmed.
This game is slightly more "Thrust" than the last one, although it's actually more like Asteroids. But without any cruelty to animals!

Polish : 3


Blue, Blue skies!

Playability : 2


It probably could've played better than it does.

Completeness : 0


This game isn't even slightly complete!




23 - Five Gold Rings


29 December 2009



In Five Gold Rings, you need to drop a ball into the arena, and watch as it tries to hit each of the rings.
If you fail, pick the ball up to try again.

This game took the longest of all the 12 games of xmas, and was scrapped/restarted multiple times before getting to the very rough stage it's currently in.

Must try harder!

Polish : 2


Could easily have had a little bit of spit and polish! It's messy!

Playability : 5


For the small number of levels that are actually there, it's actually really quite playable, albeit a little quirky!

Completeness : 2


Only 7 levels, could easily have been a whole lot more.




24 - Six Geese a-Laying


30 December 2009



A super-quick remake of MadBomber, whereby you need to collect all the eggs into the basket, as they fall.
Miss 5 times, and it's game over.

Polish : 3


It's not much, but it's enough!

Playability : 4


Almost right, but there are times when you have eggs dropping almost simultaneously, at opposite sides of the screen. Impossible!!

Completeness : 2


There wasn't really too much I could've added, but I'm sure if I tried, I could've come up with more.




25 - Seven Swans a Swimming


31 December 2009



Back to the Cruelty to Animals streak, here we see you trying desperately to save a pack of swans from an oncoming swarm of horrible death inducing spikey things.

Save all the swans, by feeding them bread!

Polish : 2


Many effects were left out of this. I wanted more, but rushed..

Playability : 2


The game doesn't quite feel as playable as it would've, give enough time. AGameADay doesn't lead to very many good games!

Completeness : 0


Bah!




26 - Eight Maids a-Milking


01 January 2010



Pass the buckets, and collect the Milk, as Ted Bob tries his hand at being a farmer.
Plenty of mouse work, here, as you grab the buckets full of milk, and try to fill up the giant milk bottle as fast as you can.
Fastest time wins!


Polish : 2


Probably should try to draw better, next time

Playability : 3


It's ok, but it's not really!

Completeness : 2


Feels as rushed as it is!




27 - Nine Drummers Drumming


02 January 2010



The nine drummers march in line, and it's your task to help them avoid the vomit stains that happen to be all over the road.
Guide them up and down, dodge the puke, carry on!

Polish : 2


Nice little drumloop, but nothing could really have saved the terrible art style!

Playability : 1


This isn't much of a game, at all!

Completeness : 0


Aww...




28 - Ten Pipers Piping


03 January 2010



A nice simple Lemmings style game, for this one.
Guide the piper's towards the exit, using the little Stop signs to turn them around.

With only a limited number of signs, and 10 whole pipers, you're going to need to move the signs around as they march!

Polish : 4


Quite nice, actually!

Playability : 5


Nice and simple, but gets tricky WAY too quickly!

Completeness : 2


As usual, it's a case of "Not enough levels".




29 - Eleven Ladies Dancing


04 January 2010



This game was planned from the very beginning, and turned out to be every bit as much fun as I expected!
Tap the buttons in time with the music, to make all eleven ladies dance!

Polish : 5


There's plenty of polish on those floors!

Playability : 5


It's a none-rapping Parappa style game! Play away!

Completeness : 4


If I was being really whingey about it, I'd say that 1 tune isn't enough.




30 - Twelve Lords a-Leaping


05 January 2010



What better way to round off Xmas, than with a game of Jet Set Willy?
This game, too, was planned from the start.
In many ways, I started planning these 12 games in the wrong order, and very quickly realised it when I had to write Game #1, but had only planned the last two!
whoops!

Never mind..

Polish : 5


Feel great!

Playability : 5


Plays great!

Completeness : 5


And keeps on going!


Tomorrow, 2010, it's the FUTURE!!!
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