Developments

I've spent more than enough time on Karl's Tiny Adventure. It's time to stop trying to fix the issue and just get the damn game uploaded.
Unfortunately, I'm going to have to do two distinct editions. One for OUYA/Etc and one specifically for GameStick.
The GameStick edition will have the music disabled.

Why?
Because apparently the GameStick doesn't like playing audio.
I mean, it does, it just doesn't always play what you ask it, when you ask it to.
For 99.9% of cases, it'll bluff it's way through, and you won't ever notice. There really isn't an "Issue" here, unless you're being very picky about it.
..and if you want something specifically timed, like musical notes, where you tend to notice if they're not being played correctly, then it becomes apparent that GameStick has audio issues.

That's not to say, of course, that this is GameStick's fault. The whole Android infrastructure is built upon a freeform nature, allowing developers and manufacturers to pretty much do exactly what they want with their devices.
That's the way that Android was created, and .. sure. there are many many many many pitfalls along the way, but we learn what those are, and we try our best to work around them.

I still think Google should've had a tighter reign on things. A minimal set of requirements like "Can play sounds" and "Doesn't completely fuck up when you don't CLS the screen" and "Accelerometer doesn't get confused as a Munky when you rotate the device" should probably have been stipulated from the very beginning.
But it's too late, now. We can't change it, nor can we fix it.
These are issues we all have to live with.

And one of them is the reason that Karl's Tiny Adventure on GameStick will be without music.
.. and probably NeonPlat's Cosmic Adventures, too. :

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Daily Doodle : Getting Fruity

Platdude attempts a second artsy picture of fruit, this time from memory, without the bowl of fruit at hand to copy from.
Banana, Orange, Pear, Apple, Grapes.
.. Did he leave anything out?

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