Each week, a massive influx of comments are sent from all players all over the world!
... Let's see what RSKGames thought about this week's game.
You can Download Pogo the Fridge here.

@RSKGames

Pogo's life is intruded by a barrage of rebellious fruit.
Squish them to death!!

In order to make the Bouncer format work properly, I'm going to need to give the player a different kind of control scheme.
I'm almost tempted to strip away the "constantly bouncing" form of the ball, and go for something more like Soccer Kid on the Amiga.

My mind wanders back to a game idea, long long long ago.
Super Bouncer (2003!) never got off the ground because I knew I'd need really big levels, and I couldn't be bothered to make them!
(This is a running theme)
With my modern day proc-gen methods, I could probably get a decent random-path generator up and running to keep the game varied enough to be interesting.
Couple it with better collision detection (really, anything would be better than the old test version!) and it h...

After every game's release, the influx of feedback is intense!
Let's see what @RSKGames thought of this week's game.
@RSKGames
Overview: A fun little endless side scroller with lot of jumping and endless supply of enemies.

OK, now I'm really confused!!

A simple game of Bat'n'Ball.

Developments

Haven't a clue what this week's game is going to be, yet.

Each week, after a game's release, people submit their thoughts on whether they liked or disliked the results.
If you'd like to join in with the feedback, leave a comment on the game, (URL "mailto:Jayenkai@Gmail.com">email me), or just (URL "https://twitter.com/Jayenkai">Tweet) at me!
This week's game is (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/2017/07/release-2017-30-monsters-ate-my-cheesecake/">Monsters Ate My Cheesecake!)

RSKGames

Overview: A dark room of maze, a torch ligh...

A simple little game to keep you occupied..

Daily Blog

T is also for Tilemap!!

Developments

Jumped back and forth through a couple of things, yesterday, but mostly spent more time working on the level builder.
Things are starting to look a little more varied, and thankfully the addition of vertical scrolling has added a little bit more.
I'm currently worried about making sure the levels are completable, as I haven't yet added an AI player run-through of the level, to ensure it's at least playable. I'll have to do that next, I suppose.
In the meantime...

Developments

Last night I added some blocks to the Level Generator, which of course then required me to faff about adding extra rules to the player, and the baddies, and the other objects, to ensure they collide "roughly" correctly with the tilemap.
It didn't take too long to get the basics in, but having to essentially rewrite the rules for half-a-dozen different object types meant for a long and complex bit of work.
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Developments

HURRAY!
After 20 (TWENTY!) days in review, SpikeDislike3 is finally available on iOS!
o/yeayo/

Developments

Yesterday, I completely rejigged the "Bounce" of SpikeDislike.
Originally, the bounce was a simple Sine-wave, and has in fact been this in EVERY version of SpikeDislike, but this time I'm hoping to add a couple of new elements which have required a minor tweak in the usual ball bouncing mechanic.
This isn't something to be taken lightly, as I had to be absolutely sure that the end result still "felt" like Classic SpikeDislike.
At the moment it's a teensy bit fl...

<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion</a> was AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar.
You can <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here</a> for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
All games are now unlocked, and will remain playable forever! woot!

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5.
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_B.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_B_thumb.png">

Bouncy Bobby

Concept
Bounce Bob...

A couple of months ago, I mentioned this game in passing..
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/2009/08/y2w2-tetripong/">TetriPong)
And immediately started looking into remaking it.
It was just after I'd released ChuckABall, was midway through BounceABall, and considered this as a possible extra "ABall" game to fit alongside them.

Thwack the Crocs over their heads with your balls! Swamp Golf!!
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Swamp_Golf_20140826A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Swamp_Golf_20140826B_thumb.png">

Last week, you threw the ball.
This week, you bounce the ball.
It's almost like a theme, or something!!
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/BounceABall_20140805A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/BounceABall_20140805B_thumb.png">

I have no issues with the game.
It's a bit shit, but then so is SpikeDislike.. SpikeDislike is "ball bounces, move right..." and has little or no substance beyond that.
Of course, I then added a wonderful combo system, and then made a sequel with oodles of lovely new gameplay styles and plenty of options and such, but at it's heart it's still the same game it always was. Ball bounces, move right...
In many ways, so is flappy bird.
Flappy bird is "that helicopter game", but with hard...

I don't normally do "Postmortem" type blog posts, but figured I might as well start.
Not sure whether this will become a regular thing, or not, but I thought it'd be nice to keep track of what happens after I post each game.
In future I might leave it until a good few days have passed, but the world of AGameAWeek tends to flow fairly rapidly. We'll have to judge it as it happens.
Anyway, welcome to the newest section of AGameAWeek, where I take a look at the stats and things, to help figu...

I don't give up, very often, but on this occasion, it's unfortunately going to happen to my big Month-Long project.
I seem to have narrowed the problem down to the following issue.
... Wasn't hard enough!
It seems that, nowadays, I can only tackle a project if it's got enough of a challenge attached.