I managed to draw some simple looking characters, little huts, trees and the all important flag, yesterday.
Got the basics of the tilemap working, got the little cadets running around like they oughta, and ...
That's enough, right!?
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Over on this particular Smile Basic community forum, the admins finally (after me whinging about it!) added in an option to let people submit games made for the new Switch edition of Petit Computer.

And we're already halfway through!!

Platforming with Puzzles!

Picture the scene.
A swarm of enemy are bearing down on you, and you have infinite bullets.
You hammer the shooty key, and the enemy are thwarted swiftly, because they're right above you, and you needn't even aim.
This is the issue that this week's game is currently having.
Having the enemies swarm in more varied directions can lead to the game being more than a little unfair. On the other hand, reducing the weapons leads to even more unfairness, as you struggle to fire...

Someone over on the GBATemp forums mentioned Centipong being one of their favourites of my DS Homebrew collection.
To be honest, I never did solve the "What Comes Next" issue with that.

With the 3DS onslaught in full swing, and this week's game being delayed, what better time than to stop and pause, and think about the other myriad of things that I'd like to do..?!

3DS Homebrew is all kinds of broke, right now, and I'm doing my nut trying to figure it out.
I decided, last night, after the millionth crash of the day, that I'd instead focus on something else for the rest of the week.

This Tuesday we're kicking things off slowly.
Each Tuesday through February, I'll be adding to Flappadiddle-Doo, to bulk it up beyond the original concept, and fixing up any quirks in my new Framework along the way.
But once we hit March, I'll be heading into the regularly unplanned insanity of AGameAWeek.

With my new Data-Start and Data-End elements in place, reading data from the server is infinitely easier.

A brief roundup of the things I've managed to accomplish, during 2017.

1. Online Scoreboards

It's been a long time since I last had online scoreboards in my general AGameAWeek games. iOS's GameCenter made me lazy, and I could never be bothered to implement anything more complicated into my Framework.
But this year, I opted to take on the challenge, so right at the start of this year I added an "Enter Your Name" thing into my framework, and tied the scoreboard system to the ...

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Also available (URL "https://soundcloud.com/alodare/pulpish-baby">on SoundCloud)

Developments

After attempting to draw a canary, then realising it looked very much like Woodstock (Peanuts/Snoopy's friend) I switched tactics and started drawing a pigeon, instead.

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(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/Music?Journal=Questions">Journal Questions)

Developments

I got absolutely no game-coding done, yesterday!

Developments

Most of my new system is back up to the specs that it oughta be.
All except one thing..

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Also available (URL "https://soundcloud.com/alodare/sonically-learning">on SoundCloud)

Thanks for visiting the world of AGameAWeek.
Single-handedly, I give you the following..
1. A Daily Blog, with (for the past few months, at least) an incredibly dumb 4-line verse at the end of each daily blog entry.
2. A (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/Pixelart/">Daily Pixelart), which also comes with a 1920x1080 desktop image each and every day.

Developments

Spent practically all day, yesterday, working on Menus.

Developments

Yesterday I sat and did nothing!!

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Also available (URL "https://soundcloud.com/alodare/memories-of-digging">on SoundCloud)

Developments

Getting a new carpet for the living room is proving to be somewhat of a big deal!

Time to get out your laser cannons and pop yourself some extra popping Space Popcorn!

Hmm.. My game titles are getting a bit silly, lately, aren't they?

From this week's game.
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Also available (URL "https://soundcloud.com/alodare/deconstructed-plumbing">on SoundCloud)

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