I left my Cardagain soaking, overnight, and it's gotten bigger!
How much bigger?
Well, yesterday it was about 3.5Mb.
Today it's a whopping 10.4Mb!!

You all remember Cardagain, right?!
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Cardagain was my first ever game on iOS, so it seems fitting that it also be my first on Android, too.
The basic idea i...

OK, folks, here comes the big test.
Is everyone ready?
Get your Android device, be sure to enable "UNSAFE!" apps in your settings, point your device's browser to this page, then <a href="https://socoder.net/MonkeyGame-debug.apk">Click here (.apk) to Download</a>. It's a small enough download, only 1.5Mb.
Note : This is simply a test engine. This is not a game! Do not expect a game!!!

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Things should be starting to look a little familiar, now!
Today, I added a simple frontend menu system to the framework.
Nothing too fancy, just the usual Easy/Normal/Hard options.
You can...

Is this the official post-op relaunch of AGameAWeek?
I'm not sure, yet.
This is just a random sporadic game, at this point.

PlayMyCode no longer works

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Last weekend, most of the developers on the internet took part in the great big Global Game Jam, whereby everyone settled down to a nice ...

ugh..
I need to make a calendar for the iOS edition.
The Win/Lin/Mac (WiLMa) edition is also a bit screwy, so we'll add "New Calendar" to the 2nd releases todo list.
Might as well see if I can code 2 things at once, then, and rework the calendars at the same time.

Today, I became a complete and total recluse!
It was the only way it was all going to get crammed into the day.
Let's go through last night's list, shall we?

Tap inside to see Jiro25 playing the NeonPlat Adventures Beta!

I've mentioned, previously, how I'm going to attempt to make a 4-game template system.
A couple of days ago, I started a neat little menu, but.. it really wasn't up to much.
Today, I restarted said little menu, and it's turned out quite a bit nicer.

Rant Ahoy!!!

I'd forgotten why I don't do anything on Saturdays..

Solutions are everywhere!
There are springy splodgy sticky blobs you can slap on the screen, there's big fullsized controller connectors to wrap the phone in, and there's even wifi touchscreen iPod -> iPad controller things, too.
Plenty to choose from...

Got the Google Plus thing today and spent about an hour or so playing about with it's features.
Twitter Lists seems the closest thing to it, in that you follow people, separate them into different groups, then flick through the groups to read/interact.
Unlike Twitter Lists, though, here the grouping works both ways.. Now I could happily clump a bunch of iOS reviewers into a single group and quickly fire off a PR'ish spam bucket to all of 'em at once, without pissing off all my regular "we want c...

Another Day, Another Game!
Today's is a little bit tricky, I must admit, but it's a nice and simple one once you get the hang of it.
Tap the colour co-ordinated cursor key, just as the two fellows are meeting, and you score points.
If you're too late, you get no points, and lose a life.

Kristina - May 19, 2011
Well i have been playing you game and it suck i havent been hitting things and it still says game over you guys created a piece of crap!

I've got a whole month to do a framework, so apparently that means I'm going to be a lazy git who does sod all, then crams the whole framework into the last day!
.. Well, hopefully not, but I did manage to cram in a couple of hours of Burnout, yesterday!
Been a long while since I sat and played a game for that long.

<a href="https://agameaweek.spreadshirt.co.uk/stroke-my-munky-A10741539/customize/color/4">I just thought of a really good game..</a>
but... .. Not entirely sure how doable it'd be.
.. hmm.. another time perhaps..
Anyhoo, Monkey.

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A brand new game, EVERY DAY over Christmas!

Ooops, THAT's what I'm supposed to do on Thursdays!
No matter, a day late, not to worry!
Here's this week's suggestion box.
Fill the comments with your ideas/suggestions for future AGameAWeek stuffs.

In windows, to add a tab to the left of 3 or 4 lines, I've settled into the habit of doing either one of two things..
1. Up, Home, Tab, Up, Home, Tab, Up, Home, Tab, Up, Home, Tab.
Which goes up per line, heads to the far left, then places a tab.
or

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 n...

Note : Inexperienced user ahead!!
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iPhing "View Based" Jumpstart

A series of tutorials that will allow old-style coders to quickly grasp the bits and pieces they need, to develop games for iPod/iPhone/iPad (iPhings)
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/?p=596">Part One : Tilemap</a>
<a href="https://AGameA...

Blimey, that didn't take too long.
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Well, it DID, but it took significantly less time than I thought it would.

iPhing "View Based" Jumpstart

A series of tutorials that will allow old-style coders to quickly grasp the bits and pieces they need, to develop games for iPod/iPhone/iPad (iPhings)
<a href="https://A...

So far, we've had the following..
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Day 1. (Last Wednesday)
Do What?!

Uhoh, the ratio's dropping!
No matter, this week's been SUPER busy, what with it being the week I finally got a Mac.
As seen the other day, I re-released <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/2010/05/8-brand-new-freeware-mac-games/">8 of my games for Mac</a>. It's not just Steam on Mac!!! You can play UFO246, too!
Today sees a couple of extra bonuses.
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