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16th December 2013
<img src="https://socoder.net/AGAWGold_128.png" style="float:left;"> AGameAWeek Gold looks back at some of the best, and worst, games that have been previously released on this day in history.
Today's game from the archive is a lovely little arena battler, with lots of weapons and things to shoot! Views 69, Upvotes 20
Agameaweek Gold
28th October 2013
The internet is a place for trolls and complainers (like me!) who like to gripe at every opportunity.
For the most part, we tend to ignore these types, which generally means that comments sections have become largely ignored. Here at AGameAWeek, the opposite has happened. There are apparently no trolls daring enough to even attempt to play my games! I seem to have scared most of them away. As a result, there are no trollers or complainers here, and since those are the types that make up ... Views 12, Upvotes 3
Daily Blog
17th October 2013
Late last night, NeonPlat Raw appeared on the OUYA Dashboard for the very first time.
This is kind of a big deal, in that it's the first time one of my games has officially been released on an actual physical home-console. True, it's not a "PROPER" console, but .. Hey, it's a box with a controller that plugs into my telly. And it's got my games on it! Views 25, Upvotes 6
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Jay's Button Test
Blog
10th October 2013
Testing time, again.
Today, I purchased 2 very different, yet entirely similar devices. First, a wire. Very cheap! It allows me to plug an X360 controller into my Nexus7 device, and use it as an ingame controller, but only on games which support it. Views 27, Upvotes 2
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BlastTraxFAQs
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27th August 2013
BlastTraxFAQs
What's with the track?BlastTrax was originally devised as a classic Retro-styled GrandPrix-like racing game, with weapons. You would drive through the course, shoot the other drivers, and make your way through to the end. Views 21, Upvotes 2
Daily Blog
24th August 2013
BlastTrax has passed iOS Review, so all is looking good for it's target August 27th release date.
Since the game is now up on the AppStore, but currently locked tight until the release date, I thought I'd have a bit of fun with it, so I posted the following challenge onto Twitter. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo-4.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo-4-898x1024.jpg" alt="" title="photo (4)" width="590" height="672" class="alig... Views 10, Upvotes 3
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4th July 2013
The great big 1.5 update of SpikeDislike2 is now available from the Android or iOS App Stores.
This version brings the HUGE end mode, Choose Your Own Dislike, which features all those lovely options that the original game had, along with a couple of new ones. SpikeDislike2 v1.5 is available for (URL "https://itunes.apple.com/app/id604867277">iOS) and (URL "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AGameAWeek.SpikeDislike2_A1">Android). If you've already got it on your device, visi... Views 21, Upvotes 6
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AGameAWeek - How!?
Blog
26th June 2013
Every Single Week
Not Good AdviceThe following is not advice, and should not be taken as such.People often ask me how I manage to do AGameAWeek. Particularly, how I manage to cram everything into a single week, and then somehow manage to do exactly the same thing every other week, without going crazy. What follows might possibly help you understand a little more of what goes on in the world of AGameAWeek. Or it might just be a whole bunch of rambling waffling text. Views 37, Upvotes 3
Daily Blog
18th June 2013
For the past few years, I've been building and rebuilding a silly little experimental shooter thing called "Horizontal Shooter"
The basic gist is that it's a bog standard horizontal shooter, but with a weird control scheme, and a tail to catch things in. I also tend to use Horizontal Shooter as a simple testbed, to see what a language can/can't achieve in the realms of simplistic blurry lovelyness. This time around, since we're also focusing on mobile devices, I've decided to flip things a... Views 60, Upvotes 11
Release
10th June 2013
Apologies that this post has taken me so long to publish.
I actually wrote most of it about 3 months ago, when I first released SpikeDislike2, but it's been sat on my Mac on a Sticky Note, and I kinda forgot all about it! I remembered it, the other day, when I submitted SpikeDislike2-Lite to Apple. What follows is a checklist/guide for compiling your (URL "https://monkeycoder.co.nz">Monkey-coded) game onto iOS. Views 52, Upvotes 6
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Y5:W17 - JNKAtoms
Blog
23rd April 2013
In a change to our regularly scheduled April-Project, I've decided to stop pulling my hair out, and instead do something different.
Grrr.. What we're left with, however, is a nice happy little game for up to four players, so that's nice. Views 82, Upvotes 13
Release
Image Fail...
Blog
21st April 2013
Over the past few weeks, a terrible issue has appeared, and it's been quite noticeable.
It's caused my Stringy Things project to get stuck, as well as creating multiple issues in lots of other places. The problem is as follows.. Not all devices are the same!!! Views 19, Upvotes 2
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16th April 2013
Sad face.
I'm supposed to be adding a new word game, every week, but this week's <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/2013/04/the-past-few-days/">IGN Sillyness</a> resulted in me spending literally hours replying to a whole bunch of emails, and trying to keep tabs on everything as it all went a wee bit crazy. To be fair, I could've just spent ten minutes replying to those, but I do like to waffle in my email replies!! As a result, I didn't actually get around to much... Views 16, Upvotes 2
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Bitmap Font Creator
Blog
11th April 2013
Coders Tool Ahead
I don't know why I only just realised this, but I don't think I ever posted my Bitmap Font Creator, to go with the Monkey Framework! whoops! Anyway, here's that. Views 75, Upvotes 20
Tools
April Plans..
Blog
31st March 2013
I haven't got any!
.. that's a lie.. I have about 3 big plans in mind, and I'm not sure which to go with. Views 18, Upvotes 3
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26th March 2013
A good old fashioned old-skool platforming game, harking back to the good old days of Manic Miner and that sort of thing.
This week is VERY Manic Miner esque. Collect the items to open the door, dodge the baddies, jump around, die a lot, get to the exit, sorted!! <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ssa1.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ssa1-300x225.png" alt="" title="ssa" width="300" height="225" class="alignnone size-medium w... Views 104, Upvotes 21
Release
23rd March 2013
There's not been a whole lot tweaked since the last Monkey Framework Release, (I've been too busy making the fun gamey things!!) but a couple of important additions have been additioned.
The Download(URL "https://socoder.net/monkey/Framework_13_10_20.zip">Jayenkai's Monkey Framework, as of 20th October 2013) | (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/2013/10/monkey-skeleton-13_10_20/">Blog Post)Older versions(URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/Monkey_Frame...Views 55, Upvotes 2
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Dear Drlemon12...
Blog
11th March 2013
AppStore is a wonderful place.
For the first time, I've actually made some money out of my games!! Well done, Apple, on creating a wonderful ecosystem for indie devs. ... Views 21, Upvotes 2
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Making Monkey Do..
Blog
10th March 2013
Last night I was asked how I got Monkey to do all the things that I managed to make it do.
I tried to describe it as best as I could, but was already wrapped up in bed, trying to remember it all, whilst only holding an iPad! Not an easy job. I suggested to (URL "https://twitter.com/retrorusty">@RetroRusty) that he waits until the morning, when I can better write a nice big (BIG) waffling (WAFFLING!) blog-post about it all. .. Views 53, Upvotes 4
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8th March 2013
The Amiga was nearing the end of its life cycle and my local Game store was slowly getting rid of its Amiga stuff. It was sad to find all your favourite games crammed into that little corner of the store where only the geekiest kids would huddle.
Then one day, I spotted a bright blue stripy box. "Blitz 2.0!??? Oooh! Views 14, Upvotes 7
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26th February 2013
Happy Blockman Day!
 It's been 4 years since the last Blockman Gets game was released, so it's about time we had another! Blockman Gets Hungry strips out the boulders, takes out the power-pellets, and instead uses fruit for various functions. There's four different fruit to eat. Views 76, Upvotes 13
Release
28th January 2013
OK, folk are getting intrigued as to how all of this is working, and how nice the Monkey language is to work with, so in the spirit of not being a complete and total git, here's the complete everything that there is so far..
The DownloadFramework Downloads have been removed due to lack of updates!I've also left the html5 build intact, so you can give it a little run if you don't have Monkey installed. (I think!) Should be as simple as going into the .build folder, t... Views 148, Upvotes 7
2013 Framework
25th January 2013
I've been delaying a large list of things, but as I continue to make great strides with Monkey, those tough bits are getting ever so close.
Here's what needs doing, as well as explanations as to why they're tough.. (Note : Very waffley, and probably not all that interesting!) Views 36, Upvotes 7
2013 Framework
11th January 2013
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o/yeayo/ There's a simple blast test. I installed Monkey on the Mac, I opened my Monkey Framework, I clicked "iOS", compiled, switched to XCode, built and run. Views 37, Upvotes 7
2013 Framework
0% Complete!
Blog
24th February 2012
I think I'm heading back to bed, today!
Some days just don't seem to start off very well, and after a few hours of trying, don't appear to be getting any better! Today I've managed to complete the following amazing achievements. 1. Get two dice to roll on the screen. Views 55, Upvotes 2
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24th January 2012
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Key-Bo-Ard-Too-Screenshot_24-Jan-2012_112526.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Key-Bo-Ard-Too-Screenshot_24-Jan-2012_112526-300x225.png" alt="" title="Key Bo & Ard Too (Screenshot_24 Jan 2012_112526)" width="300" height="225" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2270" /></a>
A sequel for this week's AGameAWeek! I've been thinking about Key, Bo and Ard since I popped them into... Views 80, Upvotes 12
Release
Check your fonts..
Blog
16th January 2012
So, I'm sitting there trying to get a nice GameCenter thing added to my new framework, and I figured that having to display people's names might very well require a bit of Unicode..
(Note : This is the reason my other iOS games don't have names on the highscore lists!) In Cocos, you can use 3 font styles.. one is a simple bitmap font (this one I can handle!) one is a complex bitmap font (with a required 50,000,000,000,000 images to handle all the possible languages!) and the third one uses ttf f... Views 11, Upvotes 2
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