Hmm.. I had hoped my entire devkit had managed to cross over from Win7 to Win8.1, but I'm struggling to get "proper" Android dev compilation working. Hmmm.. Still, Windows, OUYA and HTML5 all seem to be working smoothly, so I'll continue to focus on those whilst I try to get everything running smoothly again. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SCDX_003.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SCDX_003-1024x576.jpg" alt="SCDX_003" width="590" height="33...

So far so good on the JNKBombers front. Most of Battle Mode's features are implemented as planned. Human players, AI players, Bombs, Shield, Coins, Shop and today I added a few cheap-as-chips themes into the mix for good measure. There's only 6 themes, but it's enough to keep it marginally interesting! Over the next couple of days, I'll keep tweaking away at the AI, and maybe add some new powerups, but otherwise I'm now at the point where I can say "Yeah, that's what I wanted to play!!" Still a coupl...

The game's coming along smoothly, now that I've finally settled on a vaguely decent AI. Obviously, it'll play a LOT better when you've got actual players to play against, but if you're sad and alone like me, you'll have something to play against. (URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/JNKBombers_012.png"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/JNKBombers_012_thumb.png"> The Shop works, the AI mostly works, the Multiplayer stuff works, rounds are counted,...

As the game continues to get built up, I've started to work on a generic looking menu system for it. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JNKBombers_009.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JNKBombers_009-1024x576.png" alt="JNKBombers_009" width="590" height="331" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3805" /> Yep, it's as bland as bland can be, but the point of the menu is simply to get you into the game, so ....

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JNKBombers_006.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JNKBombers_006-1024x605.png" alt="JNKBombers_006" width="590" height="348" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3795" /> Here's how the game currently looks. The game will be a generic Bomberman clone, but with as many AGameAWeek characters in that I can think of, assuming they're vaguely recognisable. Feel free to comm...

Journey with Platdude, as he leaps from planet to planet, in this epic universal quest to get some nice shiny gems. <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Space_20140426A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Space_20140426B_thumb.png">

Forums are a bit of a dying artform, lately. Between Facebook and Twitter, the idea of having to signup to a specific site for a conversation, when you could equally have that conversation over Twitter is all a bit daft and unnecessary. What can I say, I'm a grumpy old geezer, who prefers things oldskool!! That's not to say I don't "get" Twitter. I use it a lot.. .. A LOT!! And it's great for quick responses, too. Ask a question, anything you want, and generally get an answer within about a minut...

As much as I count myself as "a bit of a Trekkie", I've never considered myself a full-on Trekkie. Sure, I enjoy watching it, and I do manage to follow 95% of the twisting turning sprawling plotlines, and enjoy the mythology of the show. I even recently subscribed to the Star Trek Starships model collection, which, every single fortnight, brings a lovely little starship to my door. (Well, ok, technically they get delivered in pairs, monthly!! I'm really enjoying these little ships, and my shelf is alrea...

Do you have an iOS device? Are you sick to death of seeing nothing but clones of Flappy Birds and Threes*!? Want a little more variety on your iPhing?! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Jayenkai-Bargain-Bucket_1600.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Jayenkai-Bargain-Bucket_1600-1024x1024.png" alt="Jayenkai Bargain Bucket_1600" width="590" height="590" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3675" /> ...

.. Sorry, I haven't suddenly added them. Instead, I've made this post in the hopes of starting a discussion on the feasibility of adding scoreboards to future AGameAWeek titles. It's something I've attempted in the past, and old versions of Microbes, Spider and others still kind-of, mostly, sort of work. But there's a few issues that are stopping me from integrating it into the current framework.

I like to randomly throw games out there, and see how the general public takes to them. Sometimes it's fun to watch as fun games plummet into disasterous pits of unnoticability. Occasionally, you get a surprise hit, and are kind of disappointed that you hadn't put any kind of pricetag on the thing. Today is a definite example of the latter, as I watch "Every Good Bird" flapping it's way into the stratosphere!

From the midst of all the "Flappy Bird" chaos come this wonderful review of Hoppy Bobby..<br /><br />(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140312-005125.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140312-005125.jpg" alt="20140312-005125.jpg" class="alignnone size-full" />

This time last year, I reattempted the game Microbes, but it didn't really work out as well as I'd hoped for. This year, I opted to give it another go, and have mixed in oodles of lovely glowyness! Seems to have done the trick! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Disc_Blaster_20140311A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Disc_Blaster_20140311B_thumb.png">

It was somewhat inevitable that we'd have to revisit the world of SpikeDislike, and since the last game was released around about a year ago, I might as well treat us all to a brand new release! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Spiky_Tower_20140304A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Spiky_Tower_20140304B_thumb.png">

Due to unforeseen circumstances, my entire Cable service is currently down. The engineer's due to show up on Wednesday, but until then I'll probably be offline. I can just about get online via iPad, but that's no way to upload AGameAWeek!! This week's release will, hopefully, be on Wednesday, unless I somehow get online any earlier. Grrr...

Every year for the past few years, I've made one of my games free for the day, to celebrate my birthday. This year, it's been decided that SpikeDislike2 will be the game of choice. (URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/image-22-02-14-04-58-06.jpg"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/image-22-02-14-04-58-06_thumb.jpg"> Help celebrate the wonders of my birthday by (URL "https://itunes.apple.com/app/id604867277">grabbing a copy of SpikeDislike2, for...

Not normally the type of thing I post, here. I tend to leave AGameAWeek to the gamey stuff, but folk keep inquiring, so I guess it's something that some people seem to love to know about!

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 harder obstacles to ...

Last night, I closed my laptop the lazy-man's way, by simply shutting the lid. I should know better. It never quite manages to "Resume Windows" without buggering something up along the way. This morning, it didn't boot at all, and I've spent most of the day doing the big format/reinstall stuff. At the time of typing this, I'm battling with Android and Java SDKs, desperately trying to get that stuff up and running again. Monkey's managing HTML5 and Windows targets, but OUYA and Android are currently o...

A lovely little flying game, this week, as you take control of a friendly little chopper, and try to save all your pals. As you race about the landscape, you'll meet plenty of enemy aircraft, hellbent on stopping you. Attack, Defend, and Survive!!

When I first bought my iPad, I never imagined the amount of "work" that I'd end up doing on the thing. The fact is, it's SO much easier to have your iPad on hand, than it is a giant laptop. That's not to say I don't use my laptop. It's pretty much an essential part of AGameAWeek. You can't exactly do your coding on iOS, so the laptop is there for the majority of the things I do, but over the course of the last year-or-so, I've found myself doing smaller bit-tasks on my iPad. I figured I should probab...

In the first of a (hopefully) full year of monthly Platdude related releases, Platdude gets to wander through a giant forest, battling enemy creatures, and avoiding deadly spikes! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_The_Endless_Forest_20140127B_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_The_Endless_Forest_20140127A_thumb.png">

This week we're going to be doing the first part of something that may or may not actually happen!! Since last year was Nintendo's Year of Luigi, the guys over at RetroRemakes have decided that this year oughta be the Year of Horace. I challenged site-admin RobF to attempt to create a different Horace game every month, and post it to OneGameAMonth. I'm not sure he's going to do it, if I'm honest. But the challenge was set, and although unspoken, I figured it would only be fair to challenge myself to t...

There are hundreds of great sites that I should probably link to, and much like linking to my hundreds of games, I've always found it a bit of a mess once I start trying to cram it all into a small sidebar on the right of the site. As such, I've finally opted to create one great big link-page, full of everything I could think of within the short hour or so that it took to add it! If you're missing from this page, let me know!! <table border="1px" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <t...

Welcome to the Top 13 AGameAWeek Games of 2013 No other Top-10 lists appear to want to give any of my games any recognition at all, which kinda sucks since I've made a whole bunch of REALLY great games, this year! I don't even get a token "Made a shitload of games, this year" mention! Sucks!! So, sod them all, I'll make my own Top-10 list. And it'll be all my games, and I'll even add a few more just to make it a bit more 2013 relevant. That'll show 'em!! Mwa-ha-haaa!!!