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6th March 2013
<img src="https://socoder.net/AGAWGold_256.png" style="float:left">
Aaah, March 6th.
A day that will forever live in my memory.
Want to know what happened to me, this time last year? You can read all about it (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/2012/08/home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig/">right here!) March 6th was when it all began.
Hmm..
Oddly enough, I did in fact manage to post a game, last March 6th! It was late Monday night/Tuesday morning, I'd had a spectacularly rough d...
Views 143, Upvotes 15
Agameaweek Gold
4th March 2013
I was a little disappointed to find there was no AGameAWeek Gold waiting for me, this morning.
I wondered... How often will it actually appear?
Have I actually produced enough games to keep it going EVERY DAY?
I wrote a little script to find out.
There are graphs inside
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Daily Blog
SpikeDislike2's
Blog
4th March 2013
AGameAWeek is meant to happen on Tuesdays.
I've stated numerous times that SpikeDislike2 will be released on March 5th, which is also a Tuesday.
.. But Apple.. .. Apple don't give you times..!
On Apple's hugely chaotic iTunesConnect site, you can happily pop a Release Date into the mechanism, but there's no way to state a Release Time.
Given that AGameAWeek happens on a Tuesday Morning, GMT, I can't then expect US folk to have to inexplicably wait an extra 6 hours, just because thei...
Views 49, Upvotes 8
Daily Blog
3rd March 2013
<img src="https://socoder.net/AGAWGold_256.png" style="float:left"> I've been considering doing this for a while, but never bothered to come up with any sort of Database Scanner to find old posts. I'm lazy like that!
Luckily, a new iOS App has come along to save me the trouble.
The wonderful "TimeHop" is available (for free), and allows you to upload your Twitter Archive, as well as include your Facebook timeline.. What it then does is scan the archives for things that have happened on this day,...
Views 103, Upvotes 22
Agameaweek Gold
2nd March 2013
Before today, there's been that niggling doubt.
If SpikeDislike2 didn't get Apple Approval, the whole thing would have to be rescheduled.
This morning, SpikeDislike2 received it's Apple Approval!
SpikeDislike2 is READY TO GO
Tuesday March 5th 2013 is officially SpikeDislike2'sday!
Views 115, Upvotes 12
Daily Blog
26th February 2013
Last night I had a random idea, and drew up a silly board game.
Since then, the idea has annoyingly festered, and so this morning, I'm doing a complete relaunch of yesterday's silly idea, complete with all new advanced rules!
SpikeDislike2 will be released on March 5th, 2013Head inside for more details.Views 100, Upvotes 15
Printable
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.
See if you can figure them all out!!
DownloadYou can <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=285">Download Blockman Gets Hungry he...Views 152, Upvotes 23
Release
25th February 2013
I've updated the uploaded Jayenkai Monkey Framework to the latest version that I'm using.
woot!
The DownloadDownloads have been removed due to.. A) Lack of people using it. B) Lack of ME even using it. C) It's quite old, now, and getting older every day!The Old Version<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/2013/01/monkey-skeleton-13_01_28/">All of this stuff is still included</a>The New AdditionsIt's been a whirlwind of a month, and I've...Views 102, Upvotes 20
2013 Framework
24th February 2013
We're about a week away from the intended March 5th Release Date, (assuming I can get everything sorted soon!) so I figured it's probably about time that I post about my plans for SpikeDislike2.
Obviously, if SpikeDislike2 is going to be on sale in the AppStore, players are going to need an incentive to buy it, but if I'm also going to release a Windows/Android/Browser edition, for free, what extras would the iOS folk be paying for?
Well, here's where the plan comes in.
On Release Day...
Views 66, Upvotes 7
Daily Blog
C3ntipong iOS!
Blog
22nd February 2013
For the past couple of years, my birthday has been "SpikeDislike Freebie Day".
This year, that's not going to happen
The final version of SpikeDislike2 is REALLY close, but not quite close enough. SpikeDislike will be made free for a few days when SpikeDislike2 is released, in a couple of weeks time.
Meanwhile, though, my first iOS Monkey game has managed to blunder it's way through Apple's review team, and is all nice and active on the AppStore, j...
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Daily Blog
19th February 2013
Hmm.. I seem to be remaking things, a lot, lately.. Either the Doc's sucked out all of my imagination, or I'm enjoying this Monkey language a bit too much!!
Aw, who cares, it's another classic AGameAWeek game, remade for Browsers and Android!!
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ss1.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ss1-300x225.png" alt="" title="ss1" width="300" height="225" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2584" /><...
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Release
18th February 2013
Last night I finished off the C3ntipong stuff, and got the release edition compiled, tested, double-checked, and uploaded to Apple.
That's it! It's gone.. It's off.
There's no turning back, now!
In about a week's time, C3ntipong may very well pop up on the AppStore, assuming it gets approved!
A relatively painless procedure... well, except for all of <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/2013/02/ios-editions/">yesterday's palaver</a>, anyway!
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Daily Blog
iOS Editions...
Blog
17th February 2013
You're probably wondering, by now, with all this wonderful "Monkey" stuff that I've been banging on about for the past month, where the heck my iOS offerings are.
Well, while it's true that Monkey does indeed make the coding a heck of a lot easier, there's still another matter to attend to.
The dreaded "iTunes Connect" area! ARGH!!!!
You've probably read enough of my rants to know that iDev isn't easy.
There are licenses to deal with. "Provision" codes, Certificates, all manner of stupid fiddly thing...
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Daily Blog
14th February 2013
Oh my god!!!
Are you kidding me?!
Hey, Nintendo, take a look at the title of this website. Guess what I'm doing.. Single-handedly, too, I might add.
You're a company. You're a BIG company.
Why in the name of hell does it take you SEVEN MONTHS to bring Animal Crossing 3DS to Europe?
Japan : November 8, 2012
Europe : June 14, 2013
That can't be right!?! It just CAN'T be!
There's no way it would take you that long to translate it all. You've got TEAMS who specialise in that sort of thing....
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Daily Blog
Progress Update
Blog
13th February 2013
Next week's AGameAWeek is already in the works. Yet another remake, this time of a game that doesn't quite appear to run as well as it used to.
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=56">The Heist</a> was coded in August 2008, and does still run on modern PCs. The thing is, though, it runs at about 30fps on most of my current systems.
I'm not really sure why this is, and have tried a couple of things to get it up to speed, but nothing seems to be doing the trick.
...
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Daily Blog
11th February 2013
You know what I hate?
Icons.
You might've noticed that very few of my games include icons.
Not only do I hate having to draw icons, I also hate having to create 70,000 bazillion different sizes for every sodding size that might be needed.
Gah, I HATE icons!!!
AGameAWeek on Android means I need 3 icons every smegging week. Oh, great :
Today, I made a "Jay is too lazy for this" tool, called IconResizer.
<a href="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/IconResizer.zip">Download IconResize...
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Iconresizer
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Utility
9th February 2013
I'm at odds over this one.
The first possible launch date is Feb 23rd.
Feb 23rd is my birthday, and for the last two years, has also been SpikeDislike=FREE Day on iOS.
It'd be nice to have SpikeDislike2 Day on the same day, but then I'd also need to get it onto the AppStore by that date, and ... that's a wee bit tricky!
It'd mean I'd have to get the iOS App submitted by around about this time next week, and .. yikes. that's cutting it a bit close, especially considering I...
Views 55, Upvotes 8
Daily Blog
8th February 2013
Hello all.
If you're a regular reader, prepare to be marginally disappointed.
Today's release is NOT for you
Today I'm releasing a private beta edition of SpikeDislike2 (currently for Windows or Android) to people who would like to blog about it, and help publicise it's existence.
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/deargodno2.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/deargodno2.png" alt=""...
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Daily Blog
31st January 2013
Last month I suggested that a crappy unartistic desktop image might make for a rubbish new monthly feature.
Tomorrow's the first of February, so I might as well keep the crap coming!
Here's February's Crappy Uninteresting Desktop image. Enjoy!
(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Desktop_2013_Feb.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Desktop_2013_Feb-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" title="Desktop_2013_Feb" width="590" height="590" class="alignnone size-large w...
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Daily Blog
29th January 2013
The last time I posted this game, back in late 2010, it was available on Windows, Linux, MacOSX and even on iOS!
This time around, I'm using a completely different programming language, and I'm not entirely settled into things yet, so we're launching on only 3 platforms, instead.
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cardagain_r21.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cardagain_r21-300x225.png" alt="" title="cardagain_r2" width="300" h...
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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, then the ht...Views 184, Upvotes 17
2013 Framework
Bigger Cardagain
Blog
28th January 2013
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!!
Yikes!!!
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cardagain_r2.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cardagain_r2.png" alt="" title="cardagain_r2" width="641" height="481" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2508" /></a>
What's done that?
Graphics! Lots and lots of graphics.
If...
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2013 Framework
Card Again!!
Blog
27th January 2013
You all remember Cardagain, right?!
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Screenshot_2013-01-27-14-48-25.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Screenshot_2013-01-27-14-48-25-640x1024.png" alt="" title="Screenshot_2013-01-27-14-48-25" width="590" height="944" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-2504" /></a>
Cardagain was my first ever game on iOS, so it seems fitting that it also be my first on Android, too.
The basic idea is this...
A ...
Views 97, Upvotes 20
2013 Framework
JNKrunch
Blog
26th January 2013
Aaah, the joys of data compression!
OK, here's the complications with Monkey.
1. File Access is a little bit touch and go.
I've had a play with it, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
I'm not entirely sure why this is, but.. Whatever! For the meantime, until Mark Sibly's had time to get everything perfected, I'll be staying out of it's way.
2. Can't read a raw .png
This is annoying! For the past few years, I've been getting used to using .png file...
Views 115, Upvotes 11
2013 Framework
Stroke My Monkey!!
Blog
25th January 2013
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!!!
Feedback Required. (Post it below!)
Device : What have you got?
Android :...
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Experimental
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2013 Framework
25th January 2013
So, here we go again.
We're up to Year 5, and hopefully we'll get a full year out of it, this year (nnngh).
With Monkey, we get a chance to go back over our previous games, and remake them for a new audience, with iOS, Android and Browser based versions. I expect this will prove to be an exciting year.
Given that we can play at showing off, what games do you think would work best, and adapt well to the new touchy/mouse based gameplay options?
Or, what games could prove to be an obscure tricky challen...
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Daily Blog
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!)
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2013 Framework
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