Yesterday was chock full of things that I did. The newsletter, the ALChoon, the SmileBASIC game. And then...

And so ends a full year of Switch games. Every single week for 52 weeks One complete full year of 100% AGameAWeek You can See the complete list, here, or alternatively here if you want to see the release dates!

Poke five of the tiles so that the grid matches the target. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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As I stated a few days ago (didn't I?) I've been working on a port of Poke 5,n over to SmileBASIC. It's been going fairly well, but I had to integrate Touch control to my framework. Eeek!!

The first step in a long long trek, is to come up with a design for the icons.

Let's create a classic retro effect. Flames! As with all of these tutorials, you can hit F5 at pretty much any step of the process to see how the changes in code have impacted the program.

Wrote up a Flame Effect thing for SmileBASIC, last night. I'd written the effect about a week ago, but only just got to the vague instructions, last night. Busy week! And then I went to post it, looked at the day's postings, and realised that 9 posts in a single day is probably more than enough!!

Defeat as many enemies as you can, but avoid the falling debris, in this fast paced invader shooter. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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This edition of the game includes a two player mode, which you can play by grabbing a Joycon each!

1. SoCoder newsletter. It's practically done, just a couple of last minute tweaks. 2. ALChoon. I haven't got one, this week. Aaaargh! I tried something, on Monday/Tuesday, but it didn't go anywhere. I've not had the musical mojo, this week. 3. Foldapuz Post.. Why haven't I done this week's Foldapuz post?! 4. Finish off Space Clusters on Petit Switch/SmileBASIC. Oh my.. What a busy Thursday!

Sorry to get you excited, there, but the little dungeon puzzle thing has already been scrapped.

I started work on a Dungeon Puzzler, last night, on SmileBASIC/Petit Switch.

Our oldskool videogame character is after his stars. Use his rope to reach them all. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Twitter Link I got a Spike to swing on a rope, last night..

I enjoyed my day off, yesterday. Got a few none-gamedev things worked out, and even started playing with paper again. Wondering whether to bring back my old Paper Arcade crafts, expand the DVD Case images to fit properly and include a back, and maybe even some oldskool cardboard boxes and cassette inlays. .. Yep, even when not coding, my mind is fizzling away, trying to keep itself busy and not worry about all the doom and gloom outside.

Might take a day off, today. I finished off this week's Foldapuz game late last night, bringing the total number of games done this year up to a nice round 50.

I've been asked how I achieve my scrolling backgrounds, especially since (as you can probably tell from my games) I'm not using "normal" techniques. So, let's code a quick example, and you can hopefully follow along. WARNING : This is far from being the ideal, or even the "normal" way of drawing backdrops. I am NOT the best tutor for programming. I've been coding far too long without getting rid of my bad bad habits, and have been working towards "many games, quickly" techniques, rat...

Let's code a really simple Tennis/Ping Pong game, shall we?

Last night I sat and wrote a vague tutorial'ish thing for SmileBASIC. I took the idea of what I did with the Banana Dodging thing, and tried to make an entire game of Pong/Tennis within the space of a single screenshot-able screen of text.

You can find it in the Nintendo Switch eShop, (once your country's timezone hits the sweet spot!) and begin your creation adventure.

This week's release sees you holding and releasing the plungers, to keep the evil red walkers away from your house. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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Today will be about finishing off a couple of things. 1. Tomorrow's Petit Switch game. I'm going to post it probably tonight, so that it's ready for people to play tomorrow, when SmileBASIC releases worldwide. Wooohooo!! 2. Tomorrow's SoCoder newsletter. A slight tangent from the norm, so I've had to work extra hard trying to pad it all out. Also, I've not done an ALChoon for this week, so I guess I need to do that, too. I mean, I know I did the Gunfright remix, yesterda...

Sat down to get evening code session going. Extra work on this week's SmileBASIC game. Instead, however, I opened up KORG Gadget and started work on a piece of music. 2 in the morning, I finished. 2 in the blinkin' morning.. And I'm not 100% happy with it. The thing flows well enough, all until the bridge, and then it sounds kinda clunky. I think I need to rework that a little. So, today's plan is to fix that up, and then get the game done. I also need to find a few more thi...

Thought of a puzzle game idea, last night, spawned by this week's SoCoder Word of the Week. Pillbox.. Seems obvious, just from the name! I'll be making that, today.