Uhoh!! This week I've been doing a lot of background work over at Socoder. There's been a heck of a lot of unseen features added, along with a couple of noticable, but not noticed, additions as well. I guess i've been in a php mood, more than a game-making one. As a result, I've actually yet to even begin writing this week's game, although I have drawn a few nice sprites, and am looking forward to getting this one done. No matter, there's another whole day before Tuesday, and I've certainly man...

August 26th 2009 That's the last time I did a Mailbag post! Blinkin' eck! Over the past 6/7 months, I've occasionally dipped into the mailbag and plucked out little snippets, but I figured it was about time I did a proper one. A few of these have already been posted, but there's a whole batch of new ideas here. Let's go!!! (There's a lot!!)

A great little platformer, this week, albeit one without an end! Well, there is an end, but I'm not 100% sure anyone will reach it. Having said that, I'm probably not the world's best person to ask about that. I suck at playing! Anyhoo... <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Munky_in_a_Mario_Costume_20100316A.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Munky_in_a_Mario_Costume_20100316A_thumb.png"></a>

As most of you know, I'm a bit crap at designing levels. I tend to leave that kind of thing to random generators, or other people! Today I'm designing a level, and it's taking AGES! It's already 10 o'clock, I've been at it for about 2 hours, and I've managed to make about 1/8th of a level. That's 1/4 of it done, for those counting! It's nice and filled, though, with plenty of bits and pieces to keep you hunting around. <a href="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/car...

This week, Munky in a Mario Costume. Next week, possibly Blockman in a Mario Costume. Third week, I should probably do Greenie in a Mario Costume, but that's more 'cos he'd look funny, than for any gameplay reasons! That brings us to April, and with my head spinning with ideas about "The BIG JNKPlat game", I'm not sure if I really want to attempt that.

Ever since I came up with this whole MAR10 Costume idea, I've had three games in mind. 1. Ted Bob was a great game, and needed an update. By making it More Mario, I could easily add extra bits into the mix. Job done, turned out nicely. 2. "Monsters Upside Your Head" played bizarrely, but nicely! Redoing that in DK style seemed obvious, but didn't quite turn out exactly as expected. Job attempted, didn't turn out so great. 3. Munky running around with a Mario Costume on.. I'll b...

<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=192">Download Ace Paceman here.</a> Week two of our fantastic little MAR10 quest sees an old obscure character, <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=76">from This game</a>, whose name was quickly thought up by Spinal, over at Socoder. (He's the guy that made DSision, for the DS!) Thanks Spinal!! From this... <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Ace_Paceman_in_a_Mario_Costume_20100309B.png"><...

A bit of a chore, this week, to be honest. I started on a game, expecting it to be nice and fun, but it's not really been all that great. Instead it's been one of those "By the numbers" type things, and there's not really anything special about it, at all.. Aww well, not to worry, it's still a game! <a href="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/Ace_Paceman_in_a_Mario_Costume_(Screenshot_08_Mar_2010_092927).png"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/Ace_Paceman_in_a_Mario_Costume_...

Moving from DS to iPod Touch has been a decent improvement, but.. boy, do I miss having buttons!! There's also a fair few other little bits and pieces that aren't quite right. WordJong, for starters, is only about 1/10th of the game it was on the DS, And, what's up with the audio, it's like something keeps messing with the sounds on the thing. I dunno.. It's odd. But there's one thing that I miss most of all. And that's ZooKeeper. Sure, the iPod has Bejeweled, but it's just not the same. ZooKeepe...

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<br> <br> "Best viewed in Peiplum"<br> #045 - 5th March 2010<br> <br> <big> Print</big><br> Hello all<br> <br> The worst thing about writing AGameAWeek is that<br> horr...

Oh dear, I'm WAY behind, this week. I spent most of yesterday doing odd little bits of behind-the-scene Socoder stuff, so I'm a wee bit behind. Then, today, something that should've been a 10 minute job ended up taking AGES to do! I hate things like that! Not to worry, though. Our main character is drawn, and he now has a fantastic Mario costume to wear. He's even been given the name "Ace Paceman", by Spinal, over at Socoder. Because, for one reason or another, he never really had on...

And so it begins.... A whole month of MAR10 games, featuring your favourite (or not) Jayenkai characters, all dressed up like Mario! Hurray!

Ted Bob in a Mario Costume

<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Ted_Bob_in_a_Mario_Costume_20100302B.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Ted_Bob_in_a_Mario_Costume_20100302B_thumb.png"></a> Taking the character, and the gameplay, straight from Three French Hens, I've upped the stakes, upped the hens, and even added...

*Very ranty, and quite wordy!*

I've been trying to come up with a neat idea for MAR10 month for ages, and no matter what I think of, it's usually a case of "But I already did that!" So, instead of worrying about the fact that I've already done things, I'm wondering what would happen if I took the things that I've already done, and added a Mario element to them. This brings a few nice elements. 1. I can add stuff to older games. 2. Old games on Linux! woot! 3. I can bypass the fact that I'm nicking Nintendo&...

Part one of today's awesomeness is a huge update to last week's game. I was going to do a seperate game, but I've had no time, what with working on the music stuff all week. Dangit. And, wouldn't you know, I even forgot to make any music for this, too! d'oh! No matter, here's Box's Adventure (aka BadgeBox) version 2. There's not much Badge-Related additions in the game. There's an explosive version of the attraction badge, but you need to get both before it&#...

I'd love to get a game done, but finishing the music thing, and sorting out the last bits of the Framework ready for first release? Well, that's going to take some time. And with only 2 days to get it all done. .. eek! So, instead, we'll try something a little different, this week. First off, I'm fixing up Box's Adventure a little. There are some ideas jotted down, and a few thoughts over at RetroRemakes, so I really feel like the game could expand exponentially. It won't be a sequel, more ... ...

1. The AngryBirds thing. I'm not about 80% convinced that all was just a co-incidence. My iPod played up whilst Angry Birds was on, the game went away, the problem went away, the game came back, a different issue occurred. So, perhaps it was just some odd occurrence. Who knows. The author's been back+forthing me on Twitter, and he's not quite sure, either, but is also happy to put it down to "Just a co-incidence". If it turns out not to be, you heard it here, first Views 55, Upvotes 12