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16th October 2009
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"GET IT OUT OF MY EYE!"
#025 - 16th October 2009
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Tower of Druaga...
Blog
13th October 2009
Thursday 8th of October 2009 01:46:19 PM
Name : Nam
Idea : May I suggest a "Tower of Druaga" mode for Arcade Slots?
It's been a long while since I played inside the Arcade Slots source.
If I remember rightly, there was some odd little issue in the code that made adding more stuff a little difficult. Can't remember entirely.
Who knows..
I do remember trying to come up with drastically different gameplay styles for each game, so that the pla...
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6th October 2009
Same game, different system.
I started working on the Munky Portal thing this week, but it didn't really happen.
A shame.
No matter, because it gave me just enough time to remake Blockman Gets and pop it onto the DS.
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Blockman_Gets_20091006B.png">
<img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Blockman_Gets_20091006A.png">
(Note, those are two different levels! Screenshots are single-screen so that they fit in the archive better!!)
I've rem...
Views 645, Upvotes 38
Release
Blockman Gets
Game
6th October 2009
Guide Blockman without not eating!
Views 5141, Upvotes 68
Pacman
,
Remake
,
Puzzle
,
Maze
This week....
Blog
1st October 2009
Friday 25th of September 2009 12:15:21 AM
Name : Thunderskull 4024
Idea : Sokoban-like game with hex-based grid.
OK, first off, not really sure what all the loving of Hexagons is about, but the word Hex is in the suggestion bag about 20-odd times!
People appear to really like Hexagons!
The Hexagonal Maze is in the archive. It's a half assed game, but I like it.
Sokoban kinda needs specific controls, since you have to be able to move ...
Views 73, Upvotes 11
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29th September 2009
And so another week trundles by.
I had hoped to finish off the ever elusive games, this week, (the RPG and the Patent Wars), but that doesn't appear to be happening at all.
Oh well.
If they happen, they happen. If not, carry on.
Instead I started a whole new game on Friday morning.
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Blockman_Gets_20090929A.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Blockman_Gets_20090929A_thumb.png"></a>
Views 348, Upvotes 22
Release
Blockman Gets
Game
29th September 2009
Guide Blockman without not eating!
Views 4098, Upvotes 74
Pacman
,
Remake
,
Puzzle
,
Maze
25th September 2009
This week's Wednesday Workshop suggests we should make a Pacman game.
I've already done "Blockman Forever" this year, so I'm going to avoid retreading old ground.
Instead I'm going the Puzzle route.
Already I've got a lovely little set of graphics going, and am obviously reusing Blockman because.. .. well, why not!!!
A few mazes are set up, ready to go, as well as the first of the neat little puzzle mechanics...
I'm now trying to come up with a nice batch of extra puzzle e...
Views 77, Upvotes 12
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Kasino Green... ?
Blog
16th September 2009
Tuesday 15th of September 2009 03:07:08 PM
Name : redmoth
Idea : invent a new gambling/casino game
A few years ago (2004!!) I created Kasino Green. It was supposed to sit alongside StringyThings (a nice collection of Word games), and be a similarly nice collection of Casino games.
<a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=137"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Kasino_Green_20041024B_thumb.png">
Database Linkage! Go...
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Y2:W5 - No Game..
Blog
15th September 2009
Awww..
I was thinking of doing some sort of fruit machine thing, but I didn't really have any kind of plan for it, so it didn't really get off the ground.
Poor thing.
Maybe this week for that?
Or the RPG!
Oops, forgot about that!
It's getting the Patent Wars treatment!
Views 90, Upvotes 15
Daily Blog
10th September 2009
The big-ass catalogue is now up to 68 games, and I've reached a bit of a stumbling block.
If you search for (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?Find=multiple+games">"multiple games"), you'll find a few games that have more than one internal game.
Today I'm tweaking the engine so that it counts each of those seperately inside the nice ever growing total.
I wasn't going to do that, at first, but then I came across Platdude's Retro Collection, and decided to do it.
It'd be a shame to have PRC ...
Views 55, Upvotes 16
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9th September 2009
If you've been keeping track, you'll have probably noticed an ever increasing number in the folders of my games.
These are the weeks of the Wednesday Workshop, and as you trace through my games, you'll see a whole lot of matches between the WW and the game's basic idea.
WW is fantastic for ideas, but sometimes things don't quite work out.
Take this image, from a basic engine, all the way back in week #142.. (That's 76 weeks ago!)
(URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/Incomplete.png"><img src="ht...
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6th September 2009
Russian?
If you're russian and you're actually realistically posting something, stick a little bit of english in there, so I can tell! There's over 100 bits of spam in russian, in my akismet filter, and I can't tell what's real and what isn't.. so.. It's all gonna go, 'cos I can't be bothered google-translating each and every bit of spam!!
Tracking Back to Spam
Spambots are getting rather complex, and even worse are those horrible nasty little websites that take ...
Views 49, Upvotes 12
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Space Monkeys!!
Blog
2nd September 2009
Seems to be that a fair amount of suggestions are monkey based thoughts, so I figured why not make a new monkey collection?
If you've an idea for a new monkey game, shove it below or in the suggestion box, and we'll have a good fiddle around with them all.
Gameplay wise, I'm thinking of perhaps creating a structure to a few games, release one a week and create a sort of evolving storyline that somehow manages to link the games together.
At this point, I've no idea if that'll work. But hey, it's a t...
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Y2:W3 - Painter
Blog
1st September 2009
Many many years ago (about 20?!) I played a game called Painter on a mate's BBC Micro.
Haven't played the thing since, but what the hey, here's the "Done in a day" remake!
I had intended to do a bigger project, and in fact that project is nearly done, but the lack of time made me postpone the larger project for a week, while it all gets done.
So, quicky game this week.
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Release
30th August 2009
The ball from Pong, the gameplay from Tetris. The name seemed blindingly obvious to me.
But over the course of the past few days, I've received an inordinate number of complaints about the name.
It should be Breakout, it should be Asteroid, what!?
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26th August 2009
It's that unexpected time, where I randomly choose to rummage through the bundles of silly game ideas, and pluck out the best/worst!
Let's throw out the spam, and get started.
..
FFS, there's a lot of spam!
Don't ever put a blank form onto a webpage!!
...
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Wednesday 12th of August 2009 05:18:45 AM
Name : Shitterwing
Idea : what? add rats that pass through boxes and turn in...
Views 56, Upvotes 16
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18th August 2009
Hello all, Welcome to year two!
This year, I'll be keeping track of the weeks, and games, and things like that, so we can tally up as we go along.
Week 1, Game 1, 1:1 ratio! Good stuff!
This week's game isn't a game. It's more of a toy.
If you've ever played Jam Sessions on the DS, you should know what to expect.
And, yes, this is for RockBand/Guitar Hero guitars, so that'll probably rule a lot of you out.
If it helps, I bought Rock Band for the X360, and it plugs right into windows without ne...
Views 161, Upvotes 23
Release
17th August 2009
Uhoh, here we go again!
To be honest, I really wanted some time off. I planned to make a nice lengthy game, take my time, and maybe even finish off Patent Wars a bit, but as is usually the case.. I've written a game.
Well, it's not really a game, it's more of a toy. A play thing, if you will.
That's ready for release tomorrow.
Meanwhile, I'm once again looking at all the various tools.
I'm happy with Blitz3D, with my 2D-in-3D engine, but damn, the lack of mod is annoying.
BlitzMax still has...
Views 63, Upvotes 16
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AGameAWeek yet!?
Blog
11th August 2009
Nope, not yet.
We'll call it "On Hiatus", whilst I decide what to do next.
Meanwhile, I'm not sure whether to bother with Flash.
Or at least, not Flex, anyway. 'cos BOY, that shit's messy!
6 includes to get a square flying around a screen?! No thanks!!
hAxe is moderately better, but I'm still not 100% sure about it.
After that there's SoThink Quicker, which I downloaded a demo for, but couldn't run the demo because apparently I installed the demo on my system in May, and point blank forgot...
Views 47, Upvotes 14
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Yeah, whatever...
Blog
9th August 2009
With the nice big experimental writeup complete, I figured we'd get a boost in visitors.
Want to see the results?!!
See inside!!
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Daily Blog
7th August 2009
The AGameAWeek 2008-2009 Retrospective(URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-one/">Part One), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-two/">Part Two), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-three/">Part Three), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-four/">Part Four), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-five/">Part Five)The Home Stret...
Views 102, Upvotes 23
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6th August 2009
The AGameAWeek 2008-2009 Retrospective(URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-one/">Part One), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-two/">Part Two), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-three/">Part Three), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-four/">Part Four), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-five/">Part Five)10 weeks, 3 DS...
Views 93, Upvotes 30
Daily Blog
5th August 2009
The AGameAWeek 2008-2009 Retrospective(URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-one/">Part One), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-two/">Part Two), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-three/">Part Three), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-four/">Part Four), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-five/">Part Five)Back to workViews 126, Upvotes 18
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3rd August 2009
The AGameAWeek 2008-2009 Retrospective(URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-one/">Part One), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-two/">Part Two), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-three/">Part Three), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-four/">Part Four), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-five/">Part Five)Alien Deat...
Views 94, Upvotes 18
Daily Blog
3rd August 2009
The AGameAWeek 2008-2009 Retrospective(URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-one/">Part One), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-two/">Part Two), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-three/">Part Three), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-four/">Part Four), (URL "https://www.agameaweek.com/2009/08/agameaweek-2008-2009-part-five/">Part Five)AGameAWeek...
Views 133, Upvotes 20
Daily Blog
1st August 2009
I'd like to start off Year 2 with abang. But this week has been entirely taken up with a multitude of other bits and pieces.
I'm writing up a nice lengthy post (/set of posts, probably, 'cos it's a bit big!) about Year 1. I'll probably start to post those in a couple of days time. Probably Tuesday! But I need to get as much done as I can, first.. 'cos.. well, you know me, I'll probably forget halfway through!!
So, there's that to do. And lots of it.
If you're interested in the quicky version, you c...
Views 73, Upvotes 8
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