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

Yesterday's attempt at making a moving-blocks sort of game didn't really end up with any great results. Today, then, I'll probably do something spacey. I'm thinking Space Popcorn might need a revisit, with a bit of the collection-gameplay from Popcorn Bucket. Some kind of mashup between the two. Coding Time!!

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

Week Five (Apologies this is late. Just didn't have any time to get around to it!) Isabelle starts the week with some important social distancing.

Click the pieces into place, and fill up the grid. Each symbol you match will earn you more points. Try to beat AL. You can Play Klik Linx in your Browser, on Desktop, Mobile or Tablet.

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?

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

Catch the spikes as they fall from the swirling vortex. Protect the planet. The people don't like spikes.. 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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Score points based on five hands of poker, and try to score the highest that you can. You can Play Poker Points in the Shoebox, in your browser, on Desktop, Mobile or Tablet.

Week three on the island. We start the week with a mystery How on earth do you create all this from only 10 Cherry Blossom petals? It makes no sense at all!

Bit of a late night, last night. Well, it wasn't too late. I got to sleep around about 1 in the morning, but then inexplicably woke up at 3, and could NOT get back to sleep again! Wasn't until about 6:30 before I did, and as would be expected, I'm utterly wrecked, this morning. Bah, humbug!

Didn't get any coding done, yesterday. Had another one of those "Mind's not playing" days. There seems to be a lot of those, lately. Posted a "Checking In" post to both Facebook and Twitter, simply asking how everyone was holding up, and got a nice set of responses. Everyone locked inside, and trying desperately to keep themselves entertained. How are you coping through all of this? If it helps in any way, creativity seems to keep me going. Daily Pixelarts, Music, and of course all the ...

A recent discussion in an email thread brought up the fact that I used to (back in the days of evil, evil, evil Napster) make weekly/daily suggestions for music I'd found. Lately, I've been bulking up my JPop collection thanks to the wonders of Apple Music, and the idea of bringing back a semi-regular JPicks feature seemed to be a ... decent idea? Maybe..! Apple Music Link If you've got an Apple Music subscription, give that link a whirl, and let me know if it works. The playlis...

A quick "game" tutorial type thing for a silly little game, created using PetitCom/SmileBASIC on the Nintendo Switch. If you've grabbed a copy from the Japanese eShop, you should be able to follow along, since the program itself now includes a complete English translation. I'll assume you're using the program with a USB Keyboard attached, but if not, most of the keyboard functionality can be accessed by hitting the [-] button on your controller. From the main menu, hit the Make a Prog...

This is not really a game idea. I've seen you're using petitcomputer 4 on nintendo swich. Do you like the basic coding language? If yes, you can also make mobile games (cuz your little games could really go on mobile) for android using Rfo basic and Rfo compiler (if you don't want to pay a compiler, you can just use rfo-quick apk). Hope to see some mobiles games soon, heredos. Honestly.. I'm DONE with Mobile.

Week Two, on the Island. The week started with a bang, as all the villagers gathered for the opening of the island's campsite. Even Mr Angry Brows decided to be slightly less mean, on this occasion.

ALChoon's posted, Socoder newsletter is mostly finished, and all the fruit and eggs are waiting to be harvested. A busy morning, methinks.

Seems like the crazy shopping sprees are starting to die off a bit, and the online services are starting to cope a little better.