I've spent about 2 or 3 hours this morning, formulating a plan for an Advent Calendar of games, at which point I realised just how much time I'd wasted, and also how complicated the whole thing would end up being.

I couldn't concentrate on the Pool game, today. I tried my hardest, but my mind was a-wandering.. Instead, then, I ended up making this.

I really need to knuckle down and get the Pool game a bit more playable.

I didn't spend nearly enough time on the Pool game, yesterday, so Emergency Backup Shoebox Game was slapped onto the server late last night. I'll post about that in a jiffy.

Idigidragon's getting a remake on Switch, this week.

SpikeDislike was my "Test if I can.." game for PetitCom4, and as good as it was, I felt it wasn't 100% what it could've been. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key... 424JQK3NJ

Over on this particular Smile Basic community forum, the admins finally (after me whinging about it!) added in an option to let people submit games made for the new Switch edition of Petit Computer.

In reply to my earlier thoughts on "blurred" backgrounds, Alan suggests.. Probably requires opengl wizardry. I need to study up on this a bit myself. And he's probably right..

Jefferson asks.. Hey there! Could I have the source code for this? The name of this site should give you some idea as to how difficult Centipong is to create from scratch. But just in case, allow me to plot you some points to help guide you along the way.

As the insane number of games increases, so does the mailbag! This week, let's take a look back at Hillside Conquest. You can Play Hillside Conquest in the Browsercade.

@RSKGames

I have played Gorilla game in raylib games example, so I had an idea what to expect. Still I was surprised by the polish in ''Hillside Conquest'' implementation.

I forgot that, this week, I also figured out a nice way to get the QWERTY keyboard to pop up for both Hangman and Triplets in the Shoebox. There's now a little subtle [QWERTY]/[ABC] button that shows up in the top bar of the screen. Tap that to switch between the two keyboards. Oddly, I actually find the ABC keyboard easier to use, and that's really really odd!!

As the game collection builds, so does the wonderful amount of feedback from users. Let's dig deep into the mailbag and see who pops out, today! You can Play Isolation in the Shoebox, in the One on One games.

@RSKGames

Isolation (Shoebox of Games): Played in both ''Adjacent to Opponent'' as well as ''Anywhere'' rule.

Saturday's Shoebox won't be Pool

A classic solitaire, this week. Combine cards which add up to 13, in order to remove them from the pyramid. Can you clear the pyramid?! You can Play Pyramid Solitaire in the Shoebox, in the Card Games section.

Mostly complaints.. Fuze "tries" to be two things at once. Both a classic BASIC, and a more modern "Not BASIC", and when those two things clash, you either get a great language like BlitzMax, or you get .. Well, Fuze..