(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_Q.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_Q_thumb.png">

Quriously Qubic

Concept Light up the arena, by h...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_I.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_I_thumb.png">

Ice Incident

Concept Jump on the Couch...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Alpha Collexion) is AGameAWeek's 2014 Advent Calendar. You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=347">Download it Here) for Windows, OUYA or playable in your browser using HTML5. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_B.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/AlphaCollexion/400_B_thumb.png">

Bouncy Bobby

Concept Bounce Bobby along the many...

During these later months of the year, whilst I'm busying away with my Advent calendar collection, there's going to be a slight delay in the usual AGameAWeek pace of things. Rest assured, I'm still coding, and there will be a nice end-result, hopefully!! In the meantime, enjoy this lovely picture. <br /><br />(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_6669.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_6669.png" alt="IMG_6669.PNG" class="alignn...

A new spin on an old favourite. Can you guide Platdude through a series of completely random mazes! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_A_Bit_of_a_Spin_20140930A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_A_Bit_of_a_Spin_20140930B_thumb.png">

You may have noticed a slight lack of gaming over the past couple of months. Usually I cut down on AGameAWeek during the closing months of a year, and instead focus on a larger project, but over the course of this year I've already tackled a number of larger projects. Blockman Worlds, JNK Bombers, Future Classics.. They've all been substantially larger than my standard weekly output. As such, I'm actually struggling to come up with a decent "end of year project" that would be worth tackling. Instead, I...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_6406.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_6406.png" alt="IMG_6406.PNG" class="alignnone size-full" /> A year's worth of Star Trek Starships models have completely overwhelmed my current shelving, and I barely ever use my desk since having switched to a laptop. As such, it's time to rearrange things in my bedroom.

It's time to revisit the world of Munky and his many colourful blocks. Take control, and match three! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Munky_Blocks_(dx)_20140908A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Munky_Blocks_(dx)_20140908B_thumb.png">

This week, I doodled a desktop. It's nothing fancy, and is just there for the sake of being a nice desktop image. <center> With the AGameAWeek Logo (URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/AGAW_BlackDesktop.png"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/AGAW_BlackDesktop_thumb.png"> CLICK FOR MASSIIIIIIIVE) or Without.. (URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/AGAW_BlackDesktop_Clean.png"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/AGAW_BlackDesktop_Clean_thumb.png"> CLICK FOR MASSSIIIII...

A few months ago, I bought myself a new camera. Well, actually it's a Phone, but since I never phone anyone, and all my communication is via the internet, and I never actually go anywhere, the "phone" part of the phone is pretty much going unused. I bought the Lumia 1020 as a camera, because it has a wonderfully large 41 megapixel sensor, and a staggeringly good Optical Stabilisation lens. Since my whole "brain tumour!" thing, I've had incredibly shaky hands, and being able to take crisp clear photos with...

Last week saw the two year anniversary of (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/2012/08/home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig/">this post), where I waffled and rambled on about my health condition. Mum suggested it was about time to write an update, so this is that! Two years on, and although I'm marginally better, I'm still somewhat stuck in a fairly similar position.

If you've noticed a few minor changes on the site, that's because I've just done a complete server change, and have lots a few Wordpress settings along the way. Annoyingly they're stuck on the old server, and WordPress has it's settings all the hell over the place!!! I've spent about a day and half uploading files, and am now tweaking settings and things, to get everything nice and tidy, and working properly again. More lovelyness to come. .. I hope!

A quick test.. I recently bought a nice new printer, and figured it might be nice to design a little Arcade cabinet thing. Bloody fiddly bastard! I didn't quite have the patience, so gave up trying!! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-1024x764.jpg" alt="photo" width="590" height="440" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3937" /> If I'm honest, it'll prob...

This week's game has been started, but progress is slow. There's no particular reason for this, just that my mind doesn't seem to be in a game making mood. Instead, I've been playing Mario Kart 8 and Tomodachi Life, as well as faffing about with various website tweaks, and doing other none-productive things. I guess my mind must need a rest or something, as I seem to be taking a lot of breaks lately. *shrugs* Hopefully, I'll be back in action by next week. See you then!

Another epic space based blaster. Complaints about control scheme were all the rage for our last game, so this week I've opted for something a little bit simpler, and easier to control. Especially since it shoots for you!! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Space_Clusters_DX_20140617A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Space_Clusters_DX_20140617B_thumb.png">

And we're back to test-editions again! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/GooglePlay-Feature_Graphic_2.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/GooglePlay-Feature_Graphic_2-300x146.png" alt="GooglePlay-Feature_Graphic_2" width="300" height="146" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3902" /> I recently donated my Nexus 7 to my sister, thinking all was silky smooth in the land of Android dev.. Then I bought ...

Hmm.. I had hoped my entire devkit had managed to cross over from Win7 to Win8.1, but I'm struggling to get "proper" Android dev compilation working. Hmmm.. Still, Windows, OUYA and HTML5 all seem to be working smoothly, so I'll continue to focus on those whilst I try to get everything running smoothly again. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SCDX_003.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SCDX_003-1024x576.jpg" alt="SCDX_003" width="590" height="33...

So far so good on the JNKBombers front. Most of Battle Mode's features are implemented as planned. Human players, AI players, Bombs, Shield, Coins, Shop and today I added a few cheap-as-chips themes into the mix for good measure. There's only 6 themes, but it's enough to keep it marginally interesting! Over the next couple of days, I'll keep tweaking away at the AI, and maybe add some new powerups, but otherwise I'm now at the point where I can say "Yeah, that's what I wanted to play!!" Still a coupl...

The game's coming along smoothly, now that I've finally settled on a vaguely decent AI. Obviously, it'll play a LOT better when you've got actual players to play against, but if you're sad and alone like me, you'll have something to play against. (URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/JNKBombers_012.png"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/JNKBombers_012_thumb.png"> The Shop works, the AI mostly works, the Multiplayer stuff works, rounds are counted,...

As the game continues to get built up, I've started to work on a generic looking menu system for it. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JNKBombers_009.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JNKBombers_009-1024x576.png" alt="JNKBombers_009" width="590" height="331" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3805" /> Yep, it's as bland as bland can be, but the point of the menu is simply to get you into the game, so ....

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JNKBombers_006.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/JNKBombers_006-1024x605.png" alt="JNKBombers_006" width="590" height="348" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3795" /> Here's how the game currently looks. The game will be a generic Bomberman clone, but with as many AGameAWeek characters in that I can think of, assuming they're vaguely recognisable. Feel free to comm...

Journey with Platdude, as he leaps from planet to planet, in this epic universal quest to get some nice shiny gems. <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Space_20140426A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Space_20140426B_thumb.png">

Forums are a bit of a dying artform, lately. Between Facebook and Twitter, the idea of having to signup to a specific site for a conversation, when you could equally have that conversation over Twitter is all a bit daft and unnecessary. What can I say, I'm a grumpy old geezer, who prefers things oldskool!! That's not to say I don't "get" Twitter. I use it a lot.. .. A LOT!! And it's great for quick responses, too. Ask a question, anything you want, and generally get an answer within about a minut...

As much as I count myself as "a bit of a Trekkie", I've never considered myself a full-on Trekkie. Sure, I enjoy watching it, and I do manage to follow 95% of the twisting turning sprawling plotlines, and enjoy the mythology of the show. I even recently subscribed to the Star Trek Starships model collection, which, every single fortnight, brings a lovely little starship to my door. (Well, ok, technically they get delivered in pairs, monthly!! I'm really enjoying these little ships, and my shelf is alrea...

Do you have an iOS device? Are you sick to death of seeing nothing but clones of Flappy Birds and Threes*!? Want a little more variety on your iPhing?! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Jayenkai-Bargain-Bucket_1600.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Jayenkai-Bargain-Bucket_1600-1024x1024.png" alt="Jayenkai Bargain Bucket_1600" width="590" height="590" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3675" /> ...

.. Sorry, I haven't suddenly added them. Instead, I've made this post in the hopes of starting a discussion on the feasibility of adding scoreboards to future AGameAWeek titles. It's something I've attempted in the past, and old versions of Microbes, Spider and others still kind-of, mostly, sort of work. But there's a few issues that are stopping me from integrating it into the current framework.