Platforming with Puzzles!

OK, JNKPlat's practically done.

Yesterday was an effort.

I've finally started to make progress on the upload tool for the editor. It can currently deal with one single level pack at a time, at which point it scans the checksums to ensure it's valid, and then double checks that the level isn't already in the database. If all is fine, it adds it to the database!

Added Word Grid. It's not the best word selection, but at least it works. I did try making it only use "The most common 3 letter words", but it tended to get stuck whilst trying to generate the puzzles due to there not being nearly enough "common" words in the list. I might rejig this game at a later point.

I spent most of yesterday working on the Foldapuz site.

The site has been moved to a new server, and I've rewritten a bit of the cache code, so it all works a little bit faster. Added Logic Battleships, which Dabz suggested, right at the very start of this project. Sorry it took so long!

Each time I release a game, an huge influx of feedback comes my way from all over the web! Let's see what people thought of JNKPlat 2018! You can Download JNKPlat2018 Beta here.

@RSKGames

Played the tutorial levels. Couldn't complete the navigation level 4 (I am not fast enough to get down and get up on the bar) and dangerous creatures level 2 (always got killed by the flying creature).

We start things off with "The Unfinished Beta" At this point, I've been working on JNKPlat 2018 for about a month. The whole of September (except for the week when I had flu, and it completely floored me) has been spent recreating the wonderful world of JNKPlat. The game runs well enough on 3DS and PC alike, and is currently up to a decent enough state that I've opted to release the current version as a "demo" of sorts. You can Download the game here for Windows or 3DS.

Since having that horrific flu, a couple of weeks ago, my left ear has been in a "popped" state, meaning everything's been muffled and inaudible.

Today I did quite a bit for the Tutorial side of JNKPlat. I've added subtle little hints around the first few levels, to help guide the player on their quest.

Ok, server woes over with, it's time to head back to Plat. Tonight I set up the Demo edition. It has 5 simple tutorial'y level packs to play through and includes the current version of the editor.

I'd planned to spend this weekend finishing off a demo/trial/whatever of JNKPlat 2018. Instead, I'm having to spend the time setting up a whole new bloomin' server.

About time I added one of these. It was always my intention to add one to the "Enter Your Name" screen, but.. Lazy Jay!! I never got 'round to actually adding the thing. Today, I've done that. And, boy, was it complicated!

Added a "Yesterday's Solutions" option to the bottom of the site. Click to switch between viewing today's puzzles or yesterday's solutions. The solutions "should" be functioning properly, but may occasionally glitch if I tweak too much of the underlying ProcGen code for the puzzles. Updated Number Target to remove instances where it would do "n x 1", which resulted in uninteresting maths! Updated Crossed to remove some of the 8-letter word's letters. Added Find a Way. I might rejig...

The level select menu is almost up to a usable state.

Over on my site Socoder.net, we have a daily poll, and each day it gives you something to vote on, then the next day you get points based on whether you voted for the winning item on the poll. It's been there for many many years, now, and I'm starting to get a little sick of the sight of the bloomin' thing, but what could I possibly replace it with? The current leading idea is a doodle box, where the players are given a start point and a few colours, and the best art wins. But that then requi...

I had a nice day off, yesterday, playing with the Logo generator. There's still a few other things I'd like to add, like gradients and possibly borders, outlines, embossing, and that sort of thing. But for now I think I should probably head back to JNKPlat.

It's 1pm, already, and I've barely started my day. Yet again, I did that thing where I stay awake writing the SoCoder Newsletter, "to give myself more time in the morning", but then am so tired that I end up spending all that "extra time" asleep. Totally backfires... .. ... Every week!!

There's a bunch of important pieces that have to be put into place for a new JNKPlat game to work properly.

Over on the NintendoLife site, I just wrote the following comment about the latest Switch Picross title.

You can Download the "Gold - 10" collection from itch.io. It has 11 games in it, one for each of the 10 years I've been doing this..!?!

Wooah, we're halfway there..