Day Three, and as much as the new iPad-based setup is somewhat ideal.. It also isn't..

Thursdays are typically my busiest day, full of blogs and newsletters, music and more. But today, I have an extra challenge.

Plenty going on, right now. Can I keep it all up in the air!?

The epic battle with the website overhaul continues..

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.

This is the alarmingly over-simplified sprite tool that I've been using to do all my Petit Switch games. Don't expect anything magical!! If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the tool using the Public Key...

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OK, back to a Shoebox game, this week. And, already my mind is fizzling with ideas! ... For Browsercade..

I've done a fairly significant upgrade to the way the Browsercade Onscreen Controller works. The thing now has an 8-way kinda vibe going on, and "should" feel a little more playable than it used to be. If you've been using the onscreen controller (tap the little boxy thing in the bottom left of the menu) and have any comments on this, be sure to let me know. Thanks!

Lots of internal tweaks to the engine, today. The game now records your highest combo, and places that alongside your highscore in the saves. This means that, when necessary, I can pop that up on the screen. Your last score on the scoreboard is now highlighted and bounces to and fro, to stand out on the list. I do miss having that in the Browsercade. .. Maybe I should try to figure out a way to do that, but Browsercade's save data is there for lots of different types of games, and having a Top 10...

Battle against the enemy swarms, as you protect the skies from the invading army. You can Play Airborne Mercenary in the Browsercade, in your Browser, on Desktop, Mobile or Tablet.

I woke the MacMini up at around about 8pm. By 11:30 it was finally ready to start using. Update after update after update after update.. And even then I had to uninstall XCode and reinstall it (with a huge download to boot) in order to get it actually working. *sigh*

With the huge number of games being posted, the mailbox is bulging with feedback from all the players! Let's see what RSKGames thinks, this week!! You can Play both of these games in the Browsercade on Desktop, Mobile or Tablet.

@RSKGames

Pogo The Fridge

Liked the health bar mode for life instead of the 3 life stickers in the original. The fridge getting beaten up sprites for each bullet hit is a nice touch.

Track down the snake's location. It exists between the 1 and the higher value. The snake winds its way through the grid, but won't ever rub against itself, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. (eg, there's always a gap around it.) You can Print a page full of Snake here, or Play Snake in your browser, here.

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

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

I took most of the day off, yesterday. Writing 4 games a week is harder than it sounds!!!

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!!

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..

After a night of busy coding, I was finally trying to get to sleep at about 2:30am. I switched off the light, rolled over in bed, and ... tap. tap tap.. tappity tappity tap. The sound of a great big moth flapping around the room.