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...

As I sit here trying to code this week's AGameAWeek, I'm struggling. Not because I don't know what the game's supposed to be. I actually have most of the game planned out in my head, and I think it might be fun, but something else is butting in. For some strange reason, I can't stop thinking about NeonPlat Adventures. I'd like to make "Greenie's Communication Tower", but each time I open the code, I instead find myself thinking about the complexities of Platform World Generation, and how much fun I fo...

Seem to be in a bit of a coding-lull at the minute. I'm also not doing much music, or even silly doodles on twitter, or really much of anything. Seem to be at the unimaginative apex of the year, or something.. I had a game idea planned for this week, but I've barely touched it, instead opting to laze around the house, sleeping far much more than I oughta, and spending the time watching odd bits and pieces on YouTube. If there's no resulting game, this week, blame it on sheer bone-idleness. Normal s...

This week, I started a game with ducks. Having spent most of last week thinking about OUYACentral/Brew's "Lester and Ralph" game, I was looking forward to making some kind of game which made use of both thumbsticks to control two characters at once. I'd already given up on Lester and Ralph, since there wasn't any realistic way I could fit it all into a single week, but I carried on with the twinstick control thing, and brought it down to a more manageable scale. Ducks (and Swans) on a blue pond seemed li...

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!

This week, I got a new phone, and so game-dev took a bit of a back seat. As a result, this game isn't quite as good as it could've been, since it's missing a fairly significant part. hmmm.. <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Battling_Ostriches_20140624A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_Battling_Ostriches_20140624B_thumb.png">

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PiBO_004.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PiBO_004-1024x596.png" alt="PiBO_004" width="590" height="343" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3915" /> This month's "Platdude In" game is going to be a good old fashioned Joust-ish game. The rules are slightly rejigged in a usual AGameAWeek style, and things are fast and furious, but all the essentials are in.. Flapping,...

A graph of all the available data from the Archive. May not be entirely accurate, but shows approximately that I've gotten better at scheduling AGameAWeek. As it reaches 2013/14 it all gets a little smoother! 2011 is where (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/2011/06/agameaday/">I attempted AGameADay for a little while), so it all gets a bit busy. .. Also, a bit of a gap during 2012 : (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/2012/08/home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig/">Couldn't be helped).. But otherwise, it's b...

Someone over at Softpedia has been closely following AGameAWeek for quite some time. It seems that each time I post a new game, within a relatively short period of time, it pops up on Softpedia's archive. Handily, they tend to link directly to my downloads, so if in the future I opt to update any of my games, people will be able to get the latest edition. They also write their own little descriptions and take nice screenshots, too. It's a nice way of doing things. I'm rather happy about the way their s...

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 ...

Welcome to Xmas 2004, when I released an early test version of Platdude Spheres! The game's basic idea was sound, but the gameplay never quite fit the idea, and it doesn't exactly "feel" like Platdude, either. As such, the game was pretty much abandoned at the stage you currently see it. (URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/Spheres_Desktop.jpg"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/Spheres_Desktop_thumb.jpg"> Maybe now would be a good time to re-att...

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...

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(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140610-140007-50407874.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140610-140007-50407874.jpg" alt="20140610-140007-50407874.jpg" class="alignnone size-full" />

( class="vine-embed" src="https://vine.co/v/MjaTp5iUMLJ/embed/simple" width="480" height="480" frameborder="0">><script async src="//platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> .. There's always something fun to play at AGameAWeek.com I single-handedly give you an absolutely choc-a-block schedule of fantastically playable games, every single year. Stick around, and you're bound to find something you'll love, and it won't c...

I only went and bought a new laptop!! I need to, not only get this new laptop up to my usual Dev-Kit standards, I also need to format, clean up, and "un-developer-ify" my old laptop, so I can hand it down to my sister. This'll probably fill up most of my weekend, so the chances of my getting a game done by Tuesday are looking pretty slim. I'll keep you informed, and post some nice pics and things, later, when I'm sat waiting for the other laptop to format and reinstall Windows!

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Occasionally, I base games upon crazy bits of coding that seem fun to play with. Sometimes games can form from odd little artistic doodles that look strange and unusual. Other times, I'll start with a sound effect, or a piece of music, and allow it to fester away until a game has emerged. This week is different.. This week, the game's idea came solely from the stupid mock game title that randomly popped into my head. *shrugs* <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Alien_Spindome_20140603A_...

This week, more adventures in outer space, as I get all the action I can out of that generic reusable starfield!! (URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/ManWithABigGun_005.png"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/ManWithABigGun_005_thumb.png"> Coming Tuesday : Alien Spindome!!

Today is, apparently, Amiga Day. Not entirely sure what it is we're supposed to do on Amiga Day, but I figured it'd be nice to compile one of my old AMOS games, and stick it onto my Archive for all to laugh at! I've actually dated this one in the code, as being from 1997!! No idea when in 1997, so I'll say it's probably December... but yeay! Oldest thing on my Archive o/ <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/JNK_Slalom_19971225A_thumb.png"> <im...

(URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140528-181735-65855344.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140528-181735-65855344.jpg" alt="20140528-181735-65855344.jpg" class="alignnone size-full" /> Apparently I'm now the David Hasselhoff of video game developers..! (URL "https://ouyabrew.com/jnk-bomber/">OUYABrew's review of JNKBombers)

<img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/ManWithABigGun.png"> *shrugs* Been playing around with a nice control scheme for "Man with a Big Gun", and he seems to be fairly workable. Not sure exactly on how he'll interact with the world, yet, but I have a vague plan in mind, which may or may not result in a highly playable shooty game! Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out!

What happens when you take Platdude, sit him on a rocket, and send him blasting his way through a colourful rainbow tube, full of stars!? Time to find out, as we take our monthly trip into the realm of Platdude! <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_a_Tube_20140527A_thumb.png"> <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Platdude_in_a_Tube_20140527B_thumb.png">

Correct as-of May 23rd 2014! The complete list of characters in JNKBombers, complete with main game title, and roughly where they came from. You can (URL "https://socoder.net/uploads/1/JNKBombers_Character_Cards.zip">Download the full high-res versions of the cards here.) You can (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/GameList.php?ShowJust=331">Play JNKBombers here)!

Last month, I set aside the whole month to create a nice and lengthy month-long project. Blockman Worlds surprisingly took just a week to create, and then I was right back to the regular AGameAWeek schedule!! This month, I opted to delve into something even bulkier, and the resulting game is really quite nice. Oddly, it took alarmingly longer than expected, so isn't quite as chunky as I'd like it to have been. As it is, though, it's a wonderful little highly playable local-multiplayer edition of DynaBla...

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...