It's time to have a blast, with NeonPlat.

I got all of the compiles done, late last night, but was too tired to then upload everything, so that'll be today's task. Uploading isn't so easy, nowadays, as I've oodles of places to upload to. Here, GameJolt, Itch.io, and then crossposting links to SoCoder and GBATemp, each one with their own set of images that need posted, and other such gubbins.

I'm now happy that the bats are balanced well enough for the gameplay to be nice and playable. Had a good play on both Desktop and 3DS and things seem to be running smoothly enough. The graphics on 3DS are a bit smooshed, but .. They're passable. I think.. Maybe! Todo : Needs a background graphic of sorts, and then logo, icons, etc.. Should be ready in the next day or two.

This week's game is currently alarmingly difficult. With all the little bats floating around inside the cramped space, it can be extremely difficult to make simple moves without getting caught out.

Yeah, that's kinda fun!! Leaping around, dropping bombs and blowing up boxes! Fun.. Tonight I added enemies in, and .. Oh, boy, is it hard!!! I think tomorrow will be all about balancing things out.

Last month, I subscribed to the ZenPop Ramen selection. The box appears, then over the coming weeks, I review each of the noodles. Last month's collection can be found in this SoCoder Thread, but I figured it might be something entertaining to crosspost here, too. Do let me know if you hate this idea!!

Noodle Two

I spent most of yesterday struggling to put together a SoCoder Newsletter for this week, since I'd mostly neglected it due to watching all the E3 stuff. Meanwhile the gamedev is pretty much in the same situation it was on Tuesday, so I really need to focus on that, today.

Don't you love it when, after a recent Update, Windows always opens the browser up. You always expect the page it leads you to will be full of actual information about what the windows update just did. .. But, no. It never does. It's always the exact same generic "Windows Help" page that tell you absolutely nothing. After this morning's update, I could barely read the generic Windows Help page, because my laptop's screen was too dark. Hmm...

Man, I hate writing platform game collision code! Those darn diagonals always freak out..

Last month, I subscribed to the ZenPop Ramen selection. The box appears, then over the coming weeks, I review each of the noodles. Last month's collection can be found in this SoCoder Thread, but I figured it might be something entertaining to crosspost here, too. Do let me know if you hate this idea!!

I didn't get an awful lot of gameplay implemented into this week's game, yesterday, but the basic bits and pieces are in the engine. I've decided another remake's in order, and am focusing on NeoPlat. Not NeonPlat, the happy neon Desktop game, but NeoPlatDS, the little Original DS game about landing on floors, or something!!

I've often wondered about stats like this, so today I built a quick little took to make a little stat list for me. (55%) 499 3DSBrew (17%) 158 Windows (14%) 132 Linux (11%) 106 MacOSX Downloads (since May 1st) of games created using my new C++ Framework.

That's the end of my "Week Off" Let's have a look at what I accomplished.

As each game gets posted, the feedback occurs. Let's take a look at the feedback from Blockman Gets Retro! You can Download Blockman Gets Retro here.

RSKGames

Overview: While last years Blockman game was a platformer this year's Blockman game is back to the roots maze puzzle game where the player has to traverse the maze, eat the required quantity of yellow dots to cross each of the levels. Blockman cannot move backwards and cannot traverse a path already traveled unless there is a ...

I've been focusing on JNKPlat much more than I should've, this week, and neglecting to get the Metal part of the framework up and running. That'll be today's task. Because I REALLY need to do that!