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Yesterday I recreated Hoppy Bobby in the Advent Calendar. It's not an amazing feat, but it is at least something. Other than that, I spent some time rejigging Neon Bike Championships for OUYA, and also sent PlayJam a copy so they can test it to see if it's Multiplayer code is any less crappy than JNKBombers was. I'll keep that copy aside, incase they decide it is indeed worthy of a proper upload, but if you don't ever see it on GameStick/FlarePlay, that'll be why. Today I have...

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It's about time I started to retweak all those PlayJam games. Although they're suitably working as they are, they all need a little rejigging for the newer system. It seems the new PlayJam device is having trouble with one of my reused menu sound effects.. The tiny "blip" sound effect is less than 1kb, at only 772 bytes. It appears (And I really hope I tracked this down, correctly!) that the newer PlayJam device (FlarePlay) is having trouble with this particular sound effect. S...

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My latest reworking of my Multiplayer code STILL got rejected by PlayJam. Grrr. Android.. Since the game plays perfectly well with wired controllers, it appears that the actual issue is Bluetooth related. Quite how I can solve such an issue is beyond me. I've now put the Multiplayer games on the backburner, and have instead chosen to focus on getting some actual coding done. Which brings us to this. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/414_007.png">...

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Spent yesterday powering through a quick monster-maze game. Managed to build a basic dungeon layout builder, got monsters wandering around, and generally made a nice playable little game. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/414_006.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/414_006-1024x597.png" alt="414_006" width="604" height="352" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-5165" /> This i...

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After basically deciding to mostly ignore the Multiplayer Controller code for the time being, I'm jumping back to the Advent Collection and trying my best to code what little I can, in what little time remains. Over the course of yesterday, I managed to get games 4 and 5 up and running, and also made a start on game 6. Progress is good, but is it good enough? Only time will tell. (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/414_005.png"><img src="https://AGame...

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I got my Apple TV yesterday, and it's exactly what I expected it to be. In many ways, it's exactly the same as the previous model, and will no doubt be used for most of the same things. But now it has games. Except the games have to work with that niggly little tiny touchpad, and if you play (for example) Geometry Wars 3 for about an hour (eek! That went quick!!) then you'll end up with your thumb feeling a little numb, as if you've been rubbing it on some sandpaper for the last...

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Feedback from PlayJam suggests that my newest controller code is still causing some kind of lagging ingame, when more than one player's connected at a time. An ultimatum, then. If I can't get it fixed by Monday, then that's it.. I can't fix it, and it's an issue to be dealt with later. I've spent about 2 weeks, straight, trying to solve this one single issue, and I realistically can't keep focussing on it, especially if I'm also trying to get an Advent Calendar AND NeonPlat's C...

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Having poked and prodded at that damn controller code for about a month, I opted to rip the whole thing out and redo from start, yesterday. Took me about 4 hours of tweaking before the thing started to show decent progress. After a little more time, things were looking up, as for the first time ever, my Archos Gamepad merged into one single controller! I battled on, and now appear to have a fairly sturdy bit of controller code in my games. I'm about to test it on the OUYA, jus...

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Feckin' Android!!! So, I thought I had my multiplayer code all working and good and stuff, but apparently a quick test by Team PlayJam has revealed unexpected slowdown and broken-ness. Yesterday I set out to figure out why, and got as far as "Hmm, this still isn't working right on my Archos Gamepad", at which point I once again became oddly wrapped up in trying to get that to work. And so it went for several hours. I KNOW I shouldn't keep getting wrapped up in that, but it's s...

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Three hundred, what? Three Hundred (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/Pixelart.php">Daily Platdude Pixelarts,) of course! Three hundred!?! When I started that, at the beginning of the year, I didn't expect to have managed to do 300 of the bloomin' things. And now here we are 300 later, and I'm wondering what'll happen next year. Will I continue to doodle daily, or will I stop on Dec 31st? I'm not sure. Drawing a daily doodle is certainly taking time out of my day, but it's n...

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Yesterday was spent coding. Like, properly coding.. Like games and stuff!! It feels such a relief not having to faff about with controller code and other boring background gubbins, and instead spend some time actually making a game for a change. Beta Collection now has THREE games in it, as I managed to get two complete games up and running within the short space of yesterday. I then relaxed and enjoyed the Back To The Future documentary "Back In Time" which is currently availab...

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With mere weeks to go until Dec 1st, I'd better get cracking with that Advent Collection, huh?! So, last night I finished off Game #1, and made a fairly decent start on Game #2. I'll finish that up this morning, and then get to work on a third. I'm currently having a nice burst of imagination, after having not really coding much all year. It also makes a change to be creating something new, instead of fixing up that great big pile of 42 OUYA titles!! I still need to finish of...

Hello, and welcome to yet another multiplayer controller test!! (Bloody Android.. Grrr!) (URL "https://socoder.net/Multiplayer_Controller_Test.apk">Multiplayer Controller Test (.apk)) If you have an Android device with more than one controller connected, then I need your help. Any Android device will do, from a mobile device with a ton of controllers connected, to a proper TV Micro Console or otherwise. On Monday I intend to start making full use of this, but as with all Android things, it's bes...

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I Think... *think* that I've finally got all my Multiplayer Controller code working in a suitable manner, for OUYA, Forge, GameStick and Flare, all from the same code. Unfortunately, my Archos GameStick is STILL bugging out. For some bizarre reason, it seems to feed the digital controls as Port One and the analogue controls as Port Two, which would explain why I'm always having to redefine the controls on the bloody thing. But, so far so good, and everything seems to be flowing ...