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24th July 2015
DevelopmentsFirst, I'd like to apologise for one of the new themes. It seems that in my rush to get the game out, I neglected to realise how much blank space was left in one of the sprites. What appears to be unfair collision is in fact "empty space on the upper right of the sprite". I redrew this little fella at the very last minute (He was a bit more .. shall we say.. Mouse-like before!) (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SD3_045.png"><img src="https://AGameAW...Views 29, Upvotes 7
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Y7 - D204 - Watch!
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23rd July 2015
DevelopmentsIf you've got a Pebble Time (The nice shiny new colour model) you can now get a colourful Platdude watchface, along with an updated colour edition of SpikeDislike Jr Both are available from the Pebble downloady doohickey. Photos : Beware : Hairy Arm!! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Pebble_Plat.jpg"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Pebble_Plat-1024x768.jpg" alt="Pebble_Plat" width="604" height="453" class="alignnone siz...Views 30, Upvotes 12
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22nd July 2015
DevelopmentsYesterday was one of those Lazy days. Currently my laptop is doing a (URL "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncToy">SyncToy) backup of my GameDev and WebDev folders, which as you can probably imagine, isn't very good for it's battery! I've had the thing plugged in permanently for about a day and a half, and the damn thing's still slaving away copying hundreds and thousands of files. Eeek! -=-=- (URL "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncToy">SyncToy) is a completely free too...Views 27, Upvotes 12
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21st July 2015
DevelopmentsFirst up.. The SpikeDislike3 v1.5 update is LIVE on iOS. This all new update includes a lovely new menu, portrait mode, Music-Loop option (albeit a bit naff!), the ability to slide your finger on the lefthand wiggly-bar to scroll through the menu quicker, an option to turn off the Parallax, a number of background fixings.. Oh, and Five New Themes! And 50 New Levels!!! Wowsies!!! (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IMG_0326-1.png"><img src="https:/...Views 17, Upvotes 5
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20th July 2015
DevelopmentsIn the past couple of nights, I've begun to work on AL's new AL Bum, and have decided that it's going to be titled "Liquid" As per the past few AL Bums, each track will have a different ALphabetical title, from A-Z, but this time with the added benefit of all the tracks being vegetables. Why? Because I'm rubbish at coming up with names for songs, and this is a lazy way to do it!![]() Views 25, Upvotes 7
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Y7 - D200 - 200!!
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19th July 2015
DevelopmentsYesterday, I finally got around to animating that cat and dog that I've been putting off for a good number of days. I knew what I had to draw, but .. Animating?! Eeek!! And so the poor cat and dog remained undrawn, until yesterday when I practically forced myself into doing it. And, I must admit, they turned out rather nice! Now I just have to decide on a nice background for them, draw some obstacles, and figure out the best scoring method. ( src="https://vine.co/v/erVZAOM5QU...Views 25, Upvotes 7
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18th July 2015
DevelopmentsI awoke this morning to find that FileZilla had crashed. I'm using FileZilla to do a complete file transfer from my old NAS drive to the new one. I'm not sure how far it got, or why it crashed, but crash it did, so I had to restart the whole bloomin' thing. Grrr. It's been set to "Skip if identical" to that at least should speed it up a bit. Two whole smegging days, this has taken!! Once it reaches the end of the transfer, (assuming it does!!) I'm going to have to run one ...Views 21, Upvotes 5
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17th July 2015
DevelopmentsYesterday my new NAS turned up. I bought a Western Digital "My Cloud", and instantly disabled the My Cloud gubbins. An NAS is enough. I don't leave the house enough to warrant external access! So it all got setup, and then I did some quick file-access tests. The thing is roughly 3 or 4 times faster than my previous Buffalo Linkstation is, so it should make backing up of files a lot quicker, as well as those occasions when I copy a folder from the PC to the NAS, then to the Ma...Views 39, Upvotes 14
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16th July 2015
DevelopmentsHaving done the upload of the update to Apple, I intended for yesterday to be the start of a new set of themes and "the next update" type stuff. But I didn't. In fact, I didn't do a bloomin' thing! A milestone was reached, and my brain said "OK, let me rest now!" so I spent the majority of yesterday actually playing SpikeDislike3 instead of working on it. I also spent a lot of time watching the going-on's at Amazon, since they were having their "Not Black Friday, Honest!" ...Views 20, Upvotes 7
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15th July 2015
DevelopmentsApp : SpikeDislike3 Status : Waiting for Review (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SD3_15Wait.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SD3_15Wait.png" alt="SD3_15Wait" width="223" height="270" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4848" />![]() Views 23, Upvotes 4
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Y7 - D195 - Logical!
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14th July 2015
DevelopmentsOne theme's challenge has been set, and only one more's to go. I've been struggling with these last two themes for a good few days, and suddenly yesterday an idea popped into my head, and the idea is so blindingly obvious that it looks 100% like I planned it like that! And if anyone asks, I'll just say "Yes, I definitely planned it like that!!" (URL "https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SD3_042.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/...Views 22, Upvotes 6
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13th July 2015
(URL "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33502838">RIP : Satoru Iwata)
As a kid, I was never a big Nintendo fan. I had a Gameboy and I LOVED Tetris, but much as is the case nowadays, I tend to code and create more than just play.
I continue to buy Nintendo consoles and handhelds, even today, because theirs are the games that I get the most fun and enjoyment out of.
Mr Iwata was first and foremost a developer, and I can only hope that Nintendo finds another suitably developer-minded helmsman to t...
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12th July 2015
DevelopmentsNot a whole lot happened yesterday. I mean, it did, but nothing that noticeable. I found a couple of counting errors that were being thrown up by the new Basketball theme, and had to figure out exactly what was/wasn't going on with that. (The hoops replaced spikes, and all manner of crazy scoring events were taking place!!) Took a fair amount of time to fathom exactly what was happening, but I think I've managed to get it to a respectable method of counting! Even if it's not...Views 23, Upvotes 5
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