54 games. Last year I only managed about 30-odd, so I think that's pretty good going. Sure, it might not have truely actually been A Game "Per" Week, but I did at least keep the ratio up. If I hadn't taken the time out to build the framework, I probably would've actually achieved the target a little better The stats show I was pretty much on top of things up until that point, but then things got slower and slower until my buffer zone was all dried up. Anyhoo, this is a nice big lengthy re...

54 games. Last year I only managed about 30-odd, so I think that's pretty good going. Sure, it might not have truely actually been A Game "Per" Week, but I did at least keep the ratio up. If I hadn't taken the time out to build the framework, I probably would've actually achieved the target a little better The stats show I was pretty much on top of things up until that point, but then things got slower and slower until my buffer zone was all dried up. Anyhoo, this is a nice big lengthy re...

54 games. Last year I only managed about 30-odd, so I think that's pretty good going. Sure, it might not have truely actually been A Game "Per" Week, but I did at least keep the ratio up. If I hadn't taken the time out to build the framework, I probably would've actually achieved the target a little better The stats show I was pretty much on top of things up until that point, but then things got slower and slower until my buffer zone was all dried up. Anyhoo, this is a nice big lengthy re...

Um.. Still relaxing! We're currently inside Jay's Month Off, so there's no game this week. Meanwhile, I'm playing around with a few bits of tech. I've made a couple of new bits of music, fiddled with some nice big useless pictures that won't ever be used, and am pretty much sitting here quietly doing nothing all month. Woot! At some point in the next few days, I'm going to sit down, and flick through the complete collection (again!) and jot down a few little notes about each game. How well they p...

This year, the Big Torrent is available from Monova.org! (Torrent is long gone!) If you'd like to play 53 out of 54 from Year 2, you can go grab it now. I left out Rock My Chords, since it's 49Mb on it's own, and I reckon it's got an audience of.... me! But otherwise, the rest are in there. All the Windows games, the DS ones and the one single little Java Mobile one, too. What I've NOT included is the Mac/Linux packs. I'll be doing those later. Judging by the interest in...

I was supposed to be writing up a nice big writeup for this, but.. I'm in no rush! I'm resting! Video's done. Writeup later! woot! 54!

This weekend I'm planning on doing a nice big happy writeup about Year 2. I'll be hopping through and replaying all my year's games, and jotting down little should/shouldn't's about each one. I might even take the time to record a few seconds of each and then build up a nice big Year-2 Video. That'd be nice!! Meanwhile, I can't sit still, and have already begun a new'ish game. <img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/possibleNeoPlat.png">

... FFS, I can't count. FiftyFOUR weeks, FiftyFOUR games. Even with a miscount, I still managed to equal the weeks:games ratio. Lovely stuff! Here's the stats, straight from GoogleDocs and here's a great big blue and red google graph, looking all lovely and linely! <a href="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/AGAW_Y2_Chart.png"><img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/AGAW_Y2_Chart_thumb.png"></a> Yeay!

Fred is a happy Flea, and he loves to hop. He especially loves it when all the Dandelions are casting their seeds around in the air, as he can grab on, and go for a ride. <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Fred_the_Parachuting_Flea_20100824A.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Fred_the_Parachuting_Flea_20100824A_thumb.png"></a>

As promised, here's a quickly bundled together edition of Cardagain DS. I'm not sure if folk'll play it, since nobody seems to play it, so I haven't spent a lot of time on it. It's the absolute basics that are needed. <img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Cardagain_DS_20100822B.png">

Tuesday, Fred the Parachuting Flea. Needs a few "I didn't get that!!!?" kinda tweaks, but it otherwise working nicely.. If I drop dead tomorrow, at least the game's ready for release

Step 1. Place an indie game into a copy of your magazine. Step 2. TELL THE DEVELOPER! <img src="https://socoder.net/uploads/1/webuser_July152010.png"> Step 3. Profit In this case, Webuser failed to tell me that NeonPlat2 was in their July 15th 2010 issue. As such, I haven't bought it. They 100% lost a sale, because had I known I was in it, I would've damn well bought it. I have three other copies of WebUser in my "Black box filled with magazines that my games are in" But now...

Kept the random title.. It'll do! Not sure if it works better as "Kee, Bo and Ard", or just "Kee Bo Ard", but either way, here we have it! Kee, Bo and Ard must all be guided through the maze. They have to collect all the pickups, and once they're all done, you can progress to the next level. <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Kee_Bo_Ard_20100817B.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Kee_Bo_Ard_20100817B_thumb.png"></a> Hit Z/X to switch between character...

Ah, back to the old routine! I had promised a new Sheriff Munky game, this week, but I think it's got the lurgy! Every time I touch it, it brings horrible memories of the past couple of week's deadness, and I can't seem to get on with the game. So, this morning, I happily scrapped it, and started work on a completely different project. If you've played Sensitive <a href="https://spinalcode.co.uk/">(Spinal made a nice DS one)</a> you'll recognise this game. <img ...

Last Sunday I had the worst migraine I've had in ages. Ack!! For the rest of last week I felt mostly drained, not much energy, and I haven't really done too much of anything. This weekend I think I just plain gave up and have spent about 48 hours asleep!

Authentic Kaizen ((URL "https://PixelProspector.com">pixelprospector.com), ideaman behind NeonPlat) has sent a few new game ideas. Some are short and sweet, but the most tempting one feels like it needs a little care and attention. I feel like I want to do something with it, but am struggling to come up with a way to compress it into a week's worth of code. I think, what I might actually do, is leave it a few weeks. Once I hit the 52nd week of year 2, and another whole year's worth of games, I'll b...

Incase you hadn't heard already, I released my first iPhing game, last Wednesday night. This week, I'm releasing the Win/Lin/Mac testbed version of the very same game. Think of this as a promotional item, of sorts, but also as a "Let's try new things" ideas edition. <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Cardagain_20100803A.png"><img src="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Cardagain_20100803A_thumb.png"></a> <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/Cardagain_20100803B.p...

This wasn't planned, but I'm pissing about with Cardagain again! So, I might as well kill two birds with one stone. I've spent a few hours rebuilding my original BlitzMax version of Cardagain, and I'm going to add a few test bits and pieces onto it (to see what does/doesn't work) before then transferring them back over to the iPhings. Meanwhile, I can post that nice new super-hi-def Cardagain here, and you guys can all play it. That'll be Tuesday's game, and it'll also be the thing taking up all my ti...

I'll post Mac and Linux editions of this tomorrow, but I just want to make sure it's working for all the PC Peeps first.. <a href="https://AGameAWeek.com/complete/MICROBE2_20100705.zip">Here's a rerelease of Microbe2</a>, with ONLINE SCOREBOARDS!!! And those keyboard controls that everyone apparently wanted.. Lemmie know how it goes! Ta

In true "Better late than never" style, Apple got their act together exactly 7 days after I uploaded the game. That might be fast for a massive company like Apple, but it's a long long time in the world of AGameAWeek! No matter, the game's up and running, and you can buy it at the AppStore for 59p! Bargain! Now that I know I'm not breaking things, I'll be having a wee bit more fun with the iPhings, but worry not. AGAW will still be here, and I'll still be making plenty of freebie games for you. No...

Awww.. A missed week. They're quite rare, nowadays, but there we go. If Apple could get their act together, I could've said "Y2:W48 : Cardagain iPod", but.. guess that's not happening any time soon. Nearly a whole week since I submitted my game, and still no feedback at all. SUCKS.. So, what HAVE I been doing this week?

Nuffin'! Or, rather, I've nothing planned at all. It's Sunday morning, I've not started a game and I have no ideas. ... or at least, nothing that can be done in the next few hours, anyway. Maybe I will, maybe I won't, but I probably won't. I already said the other day that I'd be taking this week off, to handle all the Highscore stuff, but that idea kinda exploded in size, in my head, and is now (probably) going to take a lot longer than planned. Stupid ideas, need to put a lock on my brain!! ...

Although, I did say that last week, too! Never mind.. Read inside for techy stuff!