The new "Compressed Blog" style is starting to come together.

Readying the game for release, and I noticed I'd forgotten to draw the icon. Grrr.

My brain's turned to mush, this week.

Spent most of yesterday recreating the SmileBASIC game "Optimal Spring" in the Browsercade.

Got a fairly hefty part of the site overhaul working, yesterday.

Yesterday was chock full of things that I did. The newsletter, the ALChoon, the SmileBASIC game. And then...

And so ends a full year of Switch games. Every single week for 52 weeks One complete full year of 100% AGameAWeek You can See the complete list, here, or alternatively here if you want to see the release dates!

Poke five of the tiles so that the grid matches the target. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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As I stated a few days ago (didn't I?) I've been working on a port of Poke 5,n over to SmileBASIC. It's been going fairly well, but I had to integrate Touch control to my framework. Eeek!!

So, I see that CSS has finally evolved enough that simple subtractions are now actually doable. About smegging time!!

Within each cluster of four, the left value is the Total (Add/Sum) of the top and bottom values, whilst the right value is the Product (Multiply) of the top and bottom. Use deduction and maths to solve all the boxes. You can Print sheets of puzzles, here or alternatively Play it in your browser.

Day two of the AGameAWeek Overhaul, and I spent most of my time arguing with CSS again.

Use the five provided poke-types, and poke at five of the tiles, in order to match the given target grid. Easy mode is more of a tutorial, Normal mixes things up, and then Hard really ramps things up. You can Play Poke 5,n in the Shoebox, in your Browser, on Desktop, Mobile or Tablet.

The first step in a long long trek, is to come up with a design for the icons.

Attempt number #359709537 of the website overhaul. This one went a little further than previous attempts, but the giant sidebar wasn't that great, and the way the blogs were being formatted looked ugly as heck. *Scrapped*

Between about 5 and 5:30, my head started screaming at me, letting me know that it wants to do a new version of Poke 5,n for the Shoebox, and potentially even a version for Petit Switch, too. I tried my best to get back to sleep, but it would just..not..shut..up!

Let's create a classic retro effect. Flames! As with all of these tutorials, you can hit F5 at pretty much any step of the process to see how the changes in code have impacted the program.

Wrote up a Flame Effect thing for SmileBASIC, last night. I'd written the effect about a week ago, but only just got to the vague instructions, last night. Busy week! And then I went to post it, looked at the day's postings, and realised that 9 posts in a single day is probably more than enough!!

Defeat as many enemies as you can, but avoid the falling debris, in this fast paced invader shooter. If you've a Switch, and have downloaded SmileBASIC, you can grab a copy of the game using the Public Key...

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This edition of the game includes a two player mode, which you can play by grabbing a Joycon each!

Each number represents a shape of that many blocks. Fill in the grid in a way that no like-sized blocks are touching each other. You can Print sheets of the puzzle, here, or alternatively Play them in your browser, here.

1. SoCoder newsletter. It's practically done, just a couple of last minute tweaks. 2. ALChoon. I haven't got one, this week. Aaaargh! I tried something, on Monday/Tuesday, but it didn't go anywhere. I've not had the musical mojo, this week. 3. Foldapuz Post.. Why haven't I done this week's Foldapuz post?! 4. Finish off Space Clusters on Petit Switch/SmileBASIC. Oh my.. What a busy Thursday!

Sorry to get you excited, there, but the little dungeon puzzle thing has already been scrapped.

I started work on a Dungeon Puzzler, last night, on SmileBASIC/Petit Switch.

The classic returns. Trying out a new method of insanity, this time. There are pink pickups to grab, and also the occasional explosive device which will cause extra challenges along the way. Other than that, the rules are the same. Pop the Popcorn, and try to survive.

*shrugs* Gotta make a start on a Foldapuz game, today, but I'm at a loss as to what that might be. Currently thinking a cluster sort of thing, filling in the grid with letters to make groups of maybe 4 or 5 tile chunks. I think that'd word, but it feels like it might end up being too much like Rebordered. Not sure. Today's Plan. 1. Post Space Popcorn 2. Wake up my brain and figure out a puzzle!

Week Six on the Getaway Island

The Browsercade edition of Space Popcorn is coming together well enough, but right now it's just you vs the popcorn, and there aren't any pickups or anything like that, to speak of. Today I'll be trying to decide what methods to aim for, and figure out what nice new powerups should be added. Incidentally, this'll be my 52nd game of the year. So, um.. Yeah.. Woot! From here on, I don't have to code a single game, for the rest of the year, and I'll still have made AGameAW...