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

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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!

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JNKPlat 2018

A new JNKPlat 2018 adventure is in the works.

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Maybe I'm coding this wrong, but I swear I'm doing everything the way I'm supposed to!!

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Saturday.
My "week-off" is nearly over.
As I look back at what I've achieved this week, I'm somewhat astounded by how little I've managed to get functioning correctly.

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At the same time as I'm trying to get the Mac/iOS Metal stuff to work, I'm also trying out lots of techniques for tilemaps on 3DS.

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...you must first, Break EVERYTHING!!!

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Yesterday was all about planning, as I took a few important steps towards recoding the framework to work with Metal.

Lots of little chunks of ideas, setting aside methods and preparing to sit and do the coding.
The intention was to get everything ready and then spend last night actually sat at the Mac getting things up and running.

I was ready to get going, so headed upstairs for "Evening Session" coding time, and then...

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Today I'm going to reattempt the "Draw tiles to a buffer, draw the buffer" stuff.

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I spent quite a while, today, trying to come up with a nice fast tilemap technique for 3DS.
On the Desktop edition, I can draw to a buffer, then draw the buffer to the screen, but due to memory limitations, that's not quite as easy to do on the 3DS.

I've tackled a few different ways, already, but none of them seem to be helping in the speed department.

Essentially, I'm getting about 30fps out of a screen full of 8x8 tiles, which is absolutely horrendous when you consider that I used to be able to get BOTH screens full of 8x8 tiles on the DS, at a rock solid 60fps.
Basically, because I'm doing everything with 3D routines, the resulting engine is quite a bit slower than what it would be with a 2D technique.

I really need to look into ways of optimising my 3D techniques.

Meanwhile..

God damnit, Apple..

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I'd love to tackle a new Alien Deathmatch sort of game, but I'm not really sure which way to take it.

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Blockman returns in this super-retro dot-munching remake.

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I've got a quick pathfinder working on Blockman Gets "Something", now, so all levels should be bearable, with targets that make sense and are indeed possible.
Might be insanely hard to find that path, but I'm fairly confident that it's working the way it oughta be.

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I spent most of yesterday trying, over and over, to get the regular standard mode to feel right.
After hours (literally hours!) of playtesting, I'm fairly sure now that the basic levels are at least mostly beatable.

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I spent ages yesterday finding the right balance.
Playing Blockman Gets and Blockman Gets More, there's a distinct feeling that something's missing from More.

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A rather productive day, today, as most of the audio got finished off, the level creation worked out well, and 3DS controller tests now feel much more comfortable.

I'm now trying to come up with interesting concepts that might expand the basic game, but as usual I'm worried that doing so might break the very logic of the game. I'll really need to think hard about what does and doesn't work in the game, and might even split it into its own "arcade mode", rather than break the main game's playability.

But, yeah, going good!!

I mostly switched off, yesterday.

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