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Jayenkai

Created : 01 September 2011
Edited : 31 December 1969

#120 - The Joy of Coding

; The Joy of Coding

#0120 - Friday 2nd September 2011

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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Print -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Hello World That moment when you suddenly get a random thought in your head, which resparks interest in an older project. Brand new ideas. Brand new gameplay styles. Brand new graphical niceties due to the things you've learned since you worked on it last! .. The annoyances of coding are pretty much identical. In fact, given the fact that I've only just got Game 2/4 off the ground (for iOS's first JPack), the new gameplay tweaks/refits for my older game are pretty much the most untimely thing ever to have randomly leapt into my head. sigh Thanks, Imagination! You're great! Just take a breather, and we'll let you have a play once we've started AGameAWeek again, ok!!?	-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ask Twitter -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- @Jayenkai Q: What's the best game you've bought that nobody's ever heard of? -=-=- @Jayenkai N2O, Playstation, forgot the dev! @coolpowers Gremlin did it. Ooooldskool. bit.ly/qEqFIK @CymonsGames Unholy wars because it was by the Star Control guys and features an Archon-like mix of action and strategy. And I love it. bit.ly/pb06gn @DiziDesigns Littl Divil, an early 90's dos game. bit.ly/oo3UFn (Gremlin did that, too!!)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Indiesphere -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Babel Slumlord/Moshboy lists this as a Fez clone. Do they still count as Clones when the original game hasn't been finished yet? Duke Nukem Forever has a challenger, and it's an Indie!! View on YouTube ; Monkey Pixels A game by Foppy, not entirely unlike something I'd've probably made www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjybDqAoYNo ; Vessel Another great PixelProspector pick. An upcoming platformer with some neat looking physicsy puzzle stuff. Nice gloopy liquids and things. Could be fun! www.pixelprospector.com/vessel/	-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Socoder -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Touch Typing Can you? socoder.net/?topic=2528 ; Database fun Wrangling with SQL to find the best way to get a bunch of stuff in and out, as fast as you can. socoder.net/?topic=2527 ; Link, New or Not? Should you force a New Tab/Window, or should you let the user decide whether to open links in their own way? socoder.net/?topic=2532 ; BizSpark The good, the happy, the annoyed, the ranty, and the ugly. socoder.net/?topic=2536 ; toucHPads! People are getting their toucHPads! yeay! socoder.net/?topic=2530
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PlayMyCode.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Descriptions! You can finally add short descriptions to your games! Slap in some text to explain anything necessary to the player. Of course, your game probably shouldn't need it, but some folk do complain! I'll be using these, wherever I can, to describe the best way to score big. I tend to not explain my scoring very well, and have odd ways to get highscores, so it'll be fun to have explanations alongside my games for a change bit.ly/rqVExi ; Reaction Time A simple test game from Seb. Hit space, and then as soon as the picture appears, hit space again. What's your best? (354 for me) [pmc_s]seb/reaction-test[/pmc] bit.ly/r1JeeH	-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Apologies that this week's newsletter's a little bit.. um.. .. Kinda lifeless, to be honest.. I'm still quite a bit ticked off about certain instances during the weekend, and other things that are ticking me off lately. Although I'm trying my best to be random happy quirky Jay, I don't appear to be pulling it off as well as I oughta be. Perhaps it's more of a "rubbing off" bad mood? JoeMallozzi's blog (ex-Stargate Writer) has been a bit ranty lately. His dog's undergoing radiation therapy for it's cancer, he's had to leave his new Transporter-The Series job, and it's all coming off in a set of strangely depressing posts. Perhaps it's not a great idea to read his blog every morning, but at least it's less depressing than watching Breakfast TV. josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/ Hopefully I'll be more cheery for next week's newsletter
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Retweets -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- @Podesta1971 This looks like a great Dungeon Master clone - work in progress View on YouTube @alyankovic Can you believe somebody was just throwing this AWAY? twitpic.com/6ekhuj @Schofe Just got arty with the sunset yfrog.com/mn5ourj @GigerPunk Oh ffs... .. (You don't want to know how long it took for me to be able to even SEE that pic) bit.ly/pjiqiP	-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tubish -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Close it.. View on YouTube ; Bird Fighting!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fu-Xmq0DHE ; Paint vimeo.com/27485794 ; CLOSE IT!!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MESt9buQcT4 ; Book! Nobody gives you feckin' Manuals anymore. Cheap gits... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT9oddaniew
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- End Of -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Submit for Next Week! Nobody submits anything. It's sad. bit.ly/SN_Add Oh, crap, hang on a sec..	-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Submitted!! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Somebody DID submit something! I missed this, last week, somehow!! View on YouTube ------------------- Load, Next List

#120 - The Joy of Coding

; The Joy of Coding

; Hello World

; Babel

; Monkey Pixels

; Vessel

; Touch Typing

; Database fun

; Link, New or Not?

; BizSpark

; toucHPads!

; Descriptions!

; Reaction Time

; Close it..

; Bird Fighting!!!

; Paint

; CLOSE IT!!!!!

; Book!

; Submit for Next Week!

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