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Bagatelle.zip

Here's a tiny little game for you. Barely a game really. Bagatelle games are something that keep recurring in my thoughts about games. When I was a kid they were often given as stocking fillers at Christmas. And they were always disappointing, the bright colours promised more than the gameplay delivered. Originally I made something a bit more complex - it had scoring, multiple targets and the play area was double the size. But that wasn't what I wanted so I started again. I wanted something that was like a physical game you might make in a couple of hours out of bits and pieces you had lying around. I may even actually make some at some point. It's a personal game in an odd way; I've been thinking about childhood quite a lot because my Mother died recently - which is why I've been away from game making and social media for a while - and I've been sorting through her possessions including things she'd kept from my childhood. So this is my return to game making and part of my response to a difficult few months.

Controls: space key to launch ball; z key to reset.