My A-Z of Click series started with 'A' is for Active Object and now I've got my second article up: 'B' is for Breakout-style games'. Read about bat-and-ball games, 'B'-games' like Bananarama, BI-NARY and Bernard & Hank, and 'B'-devs like Blackeye Software, Bernie, and Brian Su.

The latest game to be added to The Daily Click is  JJ's Ubermon Journey (pictured below) made by none other but the on-theme  BigAl0104.

In other news, in response to the poll responses we will be running a weekend Click game-making competition focused on the 22nd-23rd of October. We also have plans for a longer form contest later in the year with a winter theme.

NEW POLL TIME! I want your views on your participation in a TDC game jam. In addition to knowing whether you want to take part in one, I want to know whether or not you have a strong preference for it to be focussed on taking place over a pre-announced weekend (e.g. midday Thursday to midday Monday UK time so people can work Fri-Sun) or a competition where people had several weeks to make their entry. Vote now and put any other thoughts in the comments section.

In other news, two new games have been added to The Daily Click:

Ten Stupid Apps by MinkoedZamorVedro: "Play 10 of the most stupid and useless apps of all time. They all combined in my new game, Ten Stupid Apps. Some of this apps may be the beginning for me to create other games."

Fallumns by Fifth: "Fallumns was my entry for the Ludum Dare jam #48 from about a year ago. It's just an ordinary Match-3 game, with absolutely no hidden secrets! (there might be secrets)"

I've been busy over the past month adding 112 games to Kliktopia's archive with an eclectic mix of entries from developers including Astral Entertainment, Brian Su, and Jonny Comics.

Nearly half of the games added to Kliktopia are part of Kliktopia's Clickteam Game Demo Collection:

This collection features games bundled with K&P, TGF, C&C, MMF and CF such as Romeo and Zeb alongside games from:

• The Klik & Play Gamepack CD (Astro Force, Atomic Chill, Bugs and the Last Day)
• The Click & Create Space Games CD (Atomic Chill with added videos, Attraction, Twin, and Virus Protection)
• Magazine variants (original one-level version of Urban Attack Force made in K&P and a TGF version fo Chocobreak) and
• Some of the Maxis K&P example demos (Chip Chewer, Molecule Ball, Planet Duel! and Rescue on Mars!).

You can read more about the creation of this collection on my TDC Project Page for the K&P/TGF/C&C/MMF bundled game revival.

For posterity, this collection has also been added to TDC's Click Museum.

Those who saw my my interview with Ishmaru back in April will know he's been working hard on a certain beat 'em up game.

Well, version 1.0.0 of Ruby: A RWBY Fangame has just been released. According to the author: "Now finally including the Story Mode which is the primary mode of play! Still a WIP with only chapter 1, but paints a clear picture of what the full game will be like." 

Changes new in v1.0.0:

• Chapter 1 of Story Mode
• Overworld Map
• Free Missions available in Story Mode
• New Dialogue Events + New Enemies
• New Shop Menu + AI balance changes
• Discover & Develop  new Crescent Rose modifications and transformations.
• Auto Save
• Ability to interrupt Semblance with a Light or Heavy attack. (Functions similar as using bullets to propel yourself)
• Tutorial now only in Story Mode

Other games have also been added to the Downloads page which you can check out too.

Hello fellow Clickers. I've been working my computer hard in the hot UK weather to render for you an interview with Lukas about his upcoming video game Zorpon that I recorded yesterday.

Truly understanding Zorpon shall surely put you on the road of enlightenment. To keep an eye on the game check out https://lordl75.itch.io/zorpon. You can also check out the trailer:

We've had a few new games added to The Daily Click recently and the most recent is DESERTFETCHER, an arcade-style game by Peeblo where you play as a little creature walking left and right.

And last, but not least, Clickteam have released Build 294.1 beta which users of the non-Steam version of CF2.5 can get from the Product Owner's Lounge forum. The Steam version of the beta should come in about a week. As you might have guessed from watching the trailer I posted in April, the changelog is quite long indeed.

We have a variety of games from familiar faces including some real classics, so let's get this show on the road...

New games

We have two games added to The Daily Click:

• Slasher night, a retro game by LordHannu with a high body count. The author has told me they want feedback on the game, so give it a try and let them know what you think.
• TOUHOU 27.354828571, a short and totally unofficial gameplay experience by Thought_Criminal. Pay attention to the controls on the download page as they are not noted in the game.

We have two games added to The Daily Click:

• A Game with a Kitty 1+2 & Treasure Hunter Man 1, three bite-sized pixelly retro platformers bernie[FA]. A Game with a Kitty and its sequels were recently featured in my first A-Z of Klik article as an example of a game which won people's hearts for being so fun, so it's great soee it here.
• Welcome to Bullet Hell - 2017 Edition, and older version of the shoot-em-up by Hellzy with features cut from the final release. It's worth playing both to see how they differ - this version has lots of features, but the 2018 version of Bullet Hell is much more polished, with a nifty 'can only see within the circle' style and foreshadowing of when enemies will appear.

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Commercial Click games

• According to a post on the DC forum the Click game Flight of the Blazing Sparrow Hawk by Indigo Steel Shield has been updated. You can try out a demo version at The Daily Click.
• Dark fantasy dungeon crawler Hellslave by Ars Goetia & PID Games on the Steam store
• A trailer for action adventure game Cursed Quest by Pattern J Games has been released on Steam and Itch.io.
• A trailer for FNAF spinoff POPGOES Arcade developed by Kane Carter and published by Clickteam is coming soon to Steam.

My A-Z of Click series has begun with its inaugural article: A is for Active Object. Check it out for a celebration of Click games, developers and trivia that start with the letter 'a'. If it is your cup of tea then let me know and I might make an entry for 'B' some day. The main focus of this article is charting the history of the Active Object from its early days of Klik & Play all the way through to the modern day.

In other news, PolyGonGames has released a The Shooter DEMO, a top down game where you kill the bad guys (presumably by shooting them).

The 'What would you like to see next?' poll had 40 responses. The most popular choice was 'interviews with TDC game creators' with 16 votes (40%). After the interview I did with Ishmaru people have asked for more, but it takes two to tango.

If you are someone who is actively making Click games and posting them to The Daily Click then I want to talk with you. If you're interested in being interviewed then send me a DC mail.

The second most popular poll option was 'Articles discussing old Klik games' (38%), followed by an almost even number of votes for 'Random Click trivia' (13%), and 'Guess game from scrambled screenshot competitions' (10%).

My plan is to mix all of these elements together with a series of article themed around 'the A-Z of Click'. Statting with 'A', each article will focus on games, developers, random trivia and maybe a scrambled screenshot starting with the letter. If you have any 'A's you'd like me to consider covering in my first article then let me know via the comments.

Following a few days of hyping on social media and Clickteam's Discord Server, the company have revealed their preview video showing the upcoming Clickteam Fusion 2.5 build 294:

Check out the comment to this news post for the full list of features listed by Clickteam. Headline improvements include a fully customizable UI / Skin Editor, value reordering, better DPI handling, an 'include another frame option', and various UI options and other features that will improve the development experience.

Here on The Daily Click we've got a new download: Pop Rock 'N' Roll DEMO, an action game by Tammy Spahn in which you pop balloons with your mouse.

And the Kliktopia archive continues to grow, with 54 games added to the site thanks to contributions from Aquellex. Have any old freeware Click games you made or downloaded lying around on your hard drive or a CD? Kliktopia would love to get a hold of them! In other Kliktopia news, the Kliktopia Vitalize page now lists the top scores so it's a great time to re-live some V-Cade classics!

Want to play some Easter-themed Click games? Check out:

• Dungeon TV Easter Special, a puzzle by the Peasants from 2006 (pictured).
• X Creature: Easter Edition, a platformer by Eran Avraham from the Caiman Easter contest 2006
• Easter Avenger, a platformer by Josepho 2006
• Bernard & Hank: Springtime Again, a platformer by Hayo from 2007
• Scrumpy Ninja and the case of the bad eggs, a platformer by 3kliksphilip from 2009

Speaking of Easter, are there any 'easter eggs' in Click games that you remember fondly (hidden zones, features, cheat codes, references, etc.)? Have you put any easter eggs in your own games? If you check out Andi's 2002 interview with Charles Tumino about the click classic Destruction Carnival for Planet Klik you'll find out how to access the secret easter egg of... a pong clone called Vector Ball. That's right, it's been hiding there this whole time!