Visual Application 0.3
Developer andbad (real name Andrea Badiali) visited the QJ.NET Forums earlier to announce the release of Visual Application 0.3. In case you weren't around during the previous release, this homebrew is actually a 3rd-party application based on the Nanodesktop software development kit that was created by coder Pegasus2000
JelloPhysics demo
We've already seen a couple of homebrew physics engines ported on the PlayStation Portable with impressive results. Homebrew developer Drakon adds yet another one to the pile with the PSP JelloPhysics demo.
Patterned out of the C#-based Soft Body Physics library made by walaber, this handheld version sports a seamless translation of the physics engine
libLZR
This is the initial public release of libLZR - a small open source library that handles the decompression and encoding of LZR-compressed data. (LZR-compression is frequently encountered in PSP firmware resource files.)
Decompression results of libLZR should be identical to Sonys internal decompression algorithm. Please report incompatible streams to me
PMP Mod
Jonny has now released v1.01 of PMP Mod which supports full resolution AVI files. At the moment, Jonny is using a custom video "container" so you will have to use the accompanying muxer to make your media files compatible.
* I wasn't able to crash it in the last 10 days, it should be stable and reasonably fast
Stopper 69 with source code
SG57 has emailed us his mini-game/trainer called Stopper 69. The game itself is very simple aa‚¬" press square when the number accumulates exactly to 69. The author wanted to encourage everyone that is interested in programming aa‚¬" start with tiny projects, and improve them gradually
AtariVM Version 0.2
Lostjared has updated his AtariVM to version 0.2 Alpha. This is a virtual machine that interprets Atari 800 assembly language. It is not a Atari emulator that runs Atari 800 ROMs. You can learn how to write Atari assembly source and the foundations of modern programming languages
Lumo's Tech Demos
Lumo has been hard at work on his 3D modelling project, and has released two tech demos and several screenshots. I must say, this is looking amazing.
so whats new?
this:
textures. load multiple objects from one program.
load multiple textures from one program.
load multiple versions of 3db from one program
3DB Loader Preview 5
Lumo is back at it again with a new release, 3DB Loader v5 (preview). For those of you who are unfamiliar with the amazing work Lumo has been doing on 3D modelling on the PSP you should check out his tech demos. In this version Lumo has improved the MEL export script as well as adding some texture model support and conversion tools
PSPLink 0.9f
TyRaNiD over at ps2dev.org has released a new version of PSPLINK. It's basically a tool which can help homebrew developers immensely. Its purpose it to provide a shell on your PC via SIO, WIFI or USB. If you're wondering what exactly this means, then it most probably isn't for you. Plus, it can access your PSP's internals in realtime
Text Coord finder
Gutya from our forums has released a homebrew application to help developers whilst making homebrew games. This small, simple application allows you to see where to place your text on an image, useful when making a main navigation menu; where getting the text in exactly the right place takes up quite a bit of time
