FlashMod
I've just received a message from Steven Mattera (aka IchigoKurosaki) of Orbis PSP Development stating that work has stopped on the highly anticipated release of FlashMod v3. Sadly, it seems that while he was trying to test a new write system for FlashMod, his PSP bit the big one and bricked
NetlibPSP, Mobile GamingVersion: 1.0 PSP Infrastructure Development Library Upload date: 27 Sep 11 Tags: Programming & Development
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Netlib
When developing a new game or application for a current gen video gaming system, creating something from scratch can be very difficult, considering how software development kits are priced
myLCD - A Unicode Text Rendering Library
Mike, aka Okio, from our forum has released a multi-platform Unicode text rendering and mini frame-buffer API library for embedded hardware and standalone LCD contrololers. He has just released version 0.20 of myLCD which now supports the PSP (tested on 1.5).
Updates for v0.20
wavlib Lua Development Library
Youresam has announced the release of a new lua library, wavlib. The library is designed to help with the integration of visual and audio data into lua based programs. Wav files must be 352 kbps, 16 bit, and 22kHz as other formats may lead to inaccurate rendering of visual data
Lua Player
The awesome Lua Player has just been updated to version 0.18
Although it's an alpha release, there shouldn't be any major bugs.
One of the great new features is Module Load support (Thanks to Oobles)
Danzeff OSK Source
Danzel, the author of AFKIM, has released the stand-alone source code of the new OSK (On-Screen Keyboard) in his 2.0 version of AFKIM. Other developers in the scene can now reuse the source code to embed this OSK into their own homebrews to offer a better way of character input
DDS:AP r2
b0xx0r from our forums has just updated his awesome homebrew called Duelli Della Scheda : Arte Persa, or DDS:AP.
If you've just joined us, DDS:AP is a development version of an isometric map maker which you can use in creating your turn-based RPGs. Right now, it's not in any playable form
Netlib
Youresam from our forums has released v1.3 of Netlib homebrew development tool. Netlib is a library of functions which developers can use so that they dont have to re-type the code. They can simply call the functions from this library and it will do its work. Also in the newest version, youresam has added a really wacky function
Lua Devkit
Among all the homebrew news which I personally report, my favorite would be updates regarding development tools and the like. It's great to see people making tools which other people can use to save time and make better homebrew. gosugenji from our forums would be one such example.
He has just released a Lua Devkit for budding Lua developers
FindC
PSPXavier recently released FindC v1.0. FindC stands for 'Find Coordinates'. According to the good developer, "This is a quick program I (he) made in Lua in the middle of coding another Lua game.
I just wanted a break from the more technical stuff and do something easy and quick
