Homebrew AGameAWeek - 3DS

[mike a]

So you have gba homebrew also

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[Deleted member 445482]

Guess what the 3ds can emulate to a extreme?

 

[Jayenkai]

My DS games include both a .ds.gba and a .nds file, because .. that’s just how games were distributed at the time.
Much like how I currently include a .3dsx and .cia, for the 3DS ones.
They both run identically, afaik, but you just had two versions because.. .. that’s the way it was!

 

[mike a]

Yeah I know lol, bit I'm wondering if he made gba homebrew, he has homebrew for a lot of operating systems like windows and nds

 

[Deleted member 445482]

You know you are talking to him right?

 

[Jayenkai]

Nah, I never tackled gba. Never owned a gba flashcart.
To be honest, the only reason I got into DS Homebrew was because Datel created the "as legal as was plausible" Games'n'Music thing.

 

[realWinterMute]

My DS games include both a .ds.gba and a .nds file, because .. that’s just how games were distributed at the time.
Much like how I currently include a .3dsx and .cia, for the 3DS ones.
They both run identically, afaik, but you just had two versions because.. .. that’s the way it was!

Except that wasn't the way it was.

In the early days we ran homebrew by burning them to a gba flashcart and the software for most of the cart writers refused to deal with images that didn't have a gba header. We fairly quickly discovered that we could make an nds header that was also a valid gba header for those carts instead of prepending a special header that loaded the nds from cart space. By the time you started making DS homebrew the .ds.gba thing was just cargo cult and unfortunately it took an inordinately long time to die out.

 

[Jayenkai]

All I know is that the resulting "rom" would run on the semi-legal Datel Games'n'Music cart, and that was ok for me.

 

[Stecker8]

Sorry to burst your bubble but probably nothing's going to beat the psp homebrew scene :d

3DS is still alive it can still get many new homebrew

 

[Jayenkai]

Too right it is. It's had at least 8 brand new, original games appear since April.

 

[Joel16]

3DS is still alive it can still get many new homebrew

Talking about the PSP scene during it's prime. This scene is incomparable.

 

[Jayenkai]

But now it’s AGameAWeek's time!!

 

[mike a]

And it might get a Diablo port soon

 

[Jayenkai]

This week's game!!


The Link Janitor

Help the Link Janitor fix up all the broken links in the arena.
Simply stand on a block, tap A, trail the link to a similar colour, and then repeat until all the links are complete.
If you get stuck, you can use A to deactivate a link, or if you're REALLY stuck, hit Y to restart the level.

It's a nice and gentle little puzzle game. Nowhere near as hard as the Biscuit one!!

You can Download The Link Janitor here.

 

[Deleted member 445482]

Why do people complain about the difficulty in you're games?

Also I like this game!

 

[Jayenkai]

I tend not to add "easy" levels to my games, and any tutorials are typically as barebone as I can make them.
Personally I think that if you’re someone who plays my games, each and every week, then having to deal with a half dozen tutorial levels each and every week would be dull and boring!
So, instead, my games tend to jumpstart into the "good" bit, instead of pacing things a bit gentler.

As such, most "newcomers" to the world of AGameAWeek seem to find things a bit harder than they’re used to.
It's nothing bad, it's just that over the past decade or so, everyone's got used to having the guiding hand for the first few levels.
Taking it away is a shock to the system!

As for "Biscuit", even I'd agree that that game's difficult.
I developed it using a cheat mode, so I could get the game working right, and knew that the levels were doable.
Then I turned off the cheat mode, and went "oh, crikey, that’s a bit hard!!”
But I left it how it was, because.. mmm.. super hard puzzler!

 

[Deleted member 445482]

Also off topic i like on a space shooting trail the best because it reminds me of Geometry wars evolved, that was my favorite game on the xbox 360.

 

[mike a]

So how is centi pong coming along

 

[Jayenkai]

So how is centi pong coming along

My harddrive went a little bit dead, this week. It's been gradually freaking out over the past few months, and this week it started making horrific noises.
As such, I’m currently in the middle (like, literally, right now!) of setting up a new Laptop and getting everything up and running.
Haven’t had much time to think about Centipong, and how to do a new version. so instead this week's game will be about a Fridge on a Pogo Stick, because that requires much less thinking time!!!

Maybe next week for Centipong.

 

[Jayenkai]

Pogo the Fridge

Pogo needs help getting rid of the rebellious fruit army.
Help guide Pogo along the way.

You can Download Pogo the Fridge here.