Hacking PSPHDC Announcement - The First PSP Homebrew Developer Conference!

[TheMrIron2]

(original post written by Iridescent from reddit)

The First PSP Homebrew Developer conference will be held on March 28th, at 4PM EST (8PM GMT)! This conference will feature over a dozen presentations from 8 PSP developers, and we are waiting on 3 more people to confirm presentations. The majority of developers from the PSP Homebrew Discord Server (https://discordapp.com/invite/bePrj9W) will be on call for this event and separate livestreams will be mirrored to YouTube!

Each presentation may last from 5-15 minutes and will feature various current and future projects with the progress and updates, alongside technical discussion and discussion of the future of the PSP Homebrew Community! Be sure to mark your calendars, and tune in for the several hours of the event! The streams will be recorded and a VOD will be posted to various YouTube channels. Viewers of both the streams and participants in the discord server will be allowed to ask questions and get instant, direct feedback from developers!

YouTube Video for the Announcement:

The PSPHDC Scheduled Stream (set a reminder!):

 

[slaphappygamer]

Best handheld ever!

 

[elrayo]

This is by far the best handheld ever made <3

 

[Naendow]

Nah, I'd think the PS Vita is better. It can do pretty much everything a PSP can and way more.
It is true, the PSP is great even today. And it is really surprising how much power some developers get out of that little old device.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Does the PSP still have an active homebrew community? I thought people would have moved on by now.

 

[cearp]

surprise talk by DA? but yeah... very cool. late but cool

 

[Naendow]

Does the PSP still have an active homebrew community? I thought people would have moved on by now.

Tbh, the PSP scene isn't as big as it was years ago. But yea, it is still there.

 

[TheMrIron2]

Nah, I'd think the PS Vita is better. It can do pretty much everything a PSP can and way more.
It is true, the PSP is great even today. And it is really surprising how much power some developers get out of that little old device.

I would agree if the PSP Go didn't exist! The extra convenience and portability means a lot to me for a portable device. But yes, I totally understand why many prefer the Vita, especially compared to the standard PSP models.

Does the PSP still have an active homebrew community? I thought people would have moved on by now.

Yes! I started the discord server in summer of 2018 and it now has over 1,600 members. Right now a Minecraft remake, a brand new game engine, a remake of FNAF, a remake of Spelunky, three or four first person shooters and a chat client are under active development. A remake of Slender was recently completed, and work is ready to get underway for the port of the latest DeSmuME to PSP.
It's not quite where it was in its prime, I reckon, but this is the strongest the scene has been in years - surely the biggest it's been in a very long time. It's a good time to be in the scene.

 

[iyenal]

I am looking forward for this great event, and would like to thank very much @TheMrIron2 for the initiative!
Just for information, you will be able to follow the stream on this link too meanwhile @TheMrIron2 adds it in the main post

 

[Deleted User]

Livestream:

 

[jijisama]

this is a good initiative for the psp community.
project celeste was my best one for me a new internet browser with modern-day tools i know it's just a dream right now but im so happy just to see that there is hope... besides all the projects looks so interesting and im so hype to see more (fingers crossed all the projects get releases in the future)

 

[Malckyor]

Wish I could've watched that day, but I finally did it and I must say that's very impressive, there are some very ambicious projects and I hope that they can be done, that should be some great steps for the PSP, I'll be here watching everything. I had a question but I forgot it half the conference, I'll ask if I remeber it sometime.