Paint Black DS v1.0 Released

Cid2mizard has released a graphics application for this years Neo coding compo. You have a palette of 26 shapes to draw with. Once your image is created and stored in the menu editor you can redraw it following the letters corresponding to the shapes, which adds a kind of game play mode to the application.

If you like this app then please vote for it in the Neo Summer Coding Compo

Features :

• 100 Slots for save your drawings.
• 100 drawings Bonus for PLAY.
• Zoom, Grid, Gum, Reset.
• Load and Save on DLDI.
• You can use D-Pad or vertical/Horizontal sliders.
• GALLERY on slideshow with 5 speed.

Controls :
D-Pad : Moves the grid/Zoom selection.
START : Stop/Play/Skip Music.
Stylus : Choose and Put your Shape, selection by icon.



Source.

Element DS Released

Kukulcan and Lobo have released yet another homebrew for the DS. A puzzle game named Element DS, which is an adaptation of the flash game "Colisso" created by Kurohako. This was entered into 2 homebrew competitions, NEO Flash compo and the new GBAtemp monthly homebrew bounty.

The game:
You must remove all Blocks level by dragging in the right direction. Two blocks of color even returning collided exploserons, if their colors will be reversed. The Blocks not stop when that will hit the side of the game, a wall or another Block.


Neoflash Version.
Gbatemp Version.

Homepage

ScummVM DS v0.12.0 beta 1

A new version of the virtual machine that can play the LucasArts adventure games using the SCUMM system is available, "ScummVM DS 0.12.0 beta 1" by Agentq. Screen scaling has been improved and it's now compatible with a few more games.

New games supported:

• Lure of the Temptress
• Nippon Safes
• Lost in Time
• The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble (untested)
• Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two: Hand of Fate (runs slowly)
• Legend of Kyrandia: Book Three: Malcolm's Revenge (runs slowly)
  

New features:

• New laptop trackpad style input method
• New option to drag for hover, tap for click, and double tap for right click
• Reorganised options screens
• New top screen scaling options
• The usual round of bug fixes

Homepage

AmplituDS v4 gets two new stages

The recently released AmplituDS v4 gets an update in the shape of two new playable stages. No new download of the game is needed; these stages can be downloaded seperately on the AmplituDS forums linked to at the bottom of this post. And there is no need to register on the forums to be able to download the stages posted on it.

The new stages are "Chip nr one" and "Voxelbuffer". Next to the included "Tetris" and the other two already seperately downloadable stages "Unreal" and "Ode to Megaman", this brings the new stages for the 4.0 version of AmplituDS to a total of 5.


Source.

AmplituDS v4 Released

Fellow DS-Scene Administrator Sander Stolk aka Dark Knight ez, has released a new version of his popular ds homebrew, AmplituDS. V4 has had a few bugs fixed, a couple of new features were added, and three new playable stages are up for download, with more in the making.

Now, what's new in AmplituDS v4?

• A new and improved way of adding worlds and stages! With the ease of dropping in a folder.
• New layouts and settings formats (made easy by a converter created by Aaron)
• Making hitting the targets more visual.
• Create several new looks for targets.

The bugs fixed?

• Freestyle possibly working in menus; thanks to Dementedioser for bringing it to my attention
• Instruments marked to be played in the background could fail; thanks to Aaron for bringing it to my attention
• Wrong menu option highlighted for 1/30th of a second when going to a new menu; thanks to Aaron for bringing it to my attention
• Scoring inconsistency when using autoblaster in certain situations; thanks to Aaron for bringing it to my attention
  

A tutorial for the creation and insertion of your own stage has been created by DevilSpawn and can be found here.

Download AmplituDS v4.
Source.

PIXELMAN v.91 Released

Updates in v.91:

• Modification of palette colors. I intend to merge the transparency edit and palette edit into one option though, because it's a tad redundant...
• Choice of whether you want to save palette or sprite AND choice of file names
• More files visible in palettes and sprites folders when loading.
• Some slight look changes, and randomization of speed of the little intro graphic.
  

Still to Come:

• Change of working directory so nds file can be wherever you want it on your card. Will be possible with n00bey's help showing me the chdir() function.
• Saving/loading binary files.
• Restart option... this I'm procrastinating on...
  

and a surprise I hope people will really enjoy, but it's going to take awhile to code...

Download PIXELMAN v.91.
Source.

FewchessDS v0.4 Released

Those who liked the previous release of homebrew developer Sephiroth_FF7's FewChessDS will be pleased to find out that the selection of chess variations isn't so few anymore. From the last version, quite a handful of game modes are added. Check out the changelog to know what rules/variations were added:

Version 0.4

• Adding armies Colorbound Cloberers I and II and Nutty Knights.
• Adding variations Gothic chess, Bird's chess and chess Embassy.

Download FewchessDS v0.4.
Source.

DS-Frotz 2.0 (alpha) Released

DS-Frotz is the port of Stefan Jokisch and David Griffith's Frotz, based on the GBA version from Jonas Minnberg. It can play the majority of Inform files in z3, z5 or z8 format (up to V6 Inform format), with some bugs included... The source code is included in the package... The version 1.2 of DS-Frotz includes :

• a multi-game main menu
• a multi-interface inputs : grafiti or keyboard (no voice recogition yet, sorry...)
• and a brand new text-completion functionnality

includes a lot of games, but you can now put your own games to your cart...

Download DS-Frotz 2.0 (alpha).
Source.

NightFox's Colors - EFS 2.0 Released

I just started to use EFS 2.0. and recompiled my game to use it. Now, my game is 1 in single file. And he file a savegame integrated as well. Now it also works with NO $ GBA, perfect job (well, not save), mp3 music too. If you find a bug (the first time that I use EFS) please report to me. The only thing is now taking charge a little more time.

Download NightFox's Colors - EFS 2.0 SLOT1, SLOT2.
Source.

DSRoomMaker v1.0 Released

DSRoomMaker v1.0 is released!

• Now you can edit the walls and ways of your room!
• Added more objects
• You can combine the objects now
• The garden is bigger
• Deleted kitchen,bathroom and bedroom to combine it in one big main room
• Enjoy Wink

Download DSRoomMaker v1.0.
Source.

Sonic r255 Released

RITZ released a new version of his homebrew 3d project "Sonic". I think you will all agree looks very impressive for a DS Brew.

Sound is the development of my name homebrew nintendo ds 3D game project. number of features skeletal animation, static and dynamic lights, shadow volumes, skyboxes, the collection, the gravity and the object and environmental detection of a collision. in the near future, I'll create a logical game, ai, scripts and I hope to include an interactive map 3d manufacturer to facilitate the creation and World object and creature placement

Download Sonic r255.
Homepage.

DS Visual Novel Reader (VNDS) 1.3.7

Just noticed that VNDS has had 2 updates since the last version i posted.
anoNL has done a port of "True Remembrance" as well now, downloads below.


* 1.3.7 29/06/08:
anoNL:
* bugfix: variables weren't being initialized in some cases.

* 1.3.6 26/06/08:
anoNL:
* bugfix: spacing between items in the novel selection list was
incorrect
* bugfix: writing outside of array bounds in the script reader
* change the font-size for a novel by adding "fontsize=14" (or any
another integer) to info.txt

Novels:
Tsukihime v0.1.9 Sound http://mirrormoon.org/projects/tsukihime
Narcissu v0.0.4 Sound http://insani.org/narcissu.html
Anon's Nice Day v0.0.3 http://colombianon.blogspot.com/
Fate/Stay Night v0.8 Sound http://mirrormoon.org/projects/fate_stay_night
OMGWTFOTL r1 Sound http://insani.org/omgwtfotl.html
True Remembrance v0.3 Sound http://insani.org/trueremembrance.html

Download DS Visual Novel Reader (VNDS) 1.3.7.
Homepage.

LoneWolfDS : Fire On The Water 1.0 Released

Michoko released version 1.0 of the excellent LoneWolfDS: fire on water, a few weeks ago. There are some bugs that were fixed in this version if you are still using the old version, should update this version.

2008/06/30: v1.0

1. Set traders articles in the section # 181
2. Adding a note in the equipment section explaining you can not hold more than 50 crowns at once
3. Fixed a bug that allowed to choose 3 points for your equipment instead 2
4. Fixed a bug in section # 91 where you can choose an infinite number of meals
5. If you lost your backpack previous book, it is now available again (your King is a generous man;))
6. If you load a game I saved the book, your endurance is now fully restored.
7. Now you have the correct amount of gold at the start of putting a precedent.
8. Fixed section # 12 and the treatment of premium Sixth Sense, which was incorrect.
9. Adding a "loading" message to the launch, some people think that the game had crashed while he was just initialization.

Download LoneWolfDS : Fire On The Water 1.0.
Homepage.

jEnesisDS 0.7.4 Released

Lordus has released an updated version of the Sega Megadrive/Genesis emulator jEnesisDS. Not much is new in this version but there is apparently a considerable increase in sound and speed.

I decided to release a little update, although most of the things I wanted to do for the next version are not done yet. jEnesisDS 0.7.4 has no new features, but I think it's still worth the update, as the speed is improved by up to 30% and the sound is substantially better.

Changelog:

1. Changed scheduling of M68000 and Z80.
2. Some changes in M68000 internal memory handlers.
3. YM2612 FM core mostly rewritten in ASM.
4. Some bugs in FM core fixed (Operator 1 was sometimes not considered in certain cases).
5. Fixed reset bug for FM core resulting in unstable sound for every game loaded except the 1st one.
6. Raised sample rate for FM emulation from 16KHz to 28KHz (28, because a few games can't do 32KHz)
7. Sound is completely mixed in hardware now, meaning every FM channel, PSG and DAC have their own DS sound channels.

Download jEnesisDS 0.7.4.
Homepage.

NeonDS 0.2.1 Released

Orz has released a new version of NeonDS, one of the less popular emulators. There has actually been another version that was released prior to this that we havn't posted so I have included the changelog for that aswell.

Check out the compatibility listing here.

0.2.1
Fixed ATI card rendering problem
Auto frameskip when limit60fps options is enabled

0.2.0
New 3D display engine using GLSL
Video capture
2d background mosiac effect
RTC
NDS firmware settings
Other emulator bug fixes

Download NeonDS 0.2.1.
Homepage.

FrodoDS 080523 Released

Troy Davis (GPF) has recently been working on FrodoDS, the Commodore 64 emulator for the DS. This isn't the freshest news I must admit but a worthy news post all the same.

This latest version features increased framerates, easier disk browsing and real-time savestates.

I finally had some time to work on FrodoDS again after nearly a year without an update, I have added save snapshot support and loading snapshots directly from filelist.

Will save the snapshot using the currently mounted .D64 name changing extension to .FSS. This new functionality is on the button X.

Also now when it starts the filelist will no longer popup automatically, so after the c64 boots up, press the left trigger to bring up the filelist, now if you select a snapshot file ending in .FSS, it will automount the same name with .D64 and then autostart the snapshot.

Download FrodoDS 080523.
Homepage.

NitroTracker 0.4 Released

Tobias Weyand has released an updated version of the top quality application NitroTracker. This is still one of my favorite applications on the DS to date so it's great to see another update. There is quite alot new in this version so checkout the changelog below for more information. Don't forget you can always use the built-in DS mic to create some crazy tunes from household objects which is always fun or even hook the DS up to DS Midi for more entertainment value.

Finally! NitroTracker v0.4 is here!

I've been distracted a bit by the completely non-musical but quite entertaining Pocket Physics, but now I'm back on track. Pun intended.

• Loops
  
• Volume Envelopes (drawable)
  
• Multi-Sample Instruments
  
• Channel Mute / Solo

Lots of tiny improvements

There's hardly a part of the program that wasn't touched since the last release. I've paid a lot of attention to detail in order to make NitroTracker an easy and convenient to use, yet powerful mobile tracker. Some of these changes are:

• wav saving
  
• free ram indicator
  
• sample preview
  
• the file browser remembers recent folders and files
  
• improved xm player
  
• volume column editing
  
• sample panning
  
• improved left handed mode

Want to hear what it sounds like?

Some awesome tracks made with NitroTracker can be listened to on the download page.

New Tutorials

The documentation has been updated with new tutorials on editing samples and loops. You can learn how to tune your instruments and apply volume envelopes and how to hook up the DS to MIDI.

Download NitroTracker 0.4.
Homepage.

Woopsi V0.34 Released

Homebrew developer Ant512 recently rolled out the latest build to the GUI library tool designed for the Nintendo DS, Woopsi. Version 0.34 includes a lot of new changes, such as the addition of several code fixes and optimizations to help make the program run a lot smoother.

For those of you not familiar with Woopsi, it's essentially a homebrew used to create user interfaces for other homebrew software. Designed for use on the DS platform, it was modeled heavily from the AmigaOS windowing system.

Here's a statement released by developer regarding the new changes added in Woopsi 0.34:

This release mainly consists of changes I made before other commitments got in the way of my coding projects. Changes include protected copy constructors for all gadgets, several major fixes to the SuperBitmap drawing routines, SDL fixes and a few new examples including WPaint, a FileRequester demo and a DimmedScreen demo.

I've also managed to add in the two new events discussed in the last post. Gadgets now fire EVENT_MOVE_FORWARD and EVENT_MOVE_BACKWARD events when their raiseToTop() and lowerToBottom() methods are called. The AmigaWindow fires the EVENT_MOVE_FORWARD event. The screen doesn't fire that event yet, but I'll get around to it eventually.

Woopsi 0.34 comes with several detailed documentation files explaining its different features and how to use the program on your handheld. Please make sure to browse through them before copying any files to your DS.

Download Woopsi V0.34 Source Code, Demo.
Homepage.

Tuna-viDS version 1.1 Released

Basically, the Tuna-viDS enables playback of videos encoded in AVI format with Xvid video and MP3 encoded audio.

Granted, being able to play videos encoded in the most common formats will certainly make lives easier for those who would want to watch anime and other films using the Ninty handheld. Here's the changelog notes for the latest version, v1.1 (notes on previous version here):

New release, with contributions from Robin Watts (building on work from Sophie Wilson & Paul Gardiner), Costas, and ecurtz (building on work from Thoduv).

This release has stereo MP3 support, faster colour space conversion, and actually allows vertical heights less than 192 rows.

Important installation procedures as well as notes on file formats are in the documentation included in the download. As always, do go over them to ensure optimal playback of your videos.

Download Tuna-viDS version 1.1 Released.
Homepage.

StillAliveDS 1.15s Released

Our favourite fox comes back with a new release of his great homebrew StillAliveDS. I haven't tried it yet but considering the changelog, it seems like he didn't get much sleep yet. Everything has been improved, new in-game elements added, you can now choose controls and language. Check the spoiler for more.

StillAliveDS V1.15 S

The S version should correct the gfx glitches

Level Editor

1. 5 new elements (see below).
2. Grid (press select to hide/show).
3. You can save your map when you want
4. You now have to upload your maps through the level editor. Only possible if the map was finished.
5. Clear button which deletes everything on screen.
6. The "Build" feature is automatically called when you save/upload a map.
   

Game

1. red energy wall : you can shoot portals through them but can't pass.
2. razor wheels : These will kill you if you touch them.
3. moving platforms : Jump on them to move in the map. They kill you if you're stuck. You can put portals on them.
4. acid pool : Don't try to swim in it.
5. reflecting wall (which is also a slippery floor) : Shoot a portal on it and it will be reflected. Up to 5 bounces are possible.
6. If multiple red plasma switches are set, you have to deactivate all of them to clear the green energy field.
   

Menu

1. language selection
2. customizable controls : just click on a control to change the associated action.
   

Other

1. Backgrounds are now loaded from the flashcart
2. Updated EFS lib to V2.0 finale, maybe G6 and M3 will load my game now
   

Download StillAliveDS 1.15s.
Homepage.