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Awesomisoft offers version 0.4 of "DS App Studio" FDI to facilitate the development of homebrew on Nintendo DS.

Was Awesomisoft Creating a New Easy to use DS Homebrew App Developing programs Called Studio
DS App Studio uses a programming language made ET Called DSAL ( DS Application Language ) That Makes DS homebrew development making cutting easier for beginners. Here Is a piece of code That Shows That language :


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start2D ( 256 , 256 ) ;
say (" Hello , World ! ") ;
wait () ;
endif ();

http://www.awsomisoft.co.cc/ ...

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maRk2512 provides the final version of his puzzle game for the Nintendo DS "Sokoban Touch & Go!.

http://www.palib-dev.com/forum/index.php?topic=648.0 ...

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Woopsi 0.99.5 is now out. It is available from the Woopsi website:

http://woopsi.org

The big change this time around is the rendering system. Instead of each gadget needing to redraw itself when its appearance changes, gadgets now push their damaged rectangles to a queue that is redrawn every VBL.

In short - redrawing the screen is faster and the code is simpler.

The FreeType library and associated classes are no longer being distributed as part of Woopsi. Instead, Lakedaemon has put together a distribution of Woopsi that includes ported libraries and extra classes. These provide Woopsi with a wealth of extra functionality. His distribution can be found here:

http://bitbucket.org/Lakedaemon/ndstoolkit/overview

On top of the FreeType library, Woopsi font classes and an "XmlBox" gadget, it includes DS ports of:

- libjpeg
- libmxml
- libpng
- libsqlite3
- libz

The full changelog is below.

Fixes:
- Removed freetype classes, library and example (Lakedaemon's distro will provide this functionality).
- Examples build script uses for loop instead of explicitly named folders.
- Gadget::checkCollision(Gadget) works correctly.
- Tests build script uses for loop instead of explicitly named folders.
- Fixed memory leaks in Text::getLineTrimmedLength().
- Rewrote RectCache::splitRectangles() for speed and clarity.
- Increased delays for SDL double click and key repeat times.
- Fixed memory leak in demo.
- Fixed memory leak in PackedFontBase::getStringWidth().
- Fixed memory leak in MultiLineTextBox::moveCursorToPosition().
- ScrollingPanel::scroll() redraws correctly on top screen.
- Renamed Text class to Document.
- Document class contains a WoopsiString instead of inheriting from it.
- Removed DimmedScreen class (not compatible with new rendering system).
- Removed erased flag from Gadget.
- Removed Gadget::erase().
- Removed Gadget::eraseGadget().
- Removed Gadget::redraw().
- Removed Gadget::redrawDirty().
- Removed Gadget::drawChildren().
- Removed Gadget::redrawDirtyChildren().
- ListData destructor does not fire list changed events.
- Removed AmigaWindow::redrawBorder().
- Removed Woopsi::eraseRect().
- Gadget::getChild() no longer returns a const gadget.
- Removed visibleRegionCacheInvalid flag from gadget.
- Removed Gadget::enableDrawing().
- Removed Gadget::disableDrawing().
- Removed drawingEnabled flag from Gadget.
- Gadget::remove() and removeChild() will trigger a redraw of the gadget's visible regions (ie. erase it) automatically.
- Pong uses a SuperBitmap as its display.
- WoopsiArray doubles in size each time it needs to grow instead of increasing by 100.
- ScrollingPanel::scroll() uses the new rendering system.
- Fixed FileRequester border.
- FileListBox re-raises ListBox value changed events.
- ListBox no longer raises events when deselecting options when double-clicked (correctly raised when selecting the correct option).
- Fixed horizontal position of text in left-aligned text box.
- ScrollingTextBox scrolls line-by-line when scrollbar is dragged instead of smooth-scrolling (easier to read).
- Added virtual destructor to ListBoxBase.
- Moved border size defines from window.h to amigawindow.h and made them consts.
- Changed DYNAMIC_ARRAY_SIZE define in woopsiarray.h to a const.
- Changed GLYPH_MAP_SIZE define in fontbase.h to a const.
- Changed defines in glyphs.h to consts.
- Moved SCREEN_WIDTH and SCREEN_HEIGHT defines into sdl/nds.h.
- Changed defines in defines.h to consts.
- Woopsi::handleKey() expects an s32 instead of a u32 as the heldTime argument.
- PadHeldTime struct stores values as s32 instead of u32.
- Gadget::getCloseType() is const.
- ScrollingTextBox and ScrollingListBox scrollbars move in steps instead of smoothly as their lists are scrolled.
- Rewritten slider logic again.
- ScrollingListBox scrollbar updates correctly as list changes or gadget is resized.
- ScrollingTextBox scrollbar updates correctly if gadget is resized.

New Features:
- Added makefile for demo - can now be built from command line.
- Added Rect::splitIntersection().
- Gadget rendering re-written to use damaged rects.
- Added equality and inequality operator overloads to Rect class.
- WoopsiArray accepts an initial reserved size parameter in its constructor.
- FileRequester includes filename textbox.
- Added FileRequester::getTextBoxFileName().
- Added Range class. ...

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/DiiLC-121-t21320.html

DiiLC is a homebrew developed by Conanac that allows downloading and \ install the DLC and HDLC ( Hacked DLC) Animal Crossing City Folk.
The DLC are additional downloadable content not supplied with the game




QUOTE
Version 1.2.1
- Fix a bug for non- built -in trigger item
- Allow non- Nintendo DLC sender name in letter

Version 1.2
- Allow only letter with DLC and build - in item attachment
- Allow setting IP address for DLC in dlcsetting.xml ( new version number = 2 ) When you run this the first time DiiLC v1.2 Will it overwrite the old dlcsetting.xml

V1.1
- Fix a bug for KR region pattern name ( from " blank "to real name )

1.0
- Official site with many new additions ...

News via http://retroactionmagazine.com/retro...ume-4-issue-8/

The September 2010 issue of NintendoAGE, Volume 4 Issue 8, is available to download. NintendoAGE is a monthly ezine covering all things Nintendo. This month, content includes ‘Passing the Batton. Another generation dies’, a look at Super Mario Bros 2, ‘A Buyer’s Gudie to Negotiating’, and, of course, the NA ‘Price Guide’.

Weblink: http://www.nintendoage.com/ ...

Talk about a buzz kill.

Effectively squeezing all the air out of Apple's mobile marketing lungs, Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz doesn't have high hopes for Apple - at least not in terms of the iAd platform. What's the reason for her belief that it will eventually fail miserably?

It's all about the control say's the Yahoo chief. And Apple's relentless desire for "control" will prove a big turn-off to advertisers. In other words, Bartz says Apple will bring down iAds itself. In an interview covered by Reuters, she reportedly said of iAds: "That's going to fall apart for them. Advertisers are not going to have that type of control over them. Apple wants total control over those ads."

Bartz concurs with the complaints that have surfaced elsewhere from advertisers who have worked with Apple on mobile advertising.

http://modmyi.com/forums/iphone-news...ion-apple.html ...

We've seen our share of downright silly controllers for the Wii (we're looking at you, CTA), and we were expecting more of the same, but we'll be darned if no less an authority than self-avowed Wii Sports Table Tennis addict Paul Govan (from Gamepeople.co.uk) hasn't given the Wii Sports Table Tennis Bat high marks all around: it's weighted like proper paddle, the build quality is decent, comes with a battery and a charger and, most importantly, it "replicates all the features of [the] Wiimote and MotionPlus perfectly." Unfortunately, the reviewer states that this is a prototype from an as yet unnamed Chinese manufacturer. Way to harsh our buzz, man.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/16/w...-for-purchase/ ...

Newly released today



The card duels continues with Tag Force 5. You will take part in the adventures in the WRGP arc as an original character. Make friends, and duel with Yusei, Jack and new characters such as Prashid and Sherry. The game is compatible with the Yugioh Official Card Game and carries original cards that nobody has seen before. Collect all 4700 cards and form the strongest deck.

The battles are fully voiced and all in 3D, popular modes such as the Dark Synchro and the original Accel Synchro will be added to the games, making your card fights even more exciting. You can install the data into your memory stick to speed up your fights.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3yij.html ...

Having experienced quite a bit of trouble getting the Nintendo Wii remotes to work reliably with his home theater projector, [Sprite_TM] designed his own sensor bar replacement. If you’re not familiar, the Wii remotes have an infrared camera in the tip that sense two IR LEDs in the sensor bar that resides above or below your television. The problem is that if you’re too far away, the points of light are not where the remote expects them to be and the cursor will not perform as expected. Since this is a huge projected display it’s no surprise that the player is further away from the screen than the system was designed for.

[Sprite_TM's] solution was to build a projection system for the two IR points. The unit in the picture above is a driver circuit with two IR emitters mounted on a heat sink, each with its own reflector. The reflected beams are shined through a Fresnel lens and projected on the same wall as the TV image. The viewer will not be able to see this light as it’s in a longer wavelength than the visible spectrum. But the Wii remote performs beautifully now and the replacement sensor bar is happily mounted out of sight above the projector.

http://hackaday.com/2010/09/16/wii-s...bar-projector/ ...