It’s said that the GBAdev.org competition had 28 submissions. The main page of GBAdev has not been updated since monday, so I can not grant it for sure there were 28 submissions. Let’s hope of some words from the official side soon…[Update @ 01:33 – 11. Dec 2004]Talking of a word from the official side, it has been done 🙂 There ARE 28 submissions and most of the games have an average high quality which is really great. The submission page holds pictures, but no downlaods yethttp://2004mbit.gbadev.org/
Image provided by: GBAdev.orgMandelboy is a GBA Mandelbrot viewer by Lupin.http://gbadev.org/
mATkEUpON updated SmashGP, a game similar to Smash Bros.Now the gameplay should be closer to the original N64 version. And what I realized a few days ago is that now, when I’m testing, you can hear me laugh from a distance So for the quick changelog:-New objects-New arenas-New character (luigi)-Voices, new menus-Bugfixes and other stuffGP32x.com Thread
kalthare ported AcidWarp, an old MSDOS Eye Candy program to the GP32.AcidWarp is software that falls into the category of”eye-candy”. AcidWarp generates soft, friendly pictures on your screen. It selects from over 40 mathematical function to generate each picture pattern. Once displayed the colors of each picture are animated to produce a flowing and moving picture.GP32x.com Thread
The coder of Rouge, also updated his game. Rouge is an ascii/ansi style RPG, don’t expect funky graphics.http://gp32spain.com/foros/showthread.php?t=14878
Anarchy updated his Pang remake with a minor bugfix version.http://www.gp32spain.com/
Nazca has released a final version of his game Nazcaspheres. You can get it from his homepage at:http://www.gp32spain.com/nazca/
Ciaran Anscomb updated a current state-of-play for XRoar. Updates that affect the GP32 version are:
Simulates basic NTSC video artifactsChatboard support (finally!)Autoruns programs from cassette files
Unfortunately the disk support seems to be broken in this version, which will be fixed soon.http://www.6809.org.uk/dragon/xroar.shtml
If you have registered to enter the GBAdev.org competition, it is now possible to start uploading your entries. Even if you upload an entry now you will still be able to delete it and upload updated versions up until the deadline. Please make sure if you contribute to register in time.http://2004mbit.gbadev.org/
Psilycobin Game Development is a small group of artists who create games for the GP32 and in the near future maybe for other systems as well. The first release of Psilycobindev was Xump, a puzzle game, which entered at GBAX 2004. They have their own domain now, so you might check it from time to time, to get informed about possible new projects.http://www.psilocybindev.org/