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GuitarsOnFire is a GuitarHero clone, like Guitarfun and FretsOnFire. It uses FretsOnFire compatible songs, which can be found all over the internet. Everything is released under GPL.

Changes:

New Features:
Freestyle mode (Special thanks to WaxyPumpkin72 for the sound effects)
New difficulty/instrument selection menus
Online score list, see http://daid.mine.nu/guitarsonfire/
New results screen after playing a song
Much requested volume settings
Low battery warning icon during gameplay. And auto pause if a controller disconnects.
Restart option in pause menu
Samba share option (see readme.txt)

Bugfixes/changes:
Some audio fixes to make more songs playable
Many small things in the menus, larger texts, better fitting texts.
Loading is a bit faster now, and no longer speeds up at 90%.

Jump N Blob is a typical Jump and Run containing adventure elements (Inventory, action battle system). In the role of Blob, a small blue and cute creature, it is your task to save the Island of Malis.

Your fiends are the infamous Beastking and his underlings. Now it is up to you. Rescue your friends and your home or hey will be doomed.

maRk2512 updated his game QuirkDS, which he now calls “PuzzleBoy”. It’s a remake of the old GameBoy game “Kwirk, A-mazing tater”.

Changes:

FIXED: Level 76 was not solveable. Again thanks to mman3i

Win2X is an alternative frontend for the Wiz, that points in improving users experience over the default Wiz frontend.

Changes:

> Implemented shutdown command
> Implemented auto-shutdown function
> Added Multiple user environment (PLEASE see the documentation on how the user environment works)
> Reconstructed GPH apps menu(now includes the LineDraw aswell)
> Added date/time selection(press A on the desktop or click on the taskbar time)
> Added desktop time format selection
> Fixed properties menu scroll
> Fixed text alignment
> Fixed explorer and category icons sorting(now it is alphabetically sorted without the CAPS bug)
> Added support for long .gpe file names
> Fixed category window scroll function
> Fixed a bug with the slideshow rotation(now recognizes alpha channel if exists)
> Fixed explorer files extension recognition(eg, my.file.gpe is now normally recognized as executable)
> Reconstructed system window and SideBar

Discussion: http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/51060-win2x-alternative-frontend/

TUcS is a Puzzle/Plattform Game for GP2X and WIZ, it’s written in GLBasic.

Changes:

+ Fix Bad Tile Render
+ some minor fix
+ Added Volume Control (BETA)
+ Added Mini Level Editor
+ Graphics improvment

TowerDefense is an classic 2D action game. Protect your base with all kind of defense systems and kill all the waves of enemies. If ten enemies reach the base the game is over.

Changes:

09/01/2010 Version 0.91
Graphical changes:
– Added 25 animated enemy sprites. Thanks Applicant!
– Added game setting screen.
– Added intro screen 3
– Improve winter theme sprites.
– Improve first help screen.
– Improve main menu screen.
– Lots of other small GUI changes.
Game play changes:
– Make game harder to play!
– Less start money.
– Enemy minimum / maximum speed depend on wave nr.
– Increase weapon prices.
– Increase maximum concurrent monsters in action.
– Decrease weapons effective range.
– Build game with devkitPPC r19 compiler.

Wii Web Server is a simple Web-Server for the Wii.

Changes:

Vast speed improvements (no more sleeping)
Compiled against libogc v1.8.1 and devkitppc r19 etc
Stability issues fixed
Restuctured faster code
Re-coded in c++
Various HTTP rfc compliance improvements

Corbin released a small test program for the Wiz, you can test joystick and music functionality.

Quote:

This is my first little Wiz program. It is a simple SDL_Joystick test. I made some GIMP graphics for it and added music to test SDL_Mixer as well.

Feel free to download it and check out the source. I hope anyone getting started with Wiz development or SDL might find this helpful.

SpaceBubble by wplaat is a classic board puzzle game based on bubble breaker. Select multiple bubbles with the same color and destroy them, the more you hit in one the higher score you will get.

Changes:

– Improve main menu screen.
– Added 60Hz (640×480) TV Mode support.
– Increase local highscore list to maximum 100 entries.
– Store current game score in highscore area also when game is quited.
– Added extra help screen with WiiMote control information.
– Use GRRLIB v4.2.0 library as graphical engine.
– Use libogc v1.8.1 library as Wii interface engine.
– Build game with devkitPPC r19 compiler.

drunkencoders.com announced their 5th Annual Wintery Game Coding Competition. Entries can be submitted till March 19, 2010.

Quote:

Create a Nintendo DS or GBA game with a winter or holiday theme. Be it Wack-a-Santa or nuclear snowball fights with diminutive elves we want to see your wintery creations.

Now accepting Wii and Gamecube entries (judged by the same criteria but awarded prizes from a seperate prize pool).

Thanks to www.nintendomax.com / www.tehskeen.com for the news.