Homebrew coder James Garner tipped us off about the latest release of his excellent homebrew tool for all aspiring Nintendo DS game developers, the DS Game Maker. The latest  update is a feature pack release that includes a global copy and paste of sprites, pack and go tool,  Guitar Hero controller support and some more bug fixes.


Download: DS Game Maker v3.0

A new update for Bunjalloo  is now ready for download. Homebrew coder Richard Quirk has released version 0.7.6 of Bunjallo, a free web browser for your Nintendo DS. The latest update has added new features and more bug fixes.


Download: Bunjalloo v0.7.6

Homebrew coder Richard Quirk has released a new update for Bunjalloo, a free web browser for the Nintendo DS. The latest update has fixed a bug from the previous version.


Download: Bunjalloo v0.7.4

Right next to Karakh's release of his DS homebrew for Minesweeper comes LightSout. This would be his first attempt at PAlib, which actually turned out better than he expected, finally replacing Tetris as his "bathroom" game.


Download: LightSout

Taking a page off Sintax's original release of Win2DS homebrew application, MonkeyNZ has released an unofficial version of Win2DS v0.8a which adds several new features to enhance the previous version.

The latest release of Win2DS has both the client and server side updated with new code to enhance the speed and quality of the service. For more information check out the full article after the jump!

Download: Win2DS v0.8a (Unofficial)

After having the project nearly dropped a couple of times, devkitPro has finally released the latest version of the Nintendo DS homebrew application dswifi 0.3.4.

This versatile WiFi library application for the DS is compatible with many other homebrew applications such as DSOrganize and VoiceChatClient.

Check out the full details of the newest version of dswifi 0.3.4 right after the jump!

Ant512 is back again, with the latest release of the Woopsi GUI developer's kit for the DS. This C++ coded kit based on the AmigaOS UI will give other DS coders a convenient template for creating UIs for their own homebrew projects.

This latest release features a general code cleanup, as well the addition of non-draggable screens and windows. Ant512's changelog details for Woopsi v0.25 can be accessed via the Full Article.

Download: Woopsi v0.25 source
Download: Woopsi v0.25 demo

Developer devkitPro is sending out word that the latest build for devkitARM is now available for download. For those asking, DevkitARM is a toolchain for programming homebrew software for Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. There are two versions available for use: One for Windows, and one for Linux OS. Here are the latest changes for devkitARM since version 19b:

• Upgraded to gcc 4.1.2
• Added gdb by popular request
• Now including libraries for ARM big-endian devices - this relates to a request from the winARM maintainers, not DS related.
• Newlib patches extended to allow time() to work on the DS
• argv has been added - this will require support from the homebrew launcher menu on various cards
• ndstool now uses the default arm7 core distributed with libnds in preference to an embedded one
• Now working on Vista/Vista64 - users who were impatient and modified paths should now remove those changes
  

Keep note that devkitARM will require libnds 20071023 to run properly. libnds 20071023 carries these latest changes:

• some freeBSD fixes to makefiles
• added RTC setup and sound initialisation to arm7 core
• corrected glViewport for openGL consistency ( old spelling was glViewPort) , correct angle for gluPerspective and corrected glFrustum matrix
• IRQ nesting now works properly
• other more general fixes detailed in the changelog on SF
• DS examples updated for latest libnds

Downloads for both software will be provided for here, although we strongly advise readers to visit the devkitPro website for further information regarding this developer's tool.

Download: DevkitARM v21 (Windows)
Download: DevkitARM v21 (Linux)
Download: libnds 20071023

FatQuack has released DS Game Maker v1.5, an application designed to help homebrew creators in making games. According to FatQuack, the application is a WYSIWYG game maker for people who use PAlib which makes it easier for them to create an interface for their homebrew. (You'll still need to use C or some other programming language to breathe life into it.)

Here are the changes since version 1.0:

v1.0:

• Image transparency (Magenta is replaced with transparent).
• Makes sure you don't use image sizes that don't compile in properly.
• Sprites can snap to grid.

v1.5:

• It has image transparency and gives you the ability to set the install path of DevkitPro both of which are set in a .ini file.  It also has a property dialog for sprites that appears when you double click on a sprite in the canvas.

Just remember that you'll still need to program life into your games, and that to run the application, you'll also need .net Framework v2.0 or higher. Enjoy!

Download: DS Game Maker v1.5

 

Thanks to Badam, we heard about the triumphant return of one fine piece of homebrew, which everyone knows as TetattDS. It's now known as TetattDS v2.0, the game's just as fun as ever, and even comes with a ton of new functions.

In any case, here are the latest features for TetattDS:

• New graphics!
• New sound and music!
• Now saves high scores to FAT if available (otherwise it uses SRAM)
• Server now works on ppc
• Bug fixes
• Improved building from source
• Built with latest devkitpro

Perhaps one of the other things we really like about this is that the blocks are friendly to the colorblind, as there are requisite symbols to represent specific colors as well. In any case, why don't you give it a try and see how fun it is? Enjoy!

    
 

Download: [TetattDS v2.0]