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3D Portal homebrew for the DS
While we wait for more news from the 3DS hacking front, the DS homebrew development scene continues to put out the occasional release, like this impressive prototype inspired by Portal. By the way, someone also put out a 2D Portal remake for DS several years ago, and it was pretty awesome!
The French coder behind this project, Smealum (who you might remember for his work on the Minecraft DS project), says PortalDS is “nowhere near playable yet,” but that he’ll eventually add other updates including audio. You should note that the above video was shot with an emulator, so you’ll see some graphical glitches not present in the actual game.
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One of the biggest problems with homebrew projects for the DS or any problems, especially those run by a single person, is they’re too often put aside as the developer moves on to other interests or obligations.
That’s what happened to the unauthorized Minecraft DS game we’ve been covering, as coder Smealum has announced that he needs a break from the project:
“I just wanted to let you all know that from now on the project is officially ‘on hold’. The reason for this is that I’ve lost all motivation to push it any further for the time being.
And this isn’t really about me having school again; I’ve done this with pretty much all of my projects: I work hard on it for a while, and then it just kind of sits there for a few months… until I get back to it and finish it. So, don’t expect any updates for a few months (at least weeks) as I won’t be working on this (I haven’t touched the code since version 310811).
And before anyone says I should release the source code, I want you all to know that I have considered it and decided against it for the time being. As I have said already, I do plan on releasing the source code eventually, just not before I feel I’m done with the project.
This is merely a break (hopefully) and at any rate the code is in no state to be published at this point in time. … I hope you all understand, I’m very sorry about this.”
:o( You can still download and play Minecraft DS for free here — someone’s even created a little adventure map for the game, if you want to try that out.
At least there’s still Lumikha/Luacraft! Oh wait, that hasn’t been updated since July 25…
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Homebrew coder Smealum just posted a new public update for DScraft, the unauthorized adaptation of Mojang’s Minecraft for Nintendo DS. He’s actually put out a number of new builds in the past several weeks, but those were available to only closed beta testers.
There’s a ton of features introduced since that first public demo, including dynamic water, a dynamic lighting system, cave generation, an inventory, and more.
Now all we need are some enemy mobs! Oh, and an update for Lumikha/LuaCraft, the other homebrew DS project obviously inspired by Minecraft, but in 2D like Terraria.
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Screenshots of DScraft, the unofficial Minecraft adaptation for DS, with texture packs (click for kinda larger images).
While Smealum continues work on this homebrew project, the fans taking part in its closed beta test are creating these texture packs to pretty the game up. It’s this kind of community involvement that really help build momentum and keep development going — that’s why I’m always calling on dudes to support other homebrew efforts like Lumikha/LuaCraft and a number of fan translations.
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DScraft beta test footage. Development continues on the two homebrew, Minecraft-inspired DS projects — here you can see plenty of additions Smealum’s added since the first rudimentary release, like basic controls, torches, texture pack support, new block types, and more.
Smealum hasn’t put out a public release showing his progress with DScraft so far, but you can see more of what he’s added in this recent fanmade trailer.
The other Minecraft-style DS project, Lumikha (formerly LuaCraft), which more resembles Terraria with its sidescrolling 2D presentation, is also coming along nicely, though I think it really needs more attention so French developer Fantasix will continue to work on it.
I can’t wait until both projects start adding enemies, as the hostile world of Minecraft’s Beta always appealed to me more than the safer Classic version.
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Minecraft DS by Smelaum, another homebrew project seeking to adapt Mojang’s indie PC game for a handheld.
While this 3D demo is impressive, it only has a few basic features: terrain generation, adding/removing blocks, and map streaming from the game file. Smealum says he is working on an actual level generator (what you see here is generated with test code) and support for saving.
As for LuaCraft, that 2D Minecraft-inspired homebrew we featured a while ago, it looks like that’s still under development but now under the name Lumikha. It’s a shame that there isn’t any 3DS homebrew, as both of these projects could benefit from that system’s extra power.
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