Developer slicer4ever decided to get his feet wet on ad-hoc development and did just so with something relatively simple, but pretty addictive nonetheless. It's a two-player derivative of the popular Snake game. This one's simply called PSPSnake v.1 and it's worth a try if you dig homebrew games. More details in the full article ahead.


Download: PSPSnake v.1
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Want more goodies from Homebrew Idol? We've got some right here, and this time, we'll have a dose of indoor sports with slicer4ever's PSPBillards. This homebrew game has a couple of modes and an AI opponent, and a list of known bugs was also posted. More in the full article ahead.

Download: PSPBillards
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development Forums

Developer slicer4ever dropped by the QJ.NET Forums earlier to announce the release of Pixel Attack version 0.3. Among other updates, this new build now carries MP3 support for whatever tunes you've got in the PSP's MUSIC folder. The rest of the changelog is available in the full article.


Download: Pixel Attack v 0.3
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If you're looking for a puzzle game on the PSP that's a bit more frantic than most games, then homebrew developer slicer4ever may have what you're yearning for. Presenting the very addictive and very enjoyable Pixel Attack, now in its latest version with a lot of improvements. Check out what this means to you in the full article, and see if you can also enjoy this game where you simply avoid a lot of things coming your way.

Download: Pixel Attack v0.2
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After working on the homebrew game Impact, coder slicer4ever has released another ball-centric game in Pixel Attack. You'll be playing as a cyan circle trying to avoid other colored bouncing and falling balls. Learn more about Pixel Attack at the full article.

Download: Pixel Attack
Download: Pixel Attack (source code)
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After venturing in space, dev slicer4ever has come back with Impact, a fun-filled homebrew game for Sony's Playstation Portable. Learn more about the game's features after the jump.

Download: Impact
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Homebrew developer Slicer4ever has released the latest version of the homebrew game for the PSP, Celestial Cunning, now upped to version 0.3. Celestial Cunning is a real-time strategy (RTS) game set in space.

For this version, Slicer4ever rewrote the game back to 2D. This was made mainly to have "better gfx and controls". This change has however resulted to "loss in speed". But that's something we can all live with, right? For the sake of better controls, it's a minute sacrifice, as some people have commented that the controls for this homebrew game were a little complicated. Reverting to 2D might address that little annoyance.

The homebrew developer says that this version is also the 10th "complete rebuild including [the] PSP and PC versions". There are still some bugs that need to be addressed, but Slicer4ever promises to attend to those in the next versions. Maps have also been included in version 0.3 of Celestial Cunning.

So, download the file now to get started. But make sure to read the readme (duh) so you'll know exactly how to install this. Info on the controls is also there. Enjoy!

Download: Celestial Cunning v0.3
View: PSP Development Forum

  

Slicer4ever has released the latest version of his homebrew game Celestial Cunning on our QJ.Net Forums. Celestial Cunning version 0.2 has some changes that fans of the first release might be interested to know about.

This new release brings these following changes:

• Units are now built instead of instant building
• There is a Main Menu
• Added Map Maker
• Support for "maybe 10 maps"
• Slight tweaks to AI

The game still retains its RTS roots and looks to be a very interesting play, once you get used to the controls that is. There are so many controls that you'll really be referring to the readme for the first half hour of playing the game. Once you do get used to it, it quickly becomes second nature and you'll be building ships and mining properly in no time.

The readme warns that there are still bugs in the game, and Slicer4ever is aware of them. He is requesting that people should only report game crash bugs to him though so he can get to fixing those. Check out the file in the folder named "readme or die in 30 secs.txt" for instructions on how to install and play the game.

Download: Celestial Cunning v0.2
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Slicer4ever has released a beta version of Celestial Cunning over on our PSP Development forums. According to the developer, the game still requires optimization but there's now a bit of AI in it, although all it does is defend instead of attack. This version of Celestial Cunning has five available units. Most of the available commands work as well.

Celestial Cunning is an ambitious homebrew RTS game with a sci-fi flavor. You can see from the screenshots here that it's still in its early stages, but it does look quite promising. If you have any comments, suggestions, or if you want to help out with this project, click on the "visit" link below.

Please remember to read the readme file included in the download for usage instructions and a short overview of the controls and icons.

Download: Celestial Cunning beta
Visit: QJ's PSP Development forums

It's one thing for a programmer to take his Lua homebrew, go back to scratch, and re-translate it into C. It's quite another thing to take that new C code and bring it a step further by adding more features and capabilities. Enter slicer4ever and you've got yet another homebrew junkie worth looking up to.

His Block Attack homebrew started out in its early Lua stages, and now it's been un-Lua'ed with his recent v0.3 release. Today, it's now pegged at Block Attack v0.4. The concept remains the same: just dodge the enemy blocks and pick up the "live" ones. Here are the new features he's added for v0.4:

• high scores
• difficulty
• customizable options

There are five difficulty levels to choose from: from easy to insane mode. Settings can also be customized to change your box's color, enemy color, or "live" box color to either red, blue, or green. He mentioned that he would have wanted to put in some music too, however, he notes that it drops the speed too much. So right now, he's planning to incorporate that feature in a future version.

Download: [Block Attack v0.4]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]