Vettefan has released his first game he has ever made for the PSP today coded in Lua. This amazes me that vettefan has worked so quickly as he only started coding this yesterday! It's called Freefall, and in case you haven't heard of the original game before, Its a game of well-timed button bashing where you have to avoid the black bars, effectively 'land' in the sky (hey, I never said it was realistic) in order to survive and reach a high score.

This is the initial release, and Vettefan has informed us that it does contain a bug at the moment, with you having to press the start button a couple times in order to continue after you collide with a bar sometimes. This does not effect the core gameplay aspect, with smooth, responsive controls supporting a great game with decent graphics. Vettefan plans to add a menu, some sound effects, and a fixing for the game over screen in future releases.

The great thing about this is that it is a pick up and play title. The controls are really simple: Just use L to move left, and R to move right. After letting go of a button you will continue to slowly "sway" into that direction (as if you were really parachuting), and pressing both L+R will slow down your falling, and steady you out. So, if you can't afford to parachute, or your just too scared, give this one a try. Lua Player is required.

Download: [Freefall v0.1]
View: [Forum release thread]

Guys, it's official! The PSM guys dig homebrew too! vettefan from our forums, and more importantly, the maker of Pimp My Garage has just informed us about an article in the latest edition of PSM - PlayStation Magazine. Here's a scan of that page.

It talks about the GTA Cheat Device by Edison Carter, plus more goodies like PMG by vettefan and AdePSP, and CheatSync by AdePSP. There's a lot of info for people who've never touched homebrew. Plus, they even try to discourage their readers from updating to the new 2.7 firmware!

So, are the homebrew developers making an impact? Heck Yes! Something like that in PSM can only get more people interested in homebrew. Thanks for the scan, vettefan, and thanks for the tip psphax0r9!

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