Welcome to the Internet Channel homebrew blog!
Welcome to the newly-designed blog for Internet Channel homebrew. I figured that with the rebirth of many projects at both WiiOperaSDK.com and HullBreachOnline.com, it seemed only fitting that this blog be reborn as well. Enjoy!
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SlickShady333’s review of DSiPaint.com
Sylverstone14’s review of DSiPaint.com
Twiiter now has the ability to twiit to different categories called “threads”. For DS/DSi users, there is a new drop-box to select the thread. For Wii users, start the twiit with “thread: threadname” (no quotes) for the first line. All posts default to the “Main” thread. The thread names all have RSS newsfeed image links for subscribing to just threads of interest.
With the release of the Nintendo DSi and its Opera Web browser, I felt it best to take one of my first projects for the Wii’s Internet Channel, HullBreach Online, and scale it to the dual screens to let gamers play on-the-go. This project would become HullBreach Online Lite.
While running tests on the Nintendo DSi Browser, I found that although there is support for the canvas object, it seems to be fairly crippled when concerning image data. Apparently this was meant to save RAM on the handheld by not caching off-screen data. Thus, I began working with ways to re-create HullBreach Online’s mobile cousin by using nothing but image placement, background scrolling, and other standard DHTML features. From that comes a game that should for all intents and purposes be compatible with the older Nintendo DS Browsers as well.
To save on memory, images have been scaled and colors reduced. Players cannot see one another’s ships, yet they can still chat with each other – even between both versions of HullBreach Online. Due to the lack of useful button input, the entire game is touchscreen-controlled. Moving between locations and travelling through hyperspace are both achieved by on-screen button clicks, which are accompanied by appropriate animations of the ship and motion of the map cursor.
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