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rileytestut

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Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with https://threads.net/@shanegill.io/

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Business expense!

rileytestut,
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Welp didn’t realize the 512GB model has a less powerful M4 chip (+ half the RAM), so had to cancel and ordered a 1TB model instead 🤦‍♂️

rileytestut, to apple
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The M4!!

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@rileytestut Hey well done on your interview with The Verge. I downloaded AltStore mid-interview - it’s superb. I’m in Ireland and delighted we have this option in the EU.

Best of luck with the store.

@davidpierce

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@ffScala thank you! Means a lot, glad you’re enjoying PAL 🙂

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OK so now that Microsoft's AppCenter is deprecated (🥲), what non-gross analytics frameworks are people using in their apps? (the simpler the better, preferably)

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@podomunro @telemetrydeck oh perfect this is exactly what I’m looking for! Will check it out rn

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Updates on Delta’s melonDS core:

• We’re planning to update melonDS core to 0.9.5 with the next major Delta update (1.6)
• The reason we’re still using 0.9.1 is because updating will break save states, and lots of Delta users rely on them
• We’ve come up with a solution that will let people convert legacy save states to save files (.sav) — even after Delta has been updated
• Please stop hounding the melonDS devs, this is a Delta issue and we’re doing our best to release this ASAP 🙂

rileytestut,
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@Slik9Hypnotize there’s some extra trickiness getting that to work on iOS specifically, so that’ll come later with the multiplayer update (hopefully)

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@Revo7 nope! Regular saves will be unaffected, so best to just make sure you’re using those as much as possible

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rileytestut,
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gonna console myself with some free donuts

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@jawshoeadan it’s impossible for me to type that word and not think of video games

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This is great news!! Completely free apps no longer pay the CTF, and developers making less than €10M/yr (basically all indie devs) now have a 3 year buffer before CTF bills kick in — giving them time to adjust if any of their apps do end up getting over a million downloads

This is a great step forward, and most importantly means indies can try out alternative marketplaces like AltStore without fear of immediately bankrupting themselves 🙏 https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/02/apple-updates-core-technology-fee-eu/

rileytestut,
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@stroughtonsmith eh for apps not allowed in the App Store in the first place, it’s not like there’s a better option 🤷‍♂️ gotta distribute Clip somehow!

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@jawshoeadan unfortunately CTF still applies to all AltStore downloads 🙃

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@atom unfortunately not, all apps have to be notarized by Apple to be installed with PAL. Regular AltStore is still only way to sideload .ipa’s directly :/

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@noah978 I believe we are commercial because of PAL’s subscription fee alas :/

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I’ve also been wanting to add gestures to Delta for a while now! They make toggling fast forward/held buttons SO much easier 🙏
https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112367226513971684

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Reading about Delta in The Washington Post is a whole new level of surreal https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/30/delta-emulator-iphone-apple-antitrust/

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Wipeout on the Playdate 🙂 looks really cool with the dithered wireframe graphics IMO

Here is the code - still very much a work in progress:
https://github.com/tsalvo/wipeoutPD

video/mp4

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@tsalvo incredible!!

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Updates on Delta for iPad:

• Yes, it’s coming!
• We’ve been working on it for a while and it’s near completion, just need to finish up controller skins + fix some last bugs
• We didn’t prioritize iPad because plan was to launch in just EU with AltStore PAL (which doesn’t support iPad)
• Obviously plans changed when Apple changed their rules, so we’re prioritizing iPad now and it will come with the next major Delta update (1.6)
• It’s available now for Patrons through regular AltStore 🙂

Screen recording of Delta on iPad mini showing full screen, Split View, and slide-over control methods

rileytestut,
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@scrwd yup it’s a custom keyboard, but implemented at the app level as UIInputView (so it won’t appear in Settings and you can’t use it in other apps)

rileytestut,
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@ashah thank you! They’re still my favorite too :)

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@rileytestut Hi Riley, question; I’ve been looking for the perfect portrait style-grip for my iPhone to play Delta. Does your emulator support keyboards? I was thinking this product might be an option for us gamers that are looking for physical controls in a portrait form factor!

https://www.clicks.tech/

rileytestut,
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@_Manolo yes it does! You’ll probably have to map the keys yourself, but once you do it should work pretty well 👌 (been meaning to buy one myself to test it and make sure it does tho)

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@_Manolo yes please let me know how well it works! And if there’s any obvious bugs I could try to fix with it 😬

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