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[Serapth]

These are great tutorials.

I'm wondering how hard it would be to create Flixel type wrappers. For instance, consider this code:

Code:

var width = Director.Instance.GL.Context.GetViewport().Width;

That is so long. Maybe it's just because I'm not a hardcore coder, but this is six layers deep.

Is it possible to turn it into this:

Code:

var width = FlxG.Width;

Or should I just use what is available?

Yeah, you could easily create a short hand wrapper layer around their rather... long naming convention.

[Serapth]

I just finished publishing the next tutorial, this one is about creating a sprite sheet ( I recycled my earlier Daz tutorial for this ) using TexturePacker, then utilizing it in PlayStation Suite.

The end result is this:



Tutorial link

[Serapth]

Another tutorial live, this one covers the various ways to update your objects in GameEngine.  Covered topics include using Schedule, deriving from Node and overriding Update ( and the Scheduler singleton ) as well as creating an Action for use with the ActionManager singleton.

[Serapth]

Another update, this one is a two part tutorial

http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2012/05/15/PlayStation-Studio-SDK-TutorialUI-Composer-and-networking-Part-1.aspx

http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2012/05/15/PlayStation-Studio-SDK-TutorialUI-Composer-and-networking-Part-2.aspx


Part one covers creating a UI with UI Composer and the code needed to display it.  Part two covers creating a network client to connect to a high score server.

Coincidentally I re-used the Node code from my SFML/Node leaderboard tutorial for the server.

[eyeliner]

Though I'll probably never going to develop for PSV, I thank you for your tutorials.

[Serapth]

New tutorial, dealing with audio.

[Kramlack]

I don't have a Vita yet, nor would I ever dev for it, but it's damn fine that someone is doing this, keep it up!

[eyeliner]

Y you would no dev to Vita?

[Serapth]

Add a new one today, this one covers using SpriteList ( think SpriteBatch if you are an XNA type ).  Along the way it covers creating multiple scenes as well as creating a UI via code.

New tutorial: Using SpriteList

As you can see from the YouTube video ( Animated gif got too huge ), SpriteList makes a huge difference for performance.

[moi]

this thing will be awesome if Sony moves its ass and make it work before 2025

[Serapth]

New tutorial up.  This one covers flicking, pinching, tapping, dragging and long pressing.

You can see the results in action on Youtube right here.


Anyone got a good technique for video capturing a device screen, as this one was a right pain in the butt to do!

[omgnoseat]

This is great, I will get my hands dirty on this next month.

Couple of questions;
How is the vita emulator? I don't have any good experiences with emulators.. (cough..android)

Can you debug on a regular vita, or do you need the developer kit? If you can, what advantages does the dev kit have?

I have downloaded ps suite a while ago myself, but I remember reading that this is a beta and that there might be a cost attached to it later, could you shine some light on this?

Thanks.

[moi]

the emulator is excellent, it's an emulator, unlike the android one which is more a simulator (replicates 100% a real android, thus being very slow). This one is very fast and pleasant to use.

In order to debug on a real vita, I think you'll have to pay the $99/year fee.
I think you can still do it for free until the end of the beta, but I don't know when it is or if it's not already ended.

If you just want to test on the emulator, it's free.

Just try it

[Serapth]

the emulator is excellent, it's an emulator, unlike the android one which is more a simulator (replicates 100% a real android, thus being very slow). This one is very fast and pleasant to use.

In order to debug on a real vita, I think you'll have to pay the $99/year fee.
I think you can still do it for free until the end of the beta, but I don't know when it is or if it's not already ended.

If you just want to test on the emulator, it's free.

Just try it

You've reversed that; PSSDK is a Simulator, while Android is an emulator.  And yes, the simulator is quite good, but missing some key features ( multitouch emulation, analog stick support ) but is otherwise really good.

You can still target the devices for free, and you can debug on a regular vita.  There is a plan for it to be 99$ a year like with iPhone developers, but I hope they don't go that route in the end.  For now, it is still free.

[omgnoseat]

Thanks for awnsers guys. Picking up a vita is becoming incredibly tempting now