VITAforecast, Bookr Mod and other trinkets – GekiHEN
Update from wololo: This article generated a bit of controversy due to the author’s opinion being slightly negative on some of the entries. As a sponsor of the contest myself, I want to emphasize that our bloggers’ opinions are their own and do not reflect how the contest will pan out. I would not have worded things this way myself, but to me it is critical that bloggers on wololo.net freely state their opinion in particular when it is properly justified, as it is in this article. In other words: This article is the authors’s entirely valid opinion, but does not necessarily reflect the overall contest results.
The deadline of GekiHEN was on the 19th of March so obviously some people have scrambled to get their homebrew published. The result? Incomplete software that doesn’t have too many features… That’s the case for some of the latest stuff but not VitaForecast so don’t worry ‘Joel16’ 🙂
What’s VitaForecast?
As the name suggests, it’s a Weather app, a la the iOS one. This one uses openweathermap.org as its data source however. Upon opening the app, you must input in a Zip-code and the country code. If your country doesn’t have zip-codes, you may need to mess around to get it working; using the first three letters of a postcode along with my country code worked for me. The following information is displayed:
- Temperature (Max and Min for the day)
- Cloud coverage
- Humidity
- Wind speed
- Atmospheric pressure
The developer has also promised a 5-day weather forecast feature if the homebrew is well received (a feature which I personally think is the most important in a weather app). Everything is presented in a nice and clean UI which makes the application feel more professional.
What’s Bookr Mod Vita?
This is where stuff starts getting a bit ugly… As some of you may know, Bookr is a PDF,DJVU,TXT viewer that supports some other formats than those mentioned here. The catch with the ‘port’ on the Vita is that it misses a very important feature.. that is PDF support. Bookr Mod Vita only opens TXT files which makes it a tad pointless if it’s not updated since VitaShell can open TXT files without any issues. Hopefully this will be updated
and it’ll be a worthy entry.. hopefully.
What’s Galactic Federation?
This is yet another homebrew that’s far from finished. It’s a top down action Sci-Fi RPG game in which you can choose between 4 classes and kill the enemies. There’s only one small dungeon but at least you get a boss fight. The developer ‘The Suicidal Robot’ appeals for feedback on the game in order to make it better in the future. Let’s hope that this entry gets updated because it has promise and I’m looking forward to seeing it a a finished homebrew game on the Vita.
Conclusion
The GekiHEN contest brought us some awesome stuff and I look forward to seeing updates to current homebrew. That being said, I sincerely hope that homebrew in an unfinished state gets updated and becomes useful. To get the homebrew, simply go to the GekiHEN site or use the Homebrew Browser app.
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all these entries, and more, can be found on the Gekihen website.
completely useless
Let’s keep this about the topic and not about your contributions.
Nailed it, lol.
+1
LOOOL
I second the motion.
BUUUUUUUURN
Hi Kelso!!!!
I Said”Good Day!”…..
But fez…
I Said “Good Day”!!…..
Unfortunately, I think Aurora was a bit harsh and unfair to these projects . Also forgetting some critical information that i think put these projects in a different light.
The devs of these projects stated the following and were very upfront with what the release was.
Bookr Mod Vita
“Note: This is a very early version, more like a proof of concept. It only does .txt files at the moment.”
Galactic Federation
“This game is currently in a rough pre-alpha state.
Galactic Federation is a top down Action Science Fiction RPG. This is an early sample of 1 dungeon, but the full game is planned to be much bigger. The game currently features 4 classes, but I recommend the Human/Marine since he is the most fleshed out character. The goal of the demo is just to explore the dungeon, and kill all of enemies. The demo also features a boss fight. Controls can be viewed and changed in the options screen on the main menu. I hope everyone enjoys the game, and give me feedback on what you would like to see in the game on twitter @Suicidal_Robot.”
Then the links to all these projects (as that seemed to be forgotten as well) :
http://gekihen.customprotocol.com/en/project/Galactic-Federation
http://gekihen.customprotocol.com/en/project/Bookr-Mod-Vita
http://gekihen.customprotocol.com/en/project/VITAforecast
I love PS Vita, looking forward to future major improvements in hacking scene. Keep up the good work Wololo.
Nice , Was looking for a forecast app , now we seriously need a CFW with all of this stuff integrated in it
i appreciate seeing wololo sticking up for aurora. and a standalone txt reader on psvita is far more than just a tad useless…