TI-Boy CE Progress Thread

[calc84maniac]

It looks like the license link in the sidebar is a dead link. You'll probably want to fix that.
I'd also suggest making the releases link take you directly to the github releases, instead of linking to a page that tells you to go to github.

Eh, it's sort of intentional on both parts. The link will be undead once I push my master branch (technically there's nothing out under GPL yet, the website branch itself is MIT), and the releases page is actually a blog category so it'll have blog posts listed under it once I post them.

I guess I could remove the link but I'm lazy

[TIfanx1999]

I whipped up a quick website for TI-Boy CE, nothing too special yet but it'll be nice to have when I release the emulator. I may eventually (after release) write a series of blog posts about TI-Boy's design, if anyone's interested.

I think you should. I'm sure many (myself included) would find it an interesting read.

Check out the site here! https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/

Very nice!

That's great news! It is currently Spring of 2018  . I can't wait until it comes out! Keep up the good work!

It's not quite Spring yet, but soon...

[koolkoala938]

YES!!!! IT'S FINALLY SPRING, which month are u planning to release. I'm gonna die of boredom over here at school after tests. 

[completer1624]

I can't belive it! It's almost done! This could be one of the best things on the ti 84 plus ce calculator 
Which month do you think that it will be completed though?

[johnbchron]

Man, I really wish I had a color calculator.

[calc84maniac]

I ended up taking a longer break from working on TI-Boy than expected, but upon continuing I found the motivation to add a feature I originally planned to defer to a future release: save file compression!

I also wrote a blog post with more juicy technical details: https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/progress/2018/05/18/progress-update-save-file-management.html

[calc84maniac]

It's been a long journey, but we're finally here. The first release!

You can download the release from GitHub.

And thanks to Adriweb, the ROM-to-AppVar converter can be used directly from your browser!

I also uploaded a new video with footage from a few games:

Enjoy!

[Eeems]

Awesome! Thanks for all the hard work @calc84maniac

[Xeda112358]

Holy hell, that is awesome!

[koolkoala938]

YAY  this is amazing thanks calc84maniac

[calc84maniac]

I've released TI-Boy CE Alpha v0.1.1, which fixes an erratic crash along with some other minor bugfixes and improvements. I recommend updating to this version ASAP because the crash can affect any game.

Check it out here: https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/releases/2018/07/28/alpha-v0-1-1-released.html

Hopefully this will fix the problems people have been having, but let me know if you see any more crashes with this version.

[TIfanx1999]

Congrats on the release!

[calc84maniac]

I just uploaded the web version of a feature planned for the next TI-Boy CE release, which is a converter between save file formats for TI-Boy and standard Game Boy emulators.

It's still experimental, but if you want to try it out, it's available here: https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/saveconverter/

(Note that this is just for actual game cartridge saves, save states are so emulator-specific that it would be pointless to try to convert between those for any emulators.)

[calc84maniac]

I've made another release of TI-Boy CE, which mainly has UI improvements and bug fixes. In addition to a restructured ROM list and save state hotkeys, there are various compatibility and performance improvements.

Check it out here: https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/releases/2019/02/16/alpha-v0-1-2-released.html

[TIfanx1999]

Awesome, as always.