This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here In our previous tutorial we created an extensible animation system that allowed us to create discrete frame based image animation as well as other types of animations. This week we will continue on our quest to create an […]
Marmalade SDK News – Marmalade SDK 5.1.9 now available for download
A new minor update of the Marmalade SDK has been released. Here are the changes: IwGx: Added [GX] DisableFBOSurface icf option to allow disabling this functionality on devices which do not or poorly support FBO surfaces. Android: Fix s3eKeyboardSetInt(S3E_KEYBOARD_GET_CHAR) having incorrect behaviour after user closes soft-keyboard with back key. Android: Fix for s3eWebView extension crashing […]
Beginning of the end for Nintendo?
Just read here that Nintendo are to reveal a pre-tax loss of ¥100 billion (£821 million), which is a lot of money even for Nintendo. With the recent flop of 3DS and developers turning away from Nintendo DS / Wii because of high production costs, bad sales and the terrible WiiWare and DSiWare platforms, is […]
Bada App and Game Marketing – Playing the Samsung Apps Store for Bada to Boost Sales
Hello fellow Samsung Bada app developers! We know exactly what it’s like to drop a few products onto Samsung Apps store and see them teeter around 5-10 sales per day at $0.99. We have two products up on the Samsung App Store: BattleBallz Chaos (a game) Funky Cam 3D (a camera app) You may be […]
News from Pocketeers
We finally scrounged a little free time to update our company web site with some of our latest developments over at http://www.pocketeers.co.uk Pocketgamer.biz featured some of my mental ramblings with regards to the Marmalade SDK over on their site today, so I’m pleased as punch. I also found myself watching some of RIM’s Devcon 2011 […]
Hello Marmalade – Introduction to the Marmalade SDK – The ultimate cross platform SDK for smart phones and tablets
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here So you are a smart phone, tablet, smart TV or desktop developer (or at least want to be) and you want to have your next hit game or app run across a huge range of smart phones and tablets. […]
Marmalade SDK and Blackberry Playbook – From Setup and Deployment to App World Submission
The latest version of the marvellous Marmalade SDK 5.1.3 has recently hit our development machines. Whats so special about 5.1.3 you ask? Well for starters you can now deploy your smart phone and tablet apps and games to the awesome Blackberry Playbook. If you haven’t had the chance to tinker with one of these beauties […]
Android Apps – The Hard Sell? – Comparison of Android App Stores Included
Thinking of developing for Android? Test the waters first! Comparison of Android App Stores included with actual live sales figures