rileytestut

rileytestut, 1 month ago to random

Woke up to see @delta is now the #1 app in the entire App Store!! In less than 12 hours!!!

I feel like I’m dreaming 🥹

rileytestut, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

After 10 long years, everyone can FINALLY experience my Nintendo emulator @delta!

This is honestly a dream come true, and I hope everyone enjoys replaying their favorite retro games 💜
https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112287538562764439

rileytestut, 1 month ago to random

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, 1 month ago to random

Getting some Qs about Delta availability, hope this clarifies things!

• Delta is exclusive to AltStore in EU
• Because of Apple’s new dev terms, all downloads in EU cost us €0.50/yr in AltStore PAL and App Store…so couldn’t offer Delta in EU App Stores without making it paid
• App Store only supports one-time paid-upfront apps, so we’d have to pick a price that could support ~years of CTFs
• PAL’s €1.50 covers Delta’s CTF
• We’d make everything free everywhere if it wasn’t for the CTF 🙂

rileytestut, 1 month ago to random

This update also unhides the link to our Patreon in the App Store build, time to see if Apple rejects it 👀
https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112333221287434951

rileytestut, 2 months ago to random

since @shanegillio and I are s̷t̷u̷c̷k̷ displaced in Europe, we decided to do some sightseeing

in the past month we’ve visited Cork, Dublin, Brussels and Amsterdam; now onto Berlin!

rileytestut, 3 months ago to random

10 years ago today, my friend Paul Thorsen and I released GBA4iOS as seniors in high school. I'll never forget that day, or the many hours we spent together after school building it 💜

To celebrate, I’m excited to announce I’ve revived GBA4iOS for the new era of computing: meet GBA4vOS, the premier Game Boy Advance emulator for visionOS 🥽

rileytestut, 2 months ago to random

So apparently Apple approved a knock-off of GBA4iOS — the predecessor to @delta I made in high school — in the App Store. I did not give anyone permission to do this, yet it’s now sitting at the top of the charts (despite being filled with ads + tracking)

I’ve bit my tongue a bunch in the past month…but this really frustrates me. So glad App Review exists to protect consumers from scams and rip-offs like this 🙄

rileytestut, 1 month ago to random

got FOMO watching everyone play Pokémon again so now I’m replaying Emerald for like the 5th time lol

first time playing as May though!

rileytestut, 29 days ago to random

Welp, a company finally threatened to sue us…but it’s not who you’d think 👀
https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112457898141250024

rileytestut, 11 months ago to VisionPro

Emulating NES, SNES, and N64 games simultaneously on #VisionPro 👀

rileytestut, 2 months ago to random

Delta has been APPROVED for distribution with @altstore 🥳

Thanks for the half-birthday present Apple :)

rileytestut, 1 month ago to random

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, 6 months ago to random

I’ve been using an iPhone since the 3G and the typing experience has literally never been worse. WTF happened with iOS 17??

Attempting to type this toot on iOS 17

rileytestut, 2 months ago to random

the adventure continues! After a week in Berlin we’re now in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

this is basically the backpacking trip through Europe I always wanted…except with 2 suitcases and an iMac https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/112155945520419312

rileytestut, 30 days ago to random

Forcing myself to use Stage Manager with my new iPad, and I’m really struggling to create a mental model of how to use it. I feel like windows should be added to the current stage by default, but am I just using it wrong?

rileytestut, 5 months ago to random

OK I lied — the biggest thing preventing me from making a native visionOS port of Delta is my extensive use of Storyboards 🥲

In my defense, when I started working on Delta 9 years ago Storyboards were still the hot new thing…

rileytestut, 7 months ago to random

Y’all, of course Apple is framing ManagedAppDistribution.framework as an MDM tool…but I’d eat my hat if it wasn’t also used for sideloading

• AltStore requires workarounds to a) install apps, b) detect if an app is installed, and c) launch sideloaded apps. MAD.framework supports all these things

• The API goes way beyond what is necessary for "just” MDM (e.g. screenshots, genres, age ratings). Like, do you really need age ratings for internal company apps? https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/13/eu-iphone-app-sideloading-coming-2024/

rileytestut, 1 month ago to random

Seeing everyone’s game libraries has motivated me to finally polish up some outdated UI. Now game artwork has (slightly) rounded corners and is aligned by baseline, much better 👌

Screenshot of current Delta game library screen, with 90° corners and center-aligned artwork

rileytestut, 8 months ago to random

I will not buy another Pocket
I will not buy another Pocket
I will not buy another Pocket

https://x.com/analogue/status/1711785370499616966

rileytestut, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Playing Game Boy games on real hardware? 🙅‍♂️

Playing them on a virtual floating Game Boy with Vision Pro? 💯

rileytestut, 29 days ago to random

Sell the ROMs!! https://kotaku.com/delta-iphone-app-store-nintendo-snes-n64-emulator-roms-1851475693

rileytestut, 5 months ago to random

Thankfully @delta seems to run mostly fine on Vision Pro as an iPad app, so gonna try to polish that up for launch 🤞

rileytestut, 7 months ago to random

If you’re an artist who actively stops people from enjoying your work the way they want, you’re doing it wrong 🙄 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/killers-of-the-flower-moon-intermission-movie-theaters-1235629492/

rileytestut, 2 months ago to random

it’s almost like competition can pressure Apple to change their rules after all! https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/05/app-store-guidelines-emulators-music-app-links/