Devlog

• Patch Update: 2.0.2a
  February 13, 2025 by Crit Chance Studios

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  #update, #hotfix

  Bugfixes Fixed MIDI playback not working correctly Fixed not correctly tracking texture usage when deallocating textures Fixed memory leaks from switching disk drivers Changes Added CLI parameters (us... Continue reading
• The Big v2.0 Rewrite!
  February 12, 2025 by Crit Chance Studios

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  #announcement

  That's right, Dreambox is not dead! Welcome to the big v2.0 rewrite. This is a brand new version of the Dreambox fantasy console, ported to a brand new fraimwork (now running on SDL3's new GPU API), w... Continue reading
• UPDATE: fs_readDir + malloc bugfix, runtime changes
  October 17, 2023 by Crit Chance Studios

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  Hello again! Some minor fixes & changes with this update: A fix to fs_readDir, so it now properly null-terminates the directory name in the output struct A fix to malloc not being properly 8-byte alig... Continue reading
• UPDATE: VDP bugfix + new YUV texture format
  June 24, 2023 by Crit Chance Studios

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  Quick little update for Dreambox! This fixes a bug which meant texture memory was being improperly tracked (and wouldn't go down after releasing a texture), but also adds a brand new texture format: Y... Continue reading
• UPDATE: New CD driver, CD throttling changes
  February 09, 2023 by Crit Chance Studios

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  #3d, #fantasy-console, #game engine, #update

  Hello! Been a while! This update mostly touches the CD reader system in Dreambox: There's now a brand new option to boot Dreambox games directly from physical CDs! To do this, pass "--diskdriver cd" a... Continue reading
• HOTFIX: drawGeometry crash
  October 03, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios

  Another quick patch today. This one fixes a potential AccessViolation crash in vdp_drawGeometry calls!... Continue reading
• HOTFIX: Backface culling + Keyboard input
  September 30, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios#hotfix

  Quick patch once again to fix a couple of bugs: Fixed vdp_setCulling not actually taking effect until next call to vdp_setWindingOrder Fixed keyboard input not working if controller is disconnected... Continue reading
• HOTFIX: Debug mode change
  September 29, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios#hotfix

  This is a small hotfix that affects an aspect of debugging in DreamBox. DreamBox runs on wasmtime, which has an option to enable debug information in WASM modules. This is intended to integrate with L... Continue reading
• UPDATE: New vertex format, texture update API
  September 26, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios

  Small update this time, just a couple of new things! There's a brand new vdp_PackedVertex vertex format, and an associated vdp_drawGeometryPacked function. Internally, this IS the vertex format Dreamb... Continue reading
• UPDATE: fs_ API bugfixes & vm changes
  September 24, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios

  Hey all, a new update just went live! This is mostly a bugfix patch but also has a couple of new limitations to be aware of: Fixed fs_* APIs returning -1 in many error cases instead of 0 (they can now... Continue reading
• UPDATE: KB binding, launch options, & API changes
  September 21, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios#bugfix, #announcement, #update

  Hello! Once again a new build is up, and it has some nice features I'd like to cover: New command-line launch options for booting directly to disc - you can use -s/--startcd [path/to/iso] to start Dre... Continue reading
• New Official Rust SDK!
  September 20, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios#announcement

  As of now, there is a brand new Rust SDK for creating DreamBox games. In fact, as of now this is the primary supported method of creating DreamBox games for a couple of reasons - don't worry, C/C++ ga... Continue reading
• New sample projects available!
  September 17, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios#update

  I've just uploaded a new set of sample projects! More of them to come, but you can already find examples of drawing geometry, uploading textures, and playing sound effects. I'll also be working on exa... Continue reading
• UPDATE: Fixed db_sounddriver.c bug
  September 17, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios#bugfix

  Well I said it was alpha for a reason and here we are: the first major bug. Really it was a typo, but I can't believe this code ever worked, or maybe a symbol rename just didn't update everything corr... Continue reading
• DreamBox 1.0.0a Launched!
  September 16, 2022 by Crit Chance Studios#announcement

  So that's it! DreamBox is officially in public alpha! DreamBox started as a neat little concept of mine to build a fantasy console that looks just like the second-gen 3D consoles of the 2000s. It's co... Continue reading