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  • Presenting GridInstrument for macOS!

    Did you ever wish you could use your Launchpad grid controller to play notes like you can on a MIDI keyboard? Now you can!

    GridInstrument connects to your Launchpad external grid controller and lets you it like a MIDI controller! Better still, it works together with any music software that accepts MIDI input.

    Buy it here!

    Features:

    • Launchpad integration (connect your Launchpad Mini in low-power mode without a hub or any other Launchpad with a powered hub)
    • Change octaves
    • Change keys
    • Change from over 20 musical modes (“Major, Minor, Dorian, Mixolydian, etc.”)
    • Choose between three grid layouts (“Diatonic”, “Chromatic/4ths String Layout”, “Drum rack”), as well as row note offset/overlap setting
    • Core MIDI out so that you use GridInstrument to control your other instruments

  • GridInstrument 0.9 is out!

    A new version (0.9) of GridInstrument is out. It features:

    – Ability to set the MIDI velocity level to a fixed value.
    – Ability to set the MIDI velocity to random value within a range (for example, random between 95 and 105, to give a more natural feel).
    – Ability to set row overlap/offset like on Launchpad Pro – you can find this in the Layout menu.

  • Floyd Worthwhile Endeavor v1.1 Released!

    A brand new version of Floyd has been released!

    Moving Platforms

    Here’s what’s new:

    • A new game element: Moving platforms!
    • Ten new levels (41 through 50)!
    • A new background music song (hear it in levels 41, 42, and 46)!
    • Two gorgeous new level backgrounds
    • A counter on the main screen that shows your total number of hats
    • Finding Floyd slips off those platforms a little too easily? Now, you can reduce his running speed by changing the “Controller Sensitivity” setting in the “Settings” dialog. (More virtual gamepad settings on the way.)
    • If you are a GameCenter user, your game progress should now sync across all of your devices.


    Enjoy!

  • Floyd’s Worthwhile Endeavor Trailer

  • Floyd’s Worthwhile Endeavor v1.0 Released

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    • Ghost hats! These turn Floyd into ghost for short amounts of time. Useful for sneaking past dangerous animals such as…
    • Packs of vicious dogs. Watch out!
    • Ten more levels!
    • Intro animation with voices
    • When Floyd gets three ribbons at the end of a level, we can now hear Muybridge say “Well done, my boy!”
    • It’s no longer possible for Floyd to continue running when he falls off the bottom of the screen.
    • Floyd now longer dies twice when he gets bitten by a dog and then falls off a cliff.
    • The game should now work for iOS 5.0 users again (sorry!)
    • Build 2680: Game has been built 658 times since last revision (11 days ago). That’s an average of 59 builds a day.


    Enjoy!

  • Floyd’s Worthwhile Endeavor v0.8.4 Released!

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    A new version of Floyd’s Worthwhile Endeavor is now available on the App Store.

    Here are the highlights of this release:

    • Five new types of hats!
    • Elephants are less dangerous: they can only kill you when you then are walking towards you.
    • Better memory usage
    • New help text in Level 1
    • Bug Fix: Floyd no longer falls through rope bridges
    • Build 1201: Game has been built 358 times since last revision (11 days ago). That’s an average of 32.5 builds a day.
    • Email support (at) decided.ly with bug reports or use the contact form on this site.

    Get it here!

  • TIP: How to find the full URL of a file within your Application’s Bundle

    iPhone Icon 79 x 130This is an iPhone Programming tip. Say you want to find  the full URL of a file within your Application’s Bundle (mainBundle), here’s how you would do it. Example: This would return the full URL of a file named “Sound2.caf”:

    CFURLRef fileURL;
    NSString *path;
    path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"Sound2" ofType:@"caf"];
    fileURL = (CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];