Release 0.3.1

Just fixing a slight bug in config.txt that defaults to windowed mode rather than fullscreen, making it a bit too zoomed in on the pex console.

enjoy :D

Release 0.3

Hey again!

I'm back with v0.3 of picolauncher! This release focused on adding in the essential features that are needed to make the Pex Console functional as a standalone console! The most important feature was the ability to make the wifi, that being listing, connecting to and disconnecting from wifi networks in your area. To facilitate typing passwords, I've also added an on screen keyboard! Some other changes include:

• a new app called 'files', that lets you browse the games that you have installed locally
• polished up settings ui
• pexsplore auto requests games when you enter, so you don't need to do it manually

Although not the most glamorous, this update was essential. We will be back to adding sick new features in the next release. Stay tuned!

Release 0.2

Hey all 👋 !

picolauncher v0.2 is out! We have a couple of brand new features in this release, namely:

• BBS support is here, you can now play games from a variety of categories, such as action, platformer, puzzle, etc
• External applications! In the new apps menu, you can launch pico8, splore, and any other pico8 tool or game, such as picoCAD

We also fixed a bunch of bugs and added quality of life features:

• more ergonomic back controls! Press [O] button to go back from any app
• fixed crash when photos gallery is empty
• shutdown menu item now actually shutdown pico8 instead of returning to the command line
• fixed formatting in the time in main menu

!! IMPORTANT !!
This build of picolauncher depends on chromium or google chrome to scrape the BBS. This will be removed in the next release, but currently you must have either of these installed to be able to use picolauncher. On raspberry pi / ubuntu / debian, you can install with

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

Release 0.1.1

The previous release was missing binaries for linux arm (specifically for raspberry pi support). I've added armv7 (for 32-bit) and aarch64(for 64-bit). Windows support is also currently broken, so I've removed it for now. If there is enough demand for a windows build I'll give the port another stab.

Enjoy!

Release 0.1

The first build of PicoLauncher is live!!! You can either grab the pre-compiled zips for linux and windows below, or build from source.

Please note that windows support is not entirely functional as of yet, as there are some issues with named pipes that needs resolving. A patch for this should be coming soon :))