After a very rough couple of weeks I've finally managed to get time to edit and post the Lurevibe Weird Dicked Bear unboxing stream I did a couple of weeks ago! It's available for free (no subscription and hopefully not even an account needed) on fansly.
I'm currently putting together a youtube friendly version too, will announce seperately when that's live.
Short weekly update 'cause I'm working on stuff, but:
DEVICE SPEED LIMITING IS A THING NOW!
Starting to think I've built a complicated platform...
Over the past 6 weeks I've been reworking the system we use to store device information in Buttplug. The first major phase of that project is mostly done in Buttplug itself. We have a new format for our base device configurations, and the way we load/store specific user device information has been overhauled.
I think I'm gonna be recovering from GDC for at least twice as long as I was there...
Intiface Central v2.5.6 is out as of about 20 minutes ago!
Simplifying!
There's been one major holdup on Buttplug that's been stalling everything for months. The system we use to store info about all of the devices we support is... getting a bit unwieldy. I think we're creeping up on support for over 500 different devices now, and most of that info is all in one gigantic JSON file.
Sorta?
Things have been pretty quiet on the Buttplug/Intiface front lately. The good news is, reconstruction of my workspace is done! The not so good news is, moving back in is taking forever and life in general has gotten in the way of me having development time, so everything is a bit stalled right now.
Scrubbing away technical debt
Back when I built Intiface Central, I didn't really do much work on adapting the layers below it. I just kinda made Buttplug and Intiface Engine (the first user layer on top of Buttplug, which handles things like setting up the engine, running our command line interface, etc... Central sits on top of Engine and provides the GUI) work with the new Central setup.
So much for that Quiet End Of The Year wish.
A couple of weeks ago, my workspace in my house flooded due to some broken plumbing. The good news is, no hardware was damaged. Almost no material losses really. The bad news is that we're still dealing with insurance and water remediation, and that's gonna take a while, so I'm having to work from another space, and all my hardware and stuff is packed up for the moment. This has caused what few schedules I did have to no longer really exist.
Finally got through the store page part of the process, now just gotta get a build up and a trailer made. Aiming for Steam release early November.
This is mostly in the service of making Steam Deck installs easier. Otherwise it'll just be a shitpost, mostly because I've always wanted to add Achievements to my software. There may be paid DLC in the future, which will mostly be for incredibly, useless dumb features that will not affect core usability, as a funding strategy for the project. All core features will remain free.
Playing Cyberpunk 2077 so much that I forget it's Monday and therefore write my update on Tuesday. :|
Anyways, Intiface Central v2.4.5 is now out! There was a v2.4.4 but we don't talk about that because I completely hosed Lovense Dongle support in it.