When it rains, it pours.Even though no one may really notice. >.>
I spent all of Friday evening and most of Saturday completely rewriting our C# Client interface. The current version didn't really mesh with the Client code in our Javascript library, and I wanted similar architectures between the two so that I could write one set of documentation for both APIs. We're now much closer to that possibility.
I haven't sent out an official one of these in a while, so it's time to get started again as I try to vaguely adhere to my own tier rewards.Anyone got any burning questions for me? Ask in the comments!
As the weekly updates drift farther from the date they're supposed to be on...This week has mostly been working with some other developers on what may end up being our first full Unity integration! I'm not sure how this will look going forward, but I've got high hopes, since Unity support remains our #1 requested feature.
The work here was mostly adding some small features like the ability to inflate/deflate Lovense Max toys, and to run the Buttplug Server on windows without a GUI. Hopefully these features will prove useful for others too.
Videos and toy support!We had a couple of questions about toy support this week that we're now getting filled in. Turns out the Kiiroo Onyx 1 was never fully supported in our Kiiroo code, so one of our contributors took care of that. We also now support the WeVibe Classic, as requested by someone on the forums. Finally, I now have access to a Estim Systems 2B, meaning we can fill out a bit more of our estim support.
In Youtube land, I finally cranked out another Will It Buttplug video, covering Crimsonland, a twin stick shooter that also works as a surprisingly decent vibration pattern output. The big deal here is that I managed to get the video out in 2 hours start to finish, versus the usual 3-5 day filming/editing time of the hardware analysis videos. Hoping to get a better pace on video output now, and have a few more games lined up to test!
Yay, a Buttpluggin' with qDot video made in an evening instead of multiple weeks! A review of how well 10tons Ltd's Crimsonland (which I randomly picked up on steam for like $2 but ended up enjoying quite a bit as an actual game because I just love twin stick shooters) works as a sex toy controller.
Is Crimsonland Art? Watch to find out!
Most of the crash reports we get from Buttplug C# these days have to do with the Kiiroo Emulator. For those not aware, this application simulates the old Kiiroo server that was used with the Onyx 1 and Pearl 1 before FeelConnect was a thing. The movies at http://flicker.tv, which is where we usually directed people for easy to get free films, expect the server, but we've built readers for their file format into Syncydink and ScriptPlayer, so that's not as much of an issue. Kiiroo took the actual server out of production around the time Buttplug started development, but I used the simulator as a test for early builds and it's just kinda stuck around since.We'd like to remove the Simulator completely, as it'll be one less application to take care of for us, but I want to make sure no one has any dependencies on it before we do that. I've got a twitter poll up at https://twitter.com/buttplugio/status/1020800900829286400, but I'm posting a poll here 'cause you're all paying me so I listen to you more. :)
A rather quiet week due to some personal stuff getting in the way, but still got some work done!Youtube Embeds are still in beta on Syncydink. The goal here is to provide scripts alongside Buttpluggin' With qDot videos, so when my toys vibrate in videos, yours can too! This means I've gotta build recording features into our apps, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
With that in mind, I'm also working on making my recording setup a little easier to work with. Editing is usually the #1 time sink when making youtube videos, so I'm trying to see how much composition and one-shot recording I can do to maybe crank out videos like the Will It Buttplug series faster. This isn't gonna work for everything, as my more complicated videos will still require multiple cameras and editing work, but it's worth a shot.
https://beta.syncydink.buttplug.world/Below the file entry on the syncydink side panel, there is now a place to paste in youtube urls. If you paste in a URL and hit enter (I need to fix up that UI), it'll now load a youtube video directly into syncydink.
We don't actually check whether a URL is youtube yet, so if you try to paste another URL or something in, I can't really tell you what will happen. Feel free to test that and let me know. :)
A couple of days late, but I'll blame that on the Steam sale selling me Metal Gear Solid 5 for cheap and getting me addicted to it. Sure.attaches fulton extraction device to buttplugs
Anyways, busy week around Buttplug Labs before that! Finally got the new version of Syncydink out after 7 months of quiet. I'm now working on doing rolling releases of it with smaller features, since that overhaul took so long.
Your patreon dollars, hard at work.My bluetooth speaker onahole arrived.
Full review video coming soon.