Happy 10th birthday SquirrelJME!

I implemented my own non-vectorized bitmap font scaling in SquirrelJME, so this 12-strike font is now 33-strike. So a 2.75x scale that is still readable lol. This is when I get to be scientific, so I call it the Bitmap Font Barcode Scaling Algorithm.

SquirrelJME now has a media player! MIDI timings are now accurate, thanks to my wife! Additionally, you can play MLDs in DoJa Scratchpads via a scanning system as well!

Since it is 2026, it is introspection time for SquirrelJME. I did recalculate progress for 0.4.0 and it is hopeful!

The New Year The next year is very much upon us, I am hopeful that for SquirrelJME's tenth year that SquirrelJME 0.4.0 is released at some point in 2026. However, in the meantime there have been a number of changes and updates which have occurred. squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/as...

SquirrelJME: Dropping Flatpak Support https://squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/assets/rss/20251122_1700.mkd

SquirrelJME: Development Is Resuming https://squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/assets/rss/20250904_2000.mkd

The serialization of SquirrelJME is definitely happening.

Edgy lol.

Probably by the weekend I will get the NanoCode bytecode execution branch merged in, which would be a very major milestone for SquirrelJME.

I suppose 2025 is definitely the year to correct mistakes in SquirrelJME SpringCoat since I did not exactly have a complete understanding of the Java internals 8 years ago like I do now. But, things definitely will be more stable!

Have been working on SquirrelJME all day, excellent progress today!

There are only 45 bytecodes left to implement in SquirrelJME NanoCoat, a few of them are complex but the vast majority of the remainder are trivial to implement. So definitely getting closer. Just having been rolling through the past few days.

SquirrelJME NanoCoat is actually coming along nicely.

SquirrelJME: DoJa audio support has been merged in! https://squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/assets/rss/20250607_2100.mkd

SquirrelJME: SquirrelJME and FreeJ2ME-Plus can share saves! https://squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/assets/rss/20250530_1230.mkd

SquirrelJME: There is now an installer! https://squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/assets/rss/20250524_1900.mkd

SquirrelJME: Belated April and May Update! https://squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/assets/rss/20250522_1900.mkd

Mu 1.3.3 has been released. This corrects an issue where when loading PRCs/PDBs from a ZIP, both the lowercase and uppercase conditions would have to be met.

SquirrelJME when using GTK2 and Win32 will now handle the calculator layout when using the number pad. That is, the top and bottom rows are swapped when using it.

The in-progress @squirreljme.cc emulator will incorporate this audio implementation. Later audio engines like MA-5 and Fuetrek still require research, but this is a big step in the right direction! (2/2) Watch GuyPerfect's full gameplay here: youtu.be/gD9e8-CNH6A?...

The number pad has been properly mapped in SquirrelJME so you can use it now!

The refactored and rebuilt MEEP RMS library has been completed in SquirrelJME, which now allows software to save persistent data! No more lost progress!

Soon RecordStores will be saved to the disk, which means progress will be saved rather than being lost every time.

Since Shimeji is experiencing 502 Bad Gateways, I have been taking a little bit of a break recently working on making data storage in SquirrelJME persistent so you can resume progress. Note that this is just whatever the app decides to store.

Thank you to @hitsave.org for having me in their Podcast with my friends in the Keitai preservation group! open.spotify.com/episode/2ygV...

I did since fix a bug in SquirrelJME where the new universal build did not work on Windows.

Gradius Neo Imperial on SquirrelJME! I needed to add a version compatibility check because newer versions of DoJa changed the API naturally! So this is definitely an important feature for DoJa.

For fellow researchers and scientists in software preservation, you may be interested in this UNESCO treaty for the duty free import of materials for scientific, educational, or cultural purposes. www.unesco.org/en/legal-aff...

SquirrelJME: March Update! https://squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/assets/rss/20250330_0400.mkd

Hi! This month was pretty productive! There were a few bug fixes around buffers, and DataInputStream.readUTF() being completely incorrect... oops! One of the major things is the forced serialization of ScritchUI pencil drawing operations, which fixes a large number... squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/as...

This means DoJa Tetris can be played now on SpringCoat, yay!

Okay so `DataInputStream.readUTF()` was completely broken, this has been fixed!

I fixed in issue in SquirrelJME on Windows where when it tried to get the current theme information it would just fail if there was no context widget. Basically, this is for the case where a system supports say a different button color. So the launcher should work again now on Windows!

It's hard to express how much is going on here and what a big deal it is. We've been building toward this for over 8 years now, and we genuinely built a video game history research tool that is usable by anyone. We're democratizing game research through a free, no-bullshit, human-curated resource.

SpringCoat Performance Improvements squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/as...

The Cocoa interface for SquirrelJME is coming along rather nicely so far with some more basic graphics drawing.

SquirrelJME now respects DoJa applications that request a specific canvas size, assuming an application even bothers to set one.

Nicely, all the major i-mode DoJa graphical glitches are gone now. Just unfortunately there are random crashes. Milestone much, lol?

An Anti-Burnout Break is Needed The year has been exciting and so much has been done, but I also recognize that I need a much-needed break. multiphasicapps.net/doc/trunk/as...

State of SquirrelJME, October 2024 Too much to write in a short description, but a large number of changes! squirreljme.cc/doc/trunk/as...

By popular demand I created an RSS feed for SquirrelJME! multiphasicapps.net/doc/trunk/fe...

You know, the past year has honestly been amazing for Ancient Java ME preservation... a completely new region, that being Japan, has basically opened up and the interest has been pretty high! It also is great to be backed by non-profits as well, so both big and small for preservation!

By popular demand, I have redone the download page for SquirrelJME so you do not have to go through CI/CD to get stuff.

If you used GitHub Classic Project _LOTS_, GitHub is going to delete every single one with the most horrible notice, as in zero, in a few weeks. Horrible way to sunset a feature with lots of history! I made this quick thing to dump them: github.com/SquirrelJME/...

Green is good.

Thank you to HitSave for sponsoring @squirreljme.bsky.social !