Devlog - VectorDrive (Formerly SUGC-PSP)
-------------------- Road to M1 -------------------------
Test 1 // Completely Unchanged, largely for testing the compiler
Test 2 // Changed Main Menu, ROM directory, and version
Test 3 // Sorta changed the background (Need to resize), and failed to ignore the file extension
Test 3.5 // Failed attempt to fix the issues from T3
Test 4 // Fixed all the issues from T3
Milestone 1 // Identical to T4, First Milestone
-------------------- Road to M2 ---------------------------
Test 5 // Changed Icon
Test 5.5 // Failed Attempt to Change Name
Test 6 // Changed Name & Failed to Fix SRAM Save
Test 7 // Fixed SRAM Save
Test 8 // Moved the Main Menu text slightly lower
Test 8.5 // Moved Main Menu text even lower
Test 9 // Change Selector Color
Test 10 // Change to a new background with fixed resolution and remove title screen text
Test 11 // Failed to Code Second Background
Test 12 // Coded Second Background
Milestone 2 // Identical to T12, Second Milestone
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Test 13 // Failed Attempt to add Background Theme
Test 14 // Another Failed Attempt to add Background Theme
Test 15 // Yet Another Failed Attempt to add Background Theme
Test 16 // Failed Attempt to add XMB Background (PIC1)
Test 17 // Another Failed Attempt to add XMB Background (PIC1)
Test 18 // Finally added XMB Background (PIC1) and removed unused version string
Test 19 // Add XMB BGM (SND0)
SMDUC T1 // Based on T19, themes as SMDUC (European SUGC)
Test 20 // Yet Another Failed Attempt at adding Background Theme after 2 months of nothing
Test 21 // Another Failed Attempt at adding Background Theme.
Test 22 // Came back after a year, still failed to add Menu BGM (skin/retro_dreams.mp3)
Test 23 // Added build-time Theme Switching (THEME=sugc/smduc/vectordrive)
Test 24-34 // Failed Attempts to add Menu BGM (Reverted those changes)
Test 35 // FINALLY GOT RETRO DREAMS PLAYING!!!
Milestone 3 // Identical to T35, Third Milestone
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Test 36 // First SUGC-style title, ROM selector, and pause menu prototype
Test 37 // Fixed selector sorting and title-background flicker
Test 38 // Added SUGC-style Options and Extras selector actions
Test 39 // Made selector Options and Extras settings persist across restarts
Test 40 // Reserved the logo background for the title screen
Test 41 // Added a separate Extra Games selector at rom_extra/
Test 42 // Added Game Gear listing and direct Extra Games/Credits navigation
Test 43 // Fixed pause framebuffer capture and rebuilt the pause overlay
Test 44 // Synchronized PSP rendering before drawing the pause menu
Test 45 // Made SELECT the dedicated pause-menu button
Test 46 // Drew menus directly to the active PSP framebuffer
Test 47 // Added pause input and framebuffer diagnostic logging
Test 48 // Uploaded software-rendered menus through the PSP graphics engine
Test 49 // Rebuilt the Main and Extra Games selectors around the SUGC layout
Test 50 // Synced theme-specific backgrounds for direct and packaged builds
Test 51 // Removed the redundant Museum prompt and restored plain submenu backgrounds
Test 52 // Failed Change to Credits & Background System
Test 53 // Successfully Changed Credits & Background System
Test 54 // Changed PIC1 to Proper Background
Test 55 // Custom Green VectorDrive Theme Done!
Milestone 4 // Identical to T55, Fourth Milestone!
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Test 56 // Added the bounded games.yaml metadata catalog, path lookup, diagnostics, tests, and packaging
Test 57 // Displayed metadata titles, systems, release years, and genres with title-based selector sorting
Test 58 // Added bounded PNG thumbnail loading, RGB565 selector artwork, caching, and safe fallbacks
Test 59 // Added the SELECT information screen, wrapped paging, visible metadata errors, and system fallbacks
Test 60 // Made the offline metadata scanner (dev-side), stable identities, manual overrides, artwork conversion, and manifest CLI
Test 61 // Made a ScreenScraper-based scraper, with offline replay, provider artwork, attribution, and safe retries
Test 62 // Made a TheGamesDB fallback scraper, manual match confirmation, normalized metadata and artwork, and deterministic provider precedence
Test 63 // Added deterministic install builder, no-ROM/with-ROM modes, all three themes, staged ROM validation, strict artwork/attribution schema, COPYING inclusion, CI/release hardening
Test 64 // Hardened metadata failure handling and release tooling, verified 52-game SUGC and 53-game SMDUC catalogs, and built validated packages for all three PSP themes
Test 65 // Corrected genre layout, added selected-title scrolling and four L/R metadata sorts, restored direct-build theme synchronization, supported dirty releases, and removed first-party automated tests
Test 66 // Failed to fix up the release script, and fixed Makefile and logic
Test 67 // Finally fixed the release script, M5 incoming!
Milestone 5 // Metadata UI & System COMPLETE! Fifth and Final Milestone!