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The creator of the Delta emulator made a Game Boy Camera-style app for your iPhone
The creator of the Delta emulator made a Game Boy Camera-style app for your iPhone

The Verge

time26-06-2025

  • The Verge

The creator of the Delta emulator made a Game Boy Camera-style app for your iPhone

Riley Testut, the developer behind the robust Delta emulator app for iOS, announced a new iPhone app designed to replicate the Game Boy Camera accessory but with 'features you'd expect from a modern camera app.'The Delta Camera app's full feature list hasn't been revealed yet, but it's currently available for beta testing to those who subscribe to Testut's Patreon, which starts at $3/month, or $30.24/year, ahead of a full release later this year. The app will replicate the low resolution and monochromatic aesthetic of the Game Boy Camera cartridge that debuted in 1998 with a 128x128-pixel CMOS sensor that could capture 0.001434MP images in just four shades of gray. The Delta Camera will allow the brightness and contrast of images to be adjusted and can capture multi-shot panoramas, but also adds manual exposure and zoom options, the option to use the iPhone's front or back cameras, and full support for the Camera Control button introduced on the iPhone 16 lineup. It could be a fun solution for those missing the Game Boy Camera experience. The accessory is still compatible with modern handhelds featuring a cartridge slot like the Analogue Pocket, but an app version on iOS will make it much easier to share images and post them to social media.

The Delta emulator's new update makes it easier to join its Patreon
The Delta emulator's new update makes it easier to join its Patreon

The Verge

time08-05-2025

  • Business
  • The Verge

The Delta emulator's new update makes it easier to join its Patreon

Following companies like Amazon and Spotify, the Delta emulator is the latest iOS app to take advantage of last month's ruling by Epic Games v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Although it has appealed the decision, Apple has complied with the ruling that it can no longer restrict developers from directing users to alternate payment options or collect a 27 percent commission on purchases made outside of apps. As a result, the Delta emulator — which can play games from retro consoles like the N64, NES, Game Boy, and Sega Genesis through emulation — has been updated to make it easier to join its Patreon. This lets users unlock additional features from right within the app without Apple's intimidating scare screens or inflated pricing. 'Delta's latest update with our revised Patreon sign-up flow has been approved! We can now freely mention our Patreon without giving Apple 27% of donations,' Delta developer Riley Testut announced on Mastodon yesterday. When opening the app's settings, users are now prompted to join the developers' Patreon to 'Unlock exclusive app icons and receive early access to new features by donating.' Pressing a join button opens a web page within the app where users can select different membership tiers which include features like access to beta versions of the app, or the developers' private Discord. A previous Delta update released last December allowed users to sign up for Patreon-exclusive membership perks directly through its iOS app following updates to Apple's App Store policies in early 2024. But as a result of Apple's decision to take a 27 percent cut from developers directing users to an outside payment platform, Delta's $3, $5, and $10 Patreon memberships instead cost $10, $15, and $30, respectively, through its iOS app. That purchase option – with the increased prices – is still available in Delta, according to TechCrunch, but is made less obvious through an Alternate Payment Methods menu in the app's settings.

Delta debuts its Patreon-supported iOS app update after US App Store policy change
Delta debuts its Patreon-supported iOS app update after US App Store policy change

TechCrunch

time07-05-2025

  • Business
  • TechCrunch

Delta debuts its Patreon-supported iOS app update after US App Store policy change

A game emulator called Delta is taking advantage of the recent court decision around Apple's App Store to be able to support its business by linking to its Patreon membership page. The update, approved Wednesday for release on the U.S. App Store, allows Delta users to join the Delta team's Patreon directly from the mobile app, without giving Apple a cut of its subscriptions. The move follows last week's court ruling that forced Apple to fully open up its U.S. App Store to external purchases, after a years-long fight with Fortnite maker Epic Games. Though Apple largely won that antitrust lawsuit, a judge ruled that the tech giant had not properly followed the court's orders in one key area: in-app purchases. Apple previously vetted which apps could link out to their websites and added screens to scare users away from making purchases through external payment mechanisms. All the while, it was still charging a commission on those web sales of 27%, down from its usual 30%. After Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple had failed to comply with her original injunction, Apple changed its App Store rules for the U.S. Since then, businesses like Spotify, Amazon Kindle, and Patreon have updated their iOS apps to add links to their websites where consumers can pay directly, without using Apple's in-app purchases. While this is a win for larger companies that now get to keep more of their profits by skirting Apple's commission, Delta's update is an example of how the ruling makes way for new business models for monetizing mobile apps. Image Credits:Delta That change could give the App Store the boost it needs at a time when indie app development has been declining and every iOS release 'sherlocks' (copies) more third-party apps. Smaller developers often struggle to make a living after paying a 30% commission to Apple, but now have the option to keep more of their profits thanks to the expanded support for web payments. In the updated version of Delta's game emulator app, users are prompted to 'Join our Patreon' from the app's Settings screen. Here, they can then click a button to subscribe to Delta's $3 per month Patreon membership, which provides access to exclusive features and other perks. Techcrunch event Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you've built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you've built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | BOOK NOW The web page opens inside the app, allowing users to link their Patreon accounts and choose a membership tier, like monthly or annual. (Before, users could only link a Patreon account in the app, but they couldn't subscribe directly.) 'We can now freely mention our Patreon without giving Apple 27% of donations,' noted Delta creator Riley Testut in a post on social media, adding 'Goodbye scare screens' — a reference to the previously required warnings that nudged users away from external purchase links. Image Credits:Delta Delta still includes a way to pay through Apple's in-app purchases, as is still required. However, it's tucked away under an 'Alternative Payment Methods' menu in the Settings screen — an option many users will likely never seek out. Hiding pro-consumer options deep within layers of menus is a trick that Apple itself has used to its advantage over the years. For instance, if you want to turn off Apple's personalized ads (essentially the Apple version of its required 'Do Not Track' pop-up authorization for apps), you have to delve into your iOS Settings, go to Privacy & Security, scroll down to the very bottom of the page, tap Apple Advertising, then toggle off Personalized Ads. Or, if you want to clear the app usage data that personalizes your App Store experience, you have to go to Settings, Apps, App Store, scroll to the bottom of that page, tap Personalized Recommendations, then tap Clear App Usage Data on the screen that appears. Apple surely can't be mad at developers for adopting its own tactics? Given that Delta's app has now received approval from Apple's App Review, it seems to follow that we'll soon see other Patreon-supported apps emerging in the near future.

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