BearBirdPad 0.2.3

BearBirdPad 0.2.3 for iPhone and iPad. This release contains no app: you build your own with PadMint on an Apple Silicon Mac, from your own game file.

What's new

• Opens on iOS and iPadOS 27. Apps built with Xcode 27 have to start through UIKit scenes, or iOS 27 stops them at launch. BearBirdPad now does, so a copy you build with Xcode 27 opens on iOS 27; iOS 26 and earlier work as before. Checked on the iOS 27 Simulator; not yet on a physical iOS 27 device.

Get it

Open PadMint (0.3.8 or newer), choose BearBirdPad and follow the page. The full steps are in the README. Already have BearBirdPad? Install the new copy over it with the same tool and Apple ID; your saves stay.

Files

• BearBirdPad-v0.2.3-padmint.json: the recipe PadMint follows for this version.
• SHA256SUMS: its checksum.

BearBirdPad 0.2.2

BearBirdPad 0.2.2 for iPhone and iPad. This release contains no app: BearBirdPad contains code translated from Banjo-Kazooie, so you make your own with PadMint on an Apple Silicon Mac, from your own Banjo-Kazooie (USA) ROM.

What's new

• PadMint 0.2.4 or newer now checks, before it downloads anything, that the programs you install yourself are there, including Xcode's Metal Toolchain, which newer Xcode versions download separately. If something is missing, it tells you the command to run. The game is the same as 0.2.1.

Get it

1. On a Mac with Xcode, install the build tools once: brew install cmake ninja rust, and Xcode's Metal Toolchain: xcodebuild -downloadComponent MetalToolchain.
2. Download PadMint, unzip it, double-click PadMint.command and drag in your ROM; PadMint recognizes BearBirdPad from it. It builds BearBirdPad 0.2.2 from this release and saves an unsigned IPA in your Downloads folder.
3. Install the IPA with AltStore Classic, SideStore or Sideloadly (details). It contains code made from your ROM: keep it to yourself.

Already have BearBirdPad 0.2.1? Install 0.2.2 over it; your saves and settings stay.

Files

• BearBirdPad-v0.2.2-padmint.json: the recipe PadMint follows for this version.
• SHA256SUMS: its checksum.

BearBirdPad 0.2.1

BearBirdPad 0.2.1 for iPhone and iPad. This release contains no app: BearBirdPad contains code translated from Banjo-Kazooie, so you make your own with PadMint on an Apple Silicon Mac, from your own Banjo-Kazooie (USA) ROM.

What's new

• Easier to make: PadMint 0.2.2 or newer downloads the compiler BearBirdPad needs, so you no longer install Homebrew's LLVM. The game is the same as 0.2.0.

Get it

1. On a Mac with Xcode, install the build tools once: brew install cmake ninja rust
2. Download PadMint, unzip it, double-click PadMint.command, choose BearBirdPad and drag in your ROM. It builds BearBirdPad 0.2.1 from this release and saves an unsigned IPA in your Downloads folder.
3. Install the IPA with AltStore Classic, SideStore or Sideloadly (details). It contains code made from your ROM: keep it to yourself.

Already have BearBirdPad 0.2.0? Install 0.2.1 over it; your saves and settings stay.

Files

• BearBirdPad-v0.2.1-padmint.json: the recipe PadMint follows for this version.
• SHA256SUMS: its checksum.

BearBirdPad 0.2.0

BearBirdPad 0.2.0 for iPhone and iPad. This release contains no app: BearBirdPad contains code translated from Banjo-Kazooie, so you make your own with PadMint on an Apple Silicon Mac, from your own Banjo-Kazooie (USA) ROM.

Get it

1. On a Mac with Xcode, install the build tools once: brew install cmake ninja rust llvm lld
2. Download PadMint, unzip it, double-click PadMint.command, choose BearBirdPad and drag in your ROM. It builds BearBirdPad 0.2.0 from this release and saves an unsigned IPA in the folder you choose.
3. Install the IPA with AltStore Classic, SideStore or Sideloadly (details). It contains code made from your ROM: keep it to yourself.

Files

• BearBirdPad-v0.2.0-padmint.json: the recipe PadMint follows for this version.
• SHA256SUMS: its checksum.