List of Switch homebrew demos

Demos

Hello world!

Simple programs which only prints text on screen. A Hello world! is the first thing done in hacking to verify a device can succesfully be tempered with.

Title	Description	Author	Thread	Source
sdl Hello World	Apps that prints text using SDL and bitmap fonts.	vgmoose		git
prints fuck you	Apps that prints fuck you.	xXxSwagnemitexXx	Release page	git
prints messages	Apps that prints messages based on the pressed buttons.	leafeon34	Release page	See thread

Demoscenes

Demoscenes are scripted media (animation and sound) to demonstrate the device's capabilities and the developer's coding prowess. User interaction is not always required nor affecting the program's behavior.

Title	Description	Author	Thread	Source
Dokkaebi Hack	Animated Demo using SDL.	Steven Mattera		git
Fireplace	Classical ASM school learning fireplace animation using SDL.	marice	Thread	git
Killer Whale Cursor	Port of a flash cursor following demo of same name. Renders and moves 45 pictures in specific order to make illusion on 3D effect. Uses the Switch controller's Motion Control to move the cursor on screen.	Voxel	Thread	git

Other Demos and Tests

Many homebrew are only small tests to see how to display a picture, or test a button pressing interface. These can be used to learn when you are new to homebrew development.

Title	Description	Author	Thread	Source
34c3-demo	Demo used at the 34CCC presentation by Plutoo	Plutoo		git
Do u no de wae	Demo based on a meme. Press a button to flow from 3 different binary buffered pictures to create an animation.	MegaMagikarp	Thread	git
FlavorTown	Loads a bmp and mp3 files using SDL.	AlphonseElric		git
FizzBuzz NX	FizzBuzz programming contest to see how a developer codes a simple problem. Prints numbers from 0 to 100, prints Fizz for multiple of 3, Buzz for multiple of 5, FizzBuzz for multiple of both 5 and 3.	FoxofGrey	Deleted thread	Deleted
Game Example	A console-mode game example to display a roguelike-map.	Dontwait00	Thread	git
HitTheButton	Example of Input interaction with PyNX (homebrew python interperter).	tumGER		git
Illuminatix	A console-mode program printing a pyramid of asterisk.	Dontwait00	Thread	Included
Lighting-up LED on right joycon	A demo to control the LED on the controller's Home button.	ELY_M	Thread	github
Switchbrew examples	Multiple switch homebrew examples to use with devkitpro, devkitA64 and libnx.	Switchbrew team		github
Thonkmop	A joke submission to Homebrew Bounty 2018-2019. Actually a recompiled libnx demo to display a picture.	The-4n	posts
Useless homebrew Switch v1.1	Port of the Useless Homebrew 1.1 written by Rydian for the DS, 3DS, wiiu, gba etc.	Technicmaster0	Thread	See thread

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