Sifteo Cubes: Notes on Developing

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Warning Sifteo cube development is still very ALPHA. And as usual, Documention is sparse/erratic. Here’s my personal notes trying to “get started”.

Need to download Sifteo’s developer’s kit, SiftDev SDK. It includes:

6 Demo projects, with some brief documentation on features used
SiftDev, a developer’s version of Siftrunner
Siftulator (A cube simulator – kinda broken!)

Download & install the MonoDevelop (the IDE that your use to compiles/runs the apps)

Running the demos:

Open up the MonoDevelop app.
Open up the .sln project. File > Open Project > … navigate to the demo folder and find the demo you want to run
Fix the broken project references.

Project > Edit references
Delete the reference to Sifteo
Find the Sifteo.dll file by navigating to the Sifteo_SDK/Siftdev.app/Contents/Resources/Runtimes/Mono/Current/Sifteo.dll
Click Add, and it will appear in the right pane.
Hit OK to apply changes

Run the code. Menu Run > Run
Open up the SiftDev app.
Connect/pair your cubes
Load the app by going to the Developer menu > load apps… > Select the folder of the demo
Click on the app and hit Play!,

PS: I’m running Mac 10.6.8, SiftDev 1.1.2, MonoDevelop 2.8.6.5, Siftulator 00_05_09

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4 responses to “Sifteo Cubes: Notes on Developing”

April 22, 2016

Dr. Mike Reddy

Hi, I know this is old now, but I’m trying to resurrect my interest in the original Sifteo Cubes, having just acquired some. Following your instructions (along with a few others online) I’m using Xamarin, rather than a raw Mono IDE. Everything goes fine up to getting the App in SiftDev: I get a scrolling … image on MyGames as if the App is trying/failing to load. I have the App running in Xamarin, Siftulator running, evidenced in SiftDev, but the App never appears for me to deploy. I also get a Can’t find console-init.js when I try to launch Console; this file isn’t in the bin folder 🙁
Any ideas? Should I try to get Mono v2 as specified? Is the json dll also needed? Some old guides suggest needing this as a resource. Hope you can help!

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March 16, 2015

Laura Mejia

Hello,
I wonder if you still have the siftdev app, I’m trying to develop a game for the sifteo cubes, but almost all the website is crushed … and I can’t get the sdk form the official website.

I only miss the Siftdev app, I you have it can u pass it to me?

thank u.
Laura

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1. April 30, 2016
  
  Dr. Mike Reddy
  
  I have it. Email me at doctormikereddy AT gmail.com
  
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September 12, 2014

Javier Pereda

Thanks! This was very helpful!

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