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PicoBoy Communication Software, Drawing Manager, and SDK Toolkit have all received UI revamps!

PicoBoy SDK Toolkit has come to Linux and Macos!

Custom backgrounds have now come to PBOS V2.4!

Make sure to update to Micropython version 1.22.2

PBOS Updates:

  • Improved performance
  • New background colors
  • Fixed bug where animation would not disable correctly
  • Fixed bug where you couldn't enter data upload mode when settings is selected
  • Improved smoothness of animated transition between games
  • Fixed bug where rounded corners on a game wouldn't round during animation
  • You can now use Paint drawing files as backgrounds in PBOS
  • Fixed critical bug where the console would crash if animations were enabled and there was no title image
  • Enhanced game corruption protection

PicoBoy Communication Software Updates:

  • New revamped user interface
  • Fixed many bugs that would cause crashing with sudden disconnects
  • Added ability to add/remove backgrounds
  • New light/dark mode compatibility
  • New "Clean Console" button that removes any junk files leftover in the operating system
  • New system data view that allows you to view the OS version, Micropython version, the storage free, and the amount of games you have
  • A new check has been introduced that prevents a console update if there isn't enough storage
  • Game folders are now recusivley deleted to reduce reduce waste
  • Overall bug fixes and improvements

PicoBoy Drawing Exporter Updates:

  • New revamped user interface
  • New ability to download a drawing in the .pbd (PicoBoy Drawing) format
  • New ability to upload drawings
  • New ability to delete drawings
  • Now formatted as .app in MacOS and downloads to the current directory
  • Now available in Debian Linux
  • Renamed to PicoBoy Drawing Manager

PicoBoySDK Updates:

  • PicoBoySDK Toolkit now available on MacOS
  • PicoBoySDK Toolkit now available on Debian Linux
  • There is now an option to save the current score when the home button is pressed.

Documentation:

  • Build guide updated to use the latest version of PicoBoy Communication Software
  • User guide updated to use the latest version of PicoBoy Communication Software
  • User guide now has clean screenshots from the PicoBoy
  • User guide now fully documents the settings menu
  • User guide now has a section on updating the Micropython firmware

Game Updates:

  • Updated Minefield to autosave the score
  • Updated Space Invaders to autosave the score
  • Paint now performs a storage capacity check when you save a drawing to prevent corruption.
  • Paint now protects against corrupted drawing files
  • Fixed issue in Paint where the numbers of drawings wouldn't list in numerical order

Check out the OS update here: https://github.com/HalloSpaceBoy5/PicoBoy-OS/releases/tag/PBOS-V2.4

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