Image improvements

Bugfixes!

Changelog

• Sprite now includes x and y variables
• Image effects added to Sprite.java (invert, monochrome, blur, trapezoid)
• Fixed bug #2
• Updated tiled loader
• added function drawSprite in Render.java

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Tiled Support

LibZ <3 Tiled

Changelog

• Rewrote Everything!
• Added Tiled Map Support!
• Removed lighting (for now)
• Improved sprite loading
• Even smaller file-size
• Readded sound support

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V1.0 Beta 1

Happy New Year!

Changelog

• Rewrote Everything!
• Performance boost ~750%
• Added lighting
• Added Camera
• New input handling
• Entities are now automatically updated and rendered
• Improved sprite loading
• No per-pixel rendering anymore, Direct drawing on the canvas added!
• Even smaller file-size

NOTE: This version breaks code made in an older version.

NOTE: This is a beta, not everything is implemented or working properly.

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Bug fix!

Changelog

• Fixed bug #1

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Actions

Changelog

• GameCore.java
  • added setSize(int width, int height);
  • added setSize(Dimension dimension);
• Minor improvements

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Actions: Easy execute actions in order / manipulate them.
init:
ActionContainer actionContainer = new ActionContainer();
actionContainer.add(action);
actionContainer.start();
update:
actionContainer.update();

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GUI, the beginning

Changelog

• Menu.java | Logger.java
  • Initial commit

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Logger: Easy organize your output data using logger.
Logger log = new Logger("prefix");
log.info("Hello World!");

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Menu: Create menu's for your game (useMouse not implemented yet!)
Menu menu = new Menu(GameCore gc, ArrayList<String> items) {
@Override
public void optionSelected(String name, int id) {
log.info("user selected: " + name);
}
};

Requirements:
menu.update(GameCore gc); Required
menu.render(GameCore gc, Render r); Required

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Tasks!

Changelog

• LibZ_Entity.java
  • Added method 'taskTriggered(String taskName)' this method needs to be overwritten.
• Render.java
  • Little improvements
• Window.Java
  • Renamed Window.java to Screen.java
• Emitter.java
  • Added support for screen offset
• TaskContainer.java | Task.java
  • Initial commit

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Tasks are usefull to send messages to multiple entities ate the same time, instead of using your own methods you could just send a String and the entities could react on it.

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External images

Changelog

• Image, Sprite
  • Added support for loading images outside the jar.
• Level, Tile
  • Updated Level.java and Tile.java to be compatible with the new image loader
• Render:
  • Added method 'drawOverlayRect(int x, int y, int w, int h, int color, int thickness, boolean fill)
• GameCore
  • Fixed init() running after first update and throwing NPE's

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• Examples
  • Removed SMB example (poorly written)

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Fullscreen and Particles

Changelog

• Added particle system
• Added full-screen support
• Bug-fix
• Added first Android build (No pre-build version for Android yet! Also there's no hurry with the development for Android)

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V0.6 is now available!

Changelog

• Input:
  • Added try/catch to hide the errors for unknown keys.
• Render:
  • Added method 'drawRect(int x, int y, int w, int h, int color, int thickness, boolean fill)'.
  • Added method 'getStringWidth(String text, Font font)'.
  • Added method 'getStringWidth(String text, Sprite font)'.
• Window:
  • Changed image type to ARGB instead of RGB.
  • The game now requests focus (No need to click on the window anymore for focus.)

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