In time for the holiday season we're proud to bring you the very latest version of AppGameKit!
New in this version is a batch of new Box2D commands, access to Text to Speech for mobile devices, iWatch commands, Tier2 C++ support for Visual Studio 2017 and many other tweaks and fixes that our community has requested. We're also gifting everyone a free set of Christmas themed graphics that you can use in any of your game making projects!
Today the new AppGameKit Shader Pack has been released with a 25% week one launch discount. This new DLC provides a cool set of graphical shader effects you can use in your AppGameKit projects.
Today the AppGameKit Sound Library has received another expansion of 30 new sounds! It's also on offer at 40% discount so a great time to pick up this useful add-on for your game making projects.
The pack now contains a new spells & potions category which includes all these sounds:
Thank you to everyone who took part in our recent survey - we have had hundreds of responses. We're reading them all and using them in our development plans moving forward.
Today we've added support for JSON files and the ability to load and save arrays to AppGameKit!
Note: This version contains breaking changes, bytecode compiled with old version will not work with this version, and bytecode compiled with this version will not work with previous versions.
This new version of AppGameKit includes these new features and maintenance fixes:
JSON and Load/Save Arrays
Added type.toJSON() and type.fromJSON(string) to convert types to and from JSON strings
Added array.toJSON() and array.fromJSON(string) to convert arrays to and from JSON strings
Added array.save(filename) and array.load(filename) to load and save arrays as JSON files
Added JSON load/save example to the General examples folder
3D
Fixed normal mapping producing artifacts on mobile devices when the normal Y value was very close but not equal to 1.0
Fixed SetGerenateMipmaps(1) causing a shader error if subsequent image loads were not a power of two in size and applied to texture stage 1 of a 3D object
Physics
Fixed the spelling mistake in the Set3DPhysicsRadollBonesVisible, Set3DPhysicsTwistJointMaxMotorImpluse, and Set3DPhysicsHingeJointMaxMotorImpluse commands, any apps that use them will need to make the same corrections
Android
Increased Android screen recording quality from 0.5Mbit/s to 2Mbits/s
Fixed crash on Android if vibrate command called without vibrate permission
IDE
Fixed Dutch keyboards not being able to enter single and double quotes in the IDE
Fixed a crash when setting a breakpoint on the first line of a function whilst a function local type or array was in the debug variables list
iOS
Fixed iOS apps not working on iOS 7 or 8
Video
Windows 7 and below will now use the old DirectShow method of playing videos instead of the new Media Foundation. Windows 8 and above will still use the new method
Raspberry Pi
Removed MP3 support in the Raspberry Pi version to support a wider range of OS versions. Only OGG is supported on Raspberry Pi now
Enjoy the new version!
TheGameCreators
Rush to Adventure, a new game created in AppGameKit, was released on Steam by Indie developer Digital Awakening. We talk to the creator of the game about it's development and his plans for the future.
Here's a new hotfix build that includes all these improvements and fixes for AppGameKit! We've even found time to add some cool video recording commands to the iOS and Android platform!
We’d really appreciate your feedback on our products – AppGameKit, GameGuru and MyWorld – via this short survey. Your input will help us continue to improve our products, as well as help us deliver the best possible customer service. Everyone completing the survey will be entered into a prize draw and have the chance to win one of ten $100 cash prizes.
