Phaser 0.9.5 Released

[rich]

Pretty substantial update here!

 

https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser

 

• Moved the BootScreen and PauseScreen out of Stage into their own classes (system/screens/BootScreen and PauseScreen).
• Updated the PauseScreen to show a subtle animation effect, making it easier to create your own interesting pause screens.
• Modified Game so it splits into 3 loops - bootLoop, pauseLoop and loop (the core loop).
• Updated the BootScreen with the new logo and new color cycle effect.
• Added Game.isRunning - set to true once the Game.boot process is over IF you gave some functions to the constructor or a state.
• Fixed small bug in Signal.removeAll where it could try to shorten the _bindings even if undefined.
• Added the new FXManager which is used for handling all special effects on Cameras (and soon other game objects).
• Removed Flash, Fade and Shake from the Camera class and moved to the new SpecialFX project.
• SpecialFX compiles to phaser-fx.js in the build folder, which is copied over to Tests. If you don't need the FX, don't include the .js file.
• The project is now generating TypeScript declaration files and all Tests were updated to use them in their references.
• Fixed a bug in Flash, Fade and Shake where the duration would fail on anything above 3 seconds.
• Fixed a bug in Camera Shake that made it go a bit haywire, now shakes correctly.
• Added new Scanlines Camera FX.
• Fixed offset values being ignored in GeomSprite.renderPoint (thanks bapuna).
• Added new Mirror Camera FX. Can mirror the camera image horizontally, vertically or both with an optional fill color overlay.
• Added Camera.disableClipping for when you don't care about things being drawn outside the edge (usful for some FX).
• Updated TilemapLayer so that collision data is now stored in _tempTileBlock to avoid constant array creation during game loop.
• TilemapLayer.getTileOverlaps() now returns all tiles the object overlapped with rather than just a boolean.
• Tilemap.collide now optionally takes callback and context parameters which are used if collision occurs.
• Added Tilemap.collisionCallback and Tilemap.collisionCallbackContext so you can set them once and not re-set them on every call to collide.
• Collision.separateTile now has 2 extra parameters: separateX and separateY. If true the object will be separated on overlap, otherwise just the overlap boolean result is returned.
• Added Tile.separateX and Tile.separateY (both true by default). Set to false if you don't want a tile to stop an object from moving, you just want it to return collision data to your callback.
• Added Tilemap.getTileByIndex(value) to access a specific type of tile, rather than by its map index.
• Added TilemapLayer.putTile(x,y,index) - allows you to insert new tile data into the map layer (create your own tile editor!).
• TilemapLayer.getTileBlock now returns a unique Array of map data, not just a reference to the temporary block array
• Added TilemapLayer.swapTile - scans the given region of the map for all instances of tileA and swaps them for tileB, and vice versa.
• Added TilemapLayer.replaceTile - scans the given region of the map and replaces all instances of tileA with tileB. tileB is left unaffected.
• Added TilemapLayer.fillTiles - fills the given region of the map with the tile specified.
• Added TilemapLayer.randomiseTiles - fills the given region of the map with a random tile from the list specified.
• Added fun new "map draw" test - reflect those carrots!
• Changed SoundManager class to respect volume on first place (thanks initials and hackmaniac)

 

I especially like the new "map draw" test suite demo

[saulochina]

Great! I started to use phaser, i almost have a demo for my game. this tilemap features are awesome. wish more tutorials about this

[rich]

I guarantee I will start writing tutorials as soon as we hit 1.0

[Leebo]

Really exciting. I'm probably going to hold off on trying to use Phaser until 1.0 is out, because I'm still a beginning programmer so the tutorials are kind of important to me, but I really like everything I see =)

[eterps]

Any new releases coming up soon? I noticed there is a 0.9.6 and a 0.9.7 branch in the repository.  Or are you holding off on announcements until 1.0?

[rich]

Correct, I'm past the point of no return now and 1.0 will be the next official release. And it's one heck of a release too. Pretty much everything has changed, but honestly for the better. The same core features remain, plus a lot of new ones and if anything it's more streamlined now as a result.

[Tácio Sousa]

Do you have any preview for 1.0 release?

[Mike]

Also is there some light if it's going to come after:

a) 1 week

b 2 weeks

c) 1 months

d) when it's done

 

I ask this not to rush you or anything but to make a plan, for a project of mine (Memory Game) and to consider using

phaser as game engine.

 

As it looks the best dev friendly environment with Visual Studio and TypeScript.

[rich]

I promise I will release by the end of June. I'm using it to build a couple of client games so it is being well and truly battle tested! But every day I work on it I think of small new things I want to do

[Mike]

Thanks for the answer i really know how hard time estimations are.

I'll keep my fingers crossed, everything to go smooth.

[eterps]

Have you thought about using Trello to 'park' your ideas and plan a roadmap?  I've seen a few open-source projects doing this lately, and it seems like a great way to stay organized and keep your releases under control.  Plus it gives lots of visibility to your users, and I think even lets people vote on features they want to see the most.

 

Here are a couple examples:

Meteor: https://trello.com/board/meteor-roadmap/508721606e02bb9d570016ae

Adobe Brackets: https://trello.com/board/brackets/4f90a6d98f77505d7940ce88

[rich]

I've used Trello in the past but never really got into it. I think post 1.0 release I'd be happy to investigate it again for features. The framework isn't "growing" right now, I'm not really adding new features at all, it's just a huge lot of stabilising work and laying foundations for future expansion. That, along with building several live projects in it is taking its toll on my time really. But I cracked a massive issue today re: collision that has been bugging me for a few weeks now, which is always nice

[Rudrabhoj Bhati]

If there is no full tutorial, nevermind I think I can learn by seeing examples or some semi tutorial/documentations. If somebody (like me) is willing to start using it, can you guide a good place to start off with?

[aberrantmind]

This looks great! I just got into developing html5 games over the last week, I'm going to give this engine a shot.

[rich]

Just to say that I'm only 3 days away from release the final 1.0 package - with LOTS of new stuff, TypeScript 0.9.1 compatible and docs So by all means have a play, but please do check out the 1.0 release!

[Travis]

Awesome!!!! I know debugging for TypeScript must have been a pain, but I think it'll be worth it

[rich]

Pain is an understatement. Upgrading to 0.9.1 was utter hell, but thankfully all finished now.

[Rudrabhoj Bhati]

Looking great! Any new of 1.0 xD