AAAAXY

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• Release v1.5.220
  November 05, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.208: Engine: fix error reporting. Engine: move Ebitengine to v2.8.3 Mobile: declare min iOS requirement to be 13.0... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.208
  October 07, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.202: Engine: improve compile flags to make the binary smaller. Engine: modules update, including Ebitengine 2.8.0... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.202
  September 16, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.190: Engine: fix game hanging at start on ChromeOS. Engine: make singlethreaded-ness a runtime option. Engine: module updates, including Ebitengine 2.7.9. Engine: remove runnable_wh... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.190
  August 27, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.183: Translations: more updates to Ukrainian... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.183
  August 26, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.173: Engine: updated libraries. Translations: updates to Ukrainian translation (thanks, EGYT!)... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.173
  July 09, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.139: Android: bump target SDK to 34 (required by Google Play). Libraries: update Ebitengine from 2.7.4 to 2.7.7. Snap: also use the SVG icon. Translations: updates to Chinese (Tradi... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.139
  June 03, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.129: Engine: add more profiles. Modules: bump github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 from 2.7.3 to 2.7.4 Translation: minor updates to Chinese (Traditional)... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.129
  May 01, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.54: Engine: module updates. Engine: update to Ebitengine 2.7.2. Engine: update to Go 1.21. This drops support for Windows below 10 and macOS below Catalina. Languages: add Chinese (... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.54
  April 08, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.42: Android: re-enable the gamepad trigger buttons thanks to a fix in Ebitengine 2.6.7. Engine: upgrade Ebitengine to 2.6.7. Next version of AAAAXY will move to Ebitengine 2.7.0. Le... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.42
  March 04, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.23: Engine: do not activate questionblocks when hitting them just by rising up on a platform. Matches Mario rules. Engine: minor module update. Level: minor visual improvement to Li... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.23
  February 26, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.5.6: Engine: update modules. Game: slightly improve one easter egg. Menu: better score for qblocks... Continue reading
• Release v1.5.6
  February 19, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.160: Engine: add support for “language packs” - .po files placed right next to the game executable. Engine: update dependencies. Level: add a very obscure easter egg (not requir... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.160
  January 29, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.137: Engine: module update. Engine: when the configured language is Chinese, use vertical text instead of rotated text. Map: make sure the keys on Shepard Tone read in order of incr... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.137
  January 06, 2024 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.119: Engine: move to Ebitengine v2.6.2. Thus, on Linux it now requires OpenGL 3.2. HTML5: fix savegame handling. Menu: highlight the finishing point on the map too... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.119
  December 11, 2023 by divVerent

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  Changes since v1.4.101: Announcement: this is the last version using Ebitengine 2.5. Next release will use Ebitengine 2.6 and drop support for OpenGL 2 graphics chips. To keep running on OpenGL 2 only... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.101
  November 13, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.72: Engine: minor module updates. Game: new translations: Belarusian (in Cyrillic and Łacinka). Mobile: reduce min Android version to 6.0 as it got confirmed running well enough on... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.72
  October 30, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.50: Engine: add more dither patterns: -palette_dither_mode=checker2 , -palette_dither_mode=hybrid2 , -palette_dither_mode=square2 . Engine: add new flag: -readonly ; disables all sa... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.50
  September 27, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.45: Engine: update Ebitengine to v2.5.10; fixes iOS crashes. Engine: update modules... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.45
  September 05, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.42: Engine: update to Ebitengine - fixes some crashes... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.42
  August 07, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.39: Engine: minor module updates... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.39
  July 25, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.33: Engine: internal preparations to support Hebrew (no translation yet). Engine: update modules... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.33
  July 10, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.18: Engine: basic support for RTL languages to enable future translation. Engine: update modules. Menu: there’s now also a nicer VGA monochrome palette. Ideal for any sort of colo... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.18
  June 26, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.8: Level: uncheese The One Way Round (cheese found by Terrain2: https://youtu.be/GiGjV-wBlCY) Engine: new flag: always_demo_record_with_timestamp. Engine: move -show_time to the cen... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.8
  June 21, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.6: Minor module updates... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.6
  June 05, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.4.2: Engine: minor module updates. Game: update Chinese translation text... Continue reading
• Release v1.4.2
  May 29, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.538: Engine: make smaller binaries for desktop platforms. No change to mobile. Level: add a new run category: No Coil. This is done by making the ending beatable without coil. No ch... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.538
  May 22, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.530: Engine: add a flag -debug_persist_flags, mainly nice for persisting some debug settings on mobile devices. Engine: on macOS, put config and savegame in separate directories. Ol... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.530
  May 15, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.524: Debugging: new flags -debug_show_gc, -debug_go_gc_percent. Engine: remove the logic that tries to avoid overlapping centerprints. Engine: still display overlong centerprints fu... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.524
  May 08, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.511: Engine: instead of –touch_force or the touch timer, detect use of touch controls by last inputs. Level: fixed a bunch of text/image overlaps. Mobile: fix one frame of input l... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.511
  May 01, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.469: Engine: draw the touch controls BELOW the centerprints. Engine: faster loading. Engine: show the ActionButton on touch only if one has an ability for it. Engine: update to Ebit... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.469
  April 24, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.457: Engine: experimental new flag: -pin_assets_to_ram to maybe speedup loading on mobile. Level: minor “confusion fix”. Menu: draw the map bigger to play nicer on touchscreens... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.457
  April 17, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.436: Engine: aggressively optimize tile iteration, and reduce the loaded tiles window. More fps on CPU-bound devices. iOS: separate save and config file location. Previous data is i... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.436
  April 10, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.421: Engine: almost twice as fast loading... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.421
  April 03, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.393: Engine: speed up font loading by about 20%, and add loading screen info. Level: also add an EscapeButton pic to Hello World. Menu: when quality was adjusted, save settings inst... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.393
  March 29, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.372: Engine: bump android target SDK version to 33. Engine: update to Ebitengine v2.5.0. Level: make the trash chute have small font... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.372
  March 13, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.367: Engine: oops. Flip debug gamepad logging back to false. Engine: update Ebitengine to v2.5.0-alpha.14, improving gamepad detection on Android... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.367
  March 06, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.359: Engine: add more complete Linux gamepad support. Engine: minor module update... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.359
  February 27, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.343: Engine: build the Win32 builds with SSE2. All non-EOL Windows versions require SSE2 too, and this speeds up the game a lot. Engine: enable pinning for all platforms again (perf... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.343
  February 22, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.334: Engine: add support for limited font pinning even of Chinese. Engine: enable font pinning on Android again. Engine: fix crash when toggling stretching. Engine: only re-pin a fe... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.334
  February 20, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.303: Engine: fix stretched mode and input location on Android. Engine: minor module updates. Level: fix crash in room “deja Vu”. This started in December... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.303
  February 13, 2023 by divVerent

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  Changes since v1.3.263: Dependencies; update to Ebitengine 2.5. Engine: add support for stretched aspect on Android. Engine: can now pass -portable to run as a portable application (with configs and s... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.263
  February 06, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.219: Engine: update oto library. Engine: slightly improve font alignment. Engine: refactor for better localization support. Engine: migrate from go-freetype to x/image/font/opentype... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.219
  January 30, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.186: Easter egg: fix Konami Code on keyboard. Engine: minor ebitengine update. Level: reworded Shepard Tone. Game: provide a game loop for Google Play. Translations: added translati... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.186
  January 23, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.143: Level: make the piano look better with do-re-mi scales. New language: Portuguese (Brazil). New language: Latin... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.143
  January 16, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.103: Engine: minor module update. Level: minor text fixes (periods, spaces). Translation: fix bug that prevented replacing content (so now one can change translation files on a rele... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.103
  January 03, 2023 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.3.43: Languages: add Portuguese! Thanks, yy0zz! Level: rephrase a German pun to an English one. Level: minor text fixes. Menu: support changing language without restarting the game... Continue reading
• Release v1.3.43
  December 19, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.399: Engine: now with a touch controls editor ! Localization: now also in German ! Accessibility: Shepard Tone now has a visual effect to indicate that a note is playing. Engine: up... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.399
  December 05, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.377: Engine: demos are now using a new format (smaller files). Old format remains readable. Engine: update Ebitengine to 2.4.13... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.377
  November 15, 2022 by divVerent

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  Changes since v1.2.372: Engine: update Ebitengine to v2.4.12. Fixes some crashes. Level: Nine Boxes In Sight: fix something that looked like a render bug but was just weird mapping :) Makefile: rename... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.372
  October 31, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.367: Engine: update Ebitengine to 2.4.9. Mobile: make the action jump touch button larger, and the jump touch button smaller... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.367
  October 17, 2022 by divVerent

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  Changes since v1.2.356: Engine: update Ebitengine to v2.4.7. Engine: fix demo playback when savegames are switched during demo. Level: fix hint exitbuttons that should only show up when abilities are... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.356
  October 01, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.342: Android: require min 8.1, as sufficient performance got confirmed. Engine: massive refactor to simplify property parsing. Menu: do not rotozoom the player out before the credit... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.342
  September 27, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.336: Engine: update Ebitengine to v2.4.5. Fixes some crashes. Game: taking Out The Trash: prevent messup when player holds push while entering... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.336
  September 19, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.331: Engine: fix handling of gamepads that represent a D-pad as two axes. Engine: update Ebitengine to v2.4.3. Fixes headset plugging issues on Windows... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.331
  September 12, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.321: Disable the gamepad feature from the Android manifest due to missing standard layout support. Engine: ignore EPERM when opening gamepads. Engine: log the gamepad SDLID so mappi... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.321
  September 05, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.300: Engine: fix rounding of mouse or touch coordinates. Engine: update to Ebitengine v2.4.1. Engine: use DirectX by default on Windows now. Game: don’t call them “platforms”... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.300
  August 29, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.280: Engine: at lowest quality settings, cause less artifacts. Engine: fix exit code for regression test demos. Engine: new palettes: VGA and EGA greyscale palettes. Level: make the... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.280
  August 22, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.265: Engine: automatically manage graphics settings. Engine: fix some uses of deprecated Ebitengine APIs... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.265
  August 16, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.229: Engine: fixed touch screen support. Game: now with Android support! Menu: show software licenses... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.229
  August 08, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.217: Engine: fix multitouch support. Engine: minor module update: glfw, sys. Engine: show touch controls on web version again... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.217
  August 01, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.174: Menu: can now display the asset and software licenses. Release building: now 800KiB smaller releases, thanks to advancecomp. Release building: no longer include data twice on m... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.174
  July 21, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.164: Level: The One Way Round: add another room :) Level: In places that require an ability, show an ExitButton sprite if the ability is missing. Engine: Add some missing palette JS... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.162
  July 18, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.141: Dependencies: update to Ebitengine v2.3.6. Fixes input device related crashes. Color palettes: improve graphics settings menu; add palette for MSX. Engine: add an allocator for... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.141
  July 08, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.47: Engine: clean up TODOs. Engine: massive color palette and dither improvements. Hit right seven times on graphics selection for a surprise! Engine: VGA graphics is now default, n... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.47
  June 27, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.44: Map: make the Stop And Stair CP more friendly to prevent interrupted CP map in some exploits. Engine: update Ebiten to v2.3.4. Minor crash fixes... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.44
  June 06, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.42: Engine: update Ebiten to v2.3.3. No changes to behavior expected... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.42
  May 23, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.34: Engine: minor module update. Engine: use proper error wrapping, EXCEPT in vfs code, where we control IsNotExist on our own. Engine: do not show an xmessage dialog when using -du... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.34
  May 17, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.27: Engine: update to Ebiten v2.3.2. Engine: require macOS Mojave; can no longer compile for High Sierra due to an osxcross bug with recent Ebiten source. Level: make the Weird Spac... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.27
  May 02, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.23: Weird Space: slightly improve the star timing. Kaaaart Race: make the “pit lane” nicer :) Engine: minor module update... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.23
  April 26, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.19: Engine: update Ebiten and Oto. Ebiten 2.3.0 is out! Menu: fix the forward bit when assigning edges... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.19
  April 18, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.15: Engine: update Ebiten. Engine: add my own favorite palette. A variant of EGA that is slightly more colorblind friendly. Build script: update on Pling in the future... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.15
  April 11, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.2.4: Game: first release with some minor official mapping support without recompiling the game. Engine: update Ebiten. We’re currently tracking main until Ebiten v2.3.0 is out. Map... Continue reading
• Release v1.2.4
  March 28, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.1.280: Level: add a new secret room (thus minor version bump). VERY well hidden though :) Level: In Tower of Impossible: make the “impossible button” more conspicuous. Engine: red... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.280
  March 21, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.1.251: Level: better hint in Kaaaart Race. Level: make clear where the “lap” starts in Kaaaart Race. Level: fix another render glitch near the ending. Video capture: higher defaul... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.251
  March 14, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.1.234: Itch: removed the HTML5 build for now - this game really needs local storage to save progress, and browsers are moving away from supporting this in iframes. Instead now linking... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.234
  March 07, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.1.225: Game: fix some minor render errors near the end. Engine: update to current Ebiten from main. Has some bugfixes for multi-monitor systems. Engine: update to current Oto version... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.225 - fix for macOS
  March 01, 2022 by divVerent

  Fixing startup on macOS. No other changes... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.223
  March 01, 2022 by divVerent

  Minor bugfix release: the Van Vlijmen secret section was unreachable (actually for about a month)... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.215: more fps!
  February 28, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.1.189: Game: change “road rage” city name for UTC+3. Engine: switch to an Ebiten 2.2.5 with speedups backported. Planning to switch to an Ebiten 2.3.0 pre-release version next wee... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.189
  February 22, 2022 by divVerent

  (this is a really minor cleanup/refactor release - no gameplay changes in here) Changes since v1.1.166: Game: remove initial checkpoint cheat. It was near unusable anyway. Engine: factor out common pa... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.166
  February 14, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.1.112: Level: de-cheese the “hello world” secret. Engine: update modules. Engine: fix Oto crash on 32-Bit Windows 7. Fixes #17. Engine: fix savegames on Windows 7. Engine: change... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.112
  February 07, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.1.66: Game: fixed the logic that after 100% reveals secrets. Game: relaxed All Paths to only consider paths between visited CPs. Level: foreshadow the ending very close to the start :... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.66
  January 31, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.1.31: Engine: add a feature to skip render frames, allowing to run at 30fps, 20fps and 15fps. Note that this may slow down possible speedruns as input is only polled once per frame. G... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.31
  January 24, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.1.6: Level: fix an exploit where one could still get into Butterfly Effect without being able to stand. Makes Kaizo less confusing. Engine: add the Konami code. Engine: make the VGA p... Continue reading
• Release v1.1.6
  January 18, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.0.187: Level: fix a tiny render glitch in The Torus. Level: make the Kaizo jump both easier and harder at the same time; allows slightly faster runs. Level: in Kaizo, update the year... Continue reading
• Release v1.0.187
  January 13, 2022 by divVerent

  This is an urgent bugfix release. Changes since v1.0.183: Skip gamecontrollerdb.txt lines with syntax errors. Works around gabomdq/SDL_GameControllerDB#538 Do not use the variable name GOFLAGS in the... Continue reading
• Release v1.0.183
  January 12, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.0.162: Allow questionblocks to send trigger events. Add a second kaizo block to the start (no impact to expected run times). Fix minor render glitch in Kaaaart Race. Now with palette... Continue reading
• Release v1.0.162
  January 07, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.0.140: Accessibility: add a visual effect to the timedplatform sound. Code: minor module update. Code: allow tracing to hit multiple entities at once; this allows hitting two question... Continue reading
• Release v1.0.140
  January 04, 2022 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.0.126: Add a shruggie to a certain dead end; replace OnSpawn by SpawnCounter. Make questionblocks show an "effect" when activated. Initialize audio earlier to prevent pause on first s... Continue reading
• Release v1.0.126
  December 23, 2021 by divVerent

  Changes since v1.0.112: Make the jump sound less loud compared to the others. Add a second hint to The One Way Round. Sightly better note in Don't Look Up. Properly turn off music in the AntiHub tunne... Continue reading