Release Notes 0.6.1

Kiwi.js (BETA)

HTML5 game library written in TypeScript/Javascript

version 0.6.1

Release notes for this version

Bug Fixes and changes

• Audio that cannot be decoded/isn't supported by the browser are no longer loaded by default. Done so that games no longer crash when an audio piece could not load.
  
• TextField GameObject no longer generates a image of the text when rendering.
• Keys
  • Duration property has been implemented. Returns the number of milliseconds a key has been held down for.
  • Repeat property has been implemented. Contains the number of times the 'onkeydown' event has fired for that Key. Is reset with each subsequent release/press.
  • JustReleased/JustPressed methods have been implemented.
  • New property 'preventDefault' added. This boolean tells the key whether to 'prevent' any default functionality for that key or not when it is pressed/released.
• Keyboard
  • A new signal named 'onKeyDownOnce' has been added. This signal only dispatches a single event with each key-press, which is the first time a key has been pressed but not any subsequent events if the key is held.
  • JustPressed/JustReleased methods have been implemented.
  • New parameter (preventDefault) added to 'addKey' method. See the new property 'preventDefault' for more information.

Known Issues

The WebGL/Cocoon combination is not currently stable and some visual errors may occur. This is due to internal coocoon issues and we're working with Ludei to improve stability.

See Kiwijs.org for more information about using Kiwi.js to build games, including some getting started examples. Note: this release is a beta and is not intended as a preview only and not for building production games at this stage.

Getting Started Tutorials
Code Examples
API Documentation
Contact

Aim

• An opensource TypeScript/Javascript library for game creation
• Targeting native mobile apps as well as both desktop and mobile browsers
• Future focused
• WebGL and 2D Canvas rendering
• Support for Cocoon.js as a native mobile app deployment solution

License

• GPL 2

Features

These features are either currently supported or very close to being supported. Many more features are in the pipeline.

• State Management
• Extensible game objects (such as sprites)
• Entity/Component system
• 2D Canvas
• 2D WebGL rendering (experimental)
• Target Cocoon.js (experimental)
• Full nested display list
• HTML5 HUD
• Tween Engine (based on Tween.js)
• Signals
• Spritesheets, Texture Atlases and Tilemaps
• Multitouch support
• Geometry Utilities
• Plugin System
• Arcade Physics
• File Management and loading
• Clocks and Timers

RoadMap

Within the next few weeks

• API documentation
• Improved build support (grunt)
• Lots of examples
• Many bug fixes and improved robustness

Within the next few months

• Plugins and products
• Much optimisation

Build

Kiwi.js is currently using Typescript 9.0.1 Either - use Visual Studio/TS extension. There are csproj files for both the main project and also the examples. Or - use the grunt file. This requires installing node.js, and the grunt CLI package.

The csproj and grunt compilation methods both output a single kiwi.js file in /build Grunt will also create a min.js version and also output a kiwi.d.ts definition file in /build as well Shortly there will be further grunt options for dev builds and for compiling the documentation using YUIDoc

Contribution

We'd love you to get involved in making the Kiwi.js library. If you'd like to contribute please get in touch, clone the repo and have a dig around. Full contributor guidelines will be here soon along with detailed build instructions.

Main Contributors

Ben Harding
Richard Davey
Ross Kettle

Kiwi.js also uses code from a number of open source projects. Effort has been made to clearly identify authors in the code comments. If you notice and missing or incorrect attribution please let us know.