Booty5, the HTML5 Flash Like Game Maker
Booty5 1.8.9b represents a big shift towards making the Booty5 JavaScript engine more modern, a number of major changes have taken place to the engine including:
- Code restructured
- All classes moved into the b5 namespace
- TheApp class renamed to App
- window.app replaced with b5.app
- Added new property to App called canvas_fill_window which when set to false will prevent the canvas from being resized to fit window
- Added support for sequential and concurrent actions to app, actors and scenes via ActionsListManager and ActionsList classes
- Large collection of pre-defined actions added:
- A_ChangeActions
- A_CreateExplosion
- A_CreatePlume
- A_ChangeTimeline
- A_AttractX
- A_AttractY
- A_Attract
- A_Sound
- A_CamStopMove
- A_CamGravity
- A_CamMove
- A_CamMoveTo
- A_CamFollow
- A_CamFollowPath
- A_CamFollowPathVel
- A_CamLimitMove
- A_Wait
- A_SetProps
- A_AddProps
- A_TweenProps
- A_Call
- A_Create
- A_Destroy
- A_FocusScene
- A_StopMove
- A_Gravity
- A_Move
- A_MoveTo
- A_MoveWithSpeed
- A_Follow
- A_LookAt
- A_FollowPath
- A_FollowPathVel
- A_LimitMove
- A_SetLinearVelocity
- A_SetAngularVelocity
- A_ApplyForce
- A_ApplyImpulse
- A_ApplyTorque
- Actor.setPositionPhysics() deprecated, use setPosition instead
- Actor.setRotationPhysics deprecated, use setRotation instead
- Moved getResFromType() out of App and Scene classes into common Utils class
- Added new Utils.findObjectFromPath() and Utils.resolveObject() which can be used to find actors, scenes, action lists and timelines from a path such as gamescene.actor1.timeline1
- Added new Utils.findResourceFromPath() and Utils.resolveResource() which can be used to find resources from a path such as gamescene.sound1
- Added new _atlas, _bitmap, _clip_shape properties to Actor that can use resource paths as well as instances of resources
- Added new _clip_shape property to Scene that can use resource paths as well as instances of resources
- Added new _focus_scene and _focus_scene2 properties to App that can use resource paths as well as instances of resources
- Added vx_damping and vy_damping to scene camera
- Updated Xoml.js to load new actions lists from Booty5 editor exported JSON format
- generateExplosion, generatePlume and generateRain now also accept string version of type
- Logic and rendering decoupled. Logic (app.mainLogic) now ran on timer at default 60 fps whilst and rendering (app.mainDraw) at max frame rate
- New Actions example added
- Fix: Animation.Update() locks up when only a single key frame is specified
- Fix: “none” rescaling method was not working correctly
- Fix: Box2D forces applied in Actor OnTick were not being applied
Booty5 game maker editor changes v1.8.9b include:
- Added new property to project section called Fill Window which when set to false will prevent the canvas from being resized to fit browser window. Setting to false is useful if you have a canvas that fits in vertically with other page content as no borders will be shown.
- Updated events editor
- IsPath added to Shape properties, which can be used to mark shapes to be used as paths
- Added actions system and Action List editor to Actors and Scenes
- Project property Frame Rate now exported
- Fix: Proportional origins were not working
- Fix: “Wait for resources” project option not saving correctly
- Fix: Attempting to export a project that has a brush that points to an image that is not present on disk crashes