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sausagejohnson Member News
· 1 year, 3 months ago

Orx - Open Source - Portable Game Engine version 1.16 has been released

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<p>The Orx community is pleased to announce the <a href=https://github.com/orx/orx/releases/tag/1.16 rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>1.16 release</a>.</p><p>There are quite a few changes in this release, one of the more exciting is the introduction of HTML5/Web as a supported platform.<br>Here are some highlights:</p><p>- <code>HTML5/Web</code> is now a supported platform!<br>- <code>TrueType/OpenType</code> fonts are now supported at runtime<br>- <code>SDF fonts</code> are now supported, either generated offline with orxFontGen, or at runtime<br>- Init can now update in-place existing projects: extensions can now be freely added/removed/updated on existing projects<br>- Plugins are now handled as resources (and can thus be hot loaded/swapped, bundled, etc.)<br>- Scroll has been rewritten: all redundant features were removed and new features, such as per-ScrollObject inputs, were added<br>- Extending a config property with += now works through section inheritance<br>- Added support for <code>QOA</code> (audio) and<code> PNM</code>, <code>GIF</code> &amp; <code>PSD</code> (bitmap) formats<br>- And many other features and quality of life improvements.</p><p>Examples of HTML games created with Orx can be found here:</p><ul><li><a href=https://fully-bugged.itch.io/boohablox-arcade rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>https://fully-bugged.itch.io/boohablox-arcade</a></li><li><a href=https://fully-bugged.itch.io/lifetris rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>https://fully-bugged.itch.io/lifetris</a></li><li><a href=https://orx-project.org/rom/railroad rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>https://orx-project.org/rom/railroad</a></li></ul><p>To find out more, see: <a href=https://orx-project.org/ rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>https://orx-project.org</a>. Don't hesitate to join the official <a href=https://orx-project.org/discord rel="noopener noreferrer" target=_blank>Discord channel</a> and the ORX community for more news and help.</p>

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