r7

General

• A whole slew of bug fixes.
• Scaling enhancements for retina devices.
• 9 tutorials added to docs (thanks @Pattentrick).

r6

General

• Added lots more examples, warnings, and tips to docs.
• More successful bug hunting!
• UI now intercepts and blocks tap input (no more ui + abilities firing on same tap!)
• Player control has undergone a significant change to decouple the player entity and input (see ig.PlayerManager)
• Hellovetica pixel font replaced with modified Impact++ version called Helloplusplus (includes extra characters such as numbers)

CONFIG

• added COLLISION.ALLOW_FIXED to allow control of fixed to fixed collisions
• added CREATURE.MOVE_TO_PREY_SETTINGS
• added CREATURE.MOVE_TO_PREDATOR_SETTINGS
• added CREATURE.MOVE_TO_TETHER_SETTINGS
• added CREATURE.MOVE_TO_WANDER_SETTINGS
• deprecated STATIC and moved to a property of ig.EntityExtended.PERFORMANCE
• deprecated MOVABLE and moved to a property of ig.EntityExtended.PERFORMANCE
• deprecated DYNAMIC and moved to a property of ig.EntityExtended.PERFORMANCE
• removed NEEDS_BOUNDS
• Z_INDEX_OVERLAY renamed Z_INDEX_BELOW_ALL
• added SCALE_MIN, SCALE_MAX to general, entity, ui, and font config

ig.GameExtended

• core properties of the game (such as layers) are now guaranteed to be ready regardless of init order
• shapesPasses is now a plain object that takes property:value pairs instead of an array
• added playerManager and playerManagerClass properties (see ig.PlayerManager)
• getPlayer will no longer search for player by class unless canSearchForPlayerByClass is enabled (defaults to true)
• getPlayer will no longer search for player by type unless canSearchForPlayerByType is enabled (defaults to true)
• changed all instances of respondInput to handleInput
• methods that get entities now account for whether an entity is hidden
• resize is now called after each level is built to account for config screen size changes

ig.CollisionMap

• entities now each have their own collision map result property, collisionMapResult, to reduce garbage
• collision map result's .collision.slope is now guaranteed to be a boolean, instead of changing between boolean and object
• collision map result's .collision.slope object is now stored in the result's .slope property
• major bug fixes for collision map checks
• entities should no longer get stuck at corners of a slope and a flat tile
• entities should no longer fall through one way tiles when coming down a slope
• slope assistance velocity is now added to the entity's position instead of velocity

ig.Camera

• added pause and unpause methods
• fixed invalid positions when keeping camera in level

ig.TimerExtended

• removed, timer pausing now handled by entity during pause method (override when you have your own timers to pause)

ig.EntityExtended

• entities always update the current animation, even when off screen, so animation overrides always complete as expected
• changed first parameter of animRelease to name to allow for releasing only when override matches name
• shifted original first parameter of animRelease, silent, to second parameter
• added frame and stop options to animOverride method
• added collisionMapResult property to hold collision map collision results
• removed needsBounds,bounds, getBounds, boundsDraw, and getBoundsDraw as they are ignored in all calculations and are causing confusion
• distance methods now account for fixed entities
• entities now set movingY correctly in top-down mode (thanks @Pattentrick for finding)
• one way collision check now properly accounts for the velocity of both entities, instead of ignoring one way's velocity
• added hidden property and hide / unhide methods
• setting grounded is now handled differently internally for top down mode
• last is now always contains last position instead of current
• colliding with an entity that functions as a moving platform now works as expected in all cases
• removed onPaused and onUnpaused signals for better stability (was causing issues with entities that persisted between levels)
• removed updateCleanup method
• removed checkStop method
• intersectWith method now sets intersecting property, make sure to call parent when you override this method!
• all properties modified by collision checks should now be reset via the cleanupCollision method (called automatically before new collisions)
• added flipWith property to moveTo settings object, which controls whether following entity flips with the followed entity
• In addition to per entity scaling, entities now have scaleMin and scaleMax properties to clamp scaling
• Added scaleToSystemScale for entities that should scale themselves based on system scale on a ratio other than 1:1

ig.Character

• fixed incorrect examples in docs
• added clearPath method for better control of path clearing
• fixed incorrect invulnerability modifying alpha when character has alpha other than 1
• characters should climb properly again

ig.Player

• collides defaults to lite instead of active
• removed holdActivate input response from default input handling
• ig.PlayerManager now handles basic input to action for the player character
• player now only handles input to the basic interaction ability

ig.PlayerManager

• new abstracted way to control characters, allowing you to easily swap the character the player controls with input!
• playerManager's handleInput covers move, jump, and climb by default, and attempts to call the managed entity's handleInput method
• added settings to disable default gesture input handling in case you need hold or swipe

ig.Creature

• collides defaults to lite instead of passive
• added detectHiddenPrey and detectHiddenPredator to control finding hidden entities

ig.Spawner

• added unspawnSilently to allow unspawned entities to play death animation
• added onSpawnedAlland onUnspawnedAll signals
• added spawnAtFirstTarget for cases when you have several targets to move to, but you always want to start at first

ig.Tutorial

• removed all loop methods in place of using ig.Spawner respawn system
• to properly loop, set duration === -1 and optionally respawnDelay
• added propertiesTarget to check for truthy values of properties in spawn targets to complete tutorial

ig.EntityTrigger

• added getCanTrigger method to find out if the trigger can be triggered
• added autoComplete to allow triggers to manually call complete (fixes confusing behavior where complete is called twice)
• added teardownWhenComplete to defer teardown until deactivate or cleanup

ig.Switch

• canOpen renamed getCanOpen
• canClose renamed getCanClose
• added 'blocked' property for cases when a switch is not broken but blocked by external factors

ig.Door

• animation name for when locked renamed from lock to locked

ig.Hierarchy

• removed execute
• added activate convenience method
• added setEntity convenience method
• added setEntityOptions convenience method
• added setEntityTarget convenience method
• added setEntityTargetFirst convenience method
• added getUsing convenience method

ig.Ability

• typeTargetable and groupTargetable now match only when target has ALL types/groups matching instead of any one
• target is now checked after setup cast instead of before
• removed check for invalid target as is already doing that in target check
• abilities can now target any type or group if typeTargetable === 0 and groupTargetable === 0
• added once property (default false) to control whether ability keeps activated === true after activate
• added activateStrict property (default true) to double check distance after all activate casting
• execute deprecated
• activate now does what execute used to do (to be more in line with rest of library)
• i.e. use abilities by calling activate instead of execute
• activateComplete now does what activate used to do
• deactivate now does what deactivateSetup used to do (to be more in line with rest of library)
• i.e. deactivate abilities by calling deactivate instead of deactivateSetup
• deactivateComplete now does what deactivate used to do
• abilities now check if in use (i.e. casting or channelling) to avoid chain executions that would block proper use
• entityTarget now automatically retained when ability is channelled
• retainTargetChannel removed
• isEntityTargetable now accounts for and returns false when ability entity and entityTarget are in same group
• groupTargetable overrides isEntityTargetable to allow for same group targets
• cast now looks for animation settings in castSettings.animSettings instead of castSettings itself

ig.AbilityMelee

• animation is now casted during setup instead of when passed
• settings changed from activateCastSettings to activateSetupCastSettings

ig.EntityAbilityExecute

• renamed to ig.EntityAbilityActivate

ig.UIElement

• moved onActivated and onDeactivated to ig.UIInteractive

ig.UIInteractive

• added enabled state
• added activateComplete and deactivateComplete, which are called during activate/deactivate if element is enabled
• added onActivated and onDeactivated signals, called during their respective complete methods

ig.UIButton

• added simple buttons with automatic animation handling!

ig.UIToggle

• removed properties animNameActivate and animNameDeactivate in preference of using overriding animation
• refactored to use activateComplete and deactivateComplete due to ig.UIInteractive changes

ig.UITogglePause

• now uses media/buttons_states.png (don't forget to copy over the new media)

ig.UIText

• added property autoRefreshText to update text elements when their text properties are changed

ig.UIOverlay

• automatically updates message (UIText elemen...

r5

General

• Load up Impact++ by requiring 'plusplus.core.plusplus' instead of several separate modules
• Impact++ now appropriately handles various game screen sizing options, including:
  • fixed pixel size (static scale)
  • pecent of screen (static scale)
  • minimum number of pixels in view (dynamic scaling)
• Impact++ now allows per entity scaling, which can be particularly useful for UI and text when dynamically scaling
• Impact++ now works for both 2D sidescrolling and top-down (see ig.CONFIG.TOP_DOWN)
• Added SUPER COLLIDER! demo as a test suite / kitchen sink (~130 features as of release)
• Added more warnings and tips to docs to avoid confusion.
• Heavy bug hunting completed!

CONFIG

• DYNAMIC renamed MOVING
• KINEMATIC renamed DYNAMIC
• AUTO_SORT_LAYERS added
• PRERENDER_MAPS added
• CANVAS_WIDTH_PCT renamed GAME_WIDTH_PCT
• CANVAS_HEIGHT_PCT renamed GAME_HEIGHT_PCT
• DEBUG removed, useless config value
• CAMERA.BOUNDS_ and CAMERA.TRAP_BOUNDS_ renamed to CAMERA.BOUNDS_TRAP_
• MIN_TIME_STEP added (automatically caps fps on mobile)

Physics

• Box2D physics removed from Impact++, performance is not acceptable for mobile web
• EntityShapeEdge and ig.utilsphysics removed
• ig.utilstile.shapesFromCollisionMap returns shapes with solids instead of edges

Tiles

• Collision tiles completely reworked, all half tiles removed (use offset instead)
• Climbable collision tiles are now climbable AND stairs
• Collision visualization tiles now in 4 sizes: 64 px, 32 px, 16 px, and 8 px

ig.BackgroundMap

• ig.BackgroundMap expanded to ig.BackgroundMapExtended

ig.GameExtended

• getEntitiesByType now searches by an entity's type property (instead of by class as the method does in vanilla ImpactJS)
• getEntitiesByClass now searches by entity class (to help avoid confusion)
• getEntities* all use getEntitiesMatching
• getEntitiesMatching settings object refactored fromsettings.x/y to settings.from.x/y
• getEntitiesMatching settings now accepts a distanceSquared to search by distance

ig.EntityExtended

• ig.EntityExtended has been significantly changed!
• entities now stick to slopes by default, but all other gravity response cases remain the same
• persistent entity swapping handled by game instead of entity's staticInstantiate method
• reset now called at end of init method (instead of at start)
• initVisuals removed and functionality moved to resetExtras method
• recordResetState moved into resetExtras method
• no longer reliant on bounds, use pos + size properties instead
• no longer reliant on boundsDraw, use posDraw + sizeDraw properties instead
• bounds/boundsDraw now opt-in and null by default
• updateBounds no longer recalculates bounds or vertices by default
• verticesNeeded renamed needsVertices
• getTotalPosX/Y renamed getDrawX/Y
• totalSizeX/Y renamed sizeDraw.x/y
• flip from boolean to object flip.x/y
• flip.x/y now controlled by properties canFlipX/Y
• dynamics updates, such as gravity and collisions with collision map moved into updateDynamics method
• all animation names are now directional, i.e. "spawn" is now "spawnX/Y/Left/Right/Up/Down" based on flip.x/y and facing.x/y
• addAnim now takes only animation name and settings as parameters
• collideWith replaces ig.Entity.seperateOnX/YAxis for better control of collisions
• collideWith parameters changed
• ig.Entity.COLLIDES renamed ig.EntityExtended.COLLIDES to be consistent with ig.EntityExtended.TYPE
• pointInside removed
• refresh added and called by reset (instead of ready)
• ready now called by way of adding for proper execution order
• _ungroundedFor renamed ungroundedFor
• ungroundedFor no longer increases when climbing
• moveToEntity renamed moveTo and automatically handles moving to entity or position
• movingToEntity removed
• movingTo property now holds a reference to what the entity is moving to rather than true/false
• moveToHere renamed moveToStop
• textured now creates textures on first draw call instead of when animations first added
• castShadows renamed castShadow
• project renamed projectShadow
• fixed entities can now collide with each other safely!
• ig.Entity.checkPair renamed ig.EntityExtended.checkPair to preserve original functionality
• ig.Entity.solveCollision renamed ig.EntityExtended.solveCollision to preserve original functionality

ig.AnimationExtended

• init now takes only animation sheet and settings as parameters
• can now play in reverse
• update reworked so stop pauses instead of sets frame to end
• changed added to keep track of when animation changes tiles

ig.Character

• moveToLocation removed and replaced with pathfinding
• anims.run renamed anims.move
• no longer restores stats on ready by default, as no longer needed
• respawn method removed, as no longer needed
• checking if any abilities are in use is now as easy as myCharacter.abilities.getUsing

ig.Creature

• creatures no longer tether to spawner by default, use tetherToSpawner and ig.CONFIG.CREATURE.TETHER_TO_SPAWNER to set
• can find predator and prey by entity name, class, or group (as opposed to only group)
• groupPrey renamed preyGroup
• entityPrey renamed prey
• groupPredator renamed predatorGroup
• entityPredator renamed predator
• creatures now properly search for prey/predator by distance instead of doing an AABB intersection test
• creatures no longer wander while using abilities unless ability allows movement

ig.Player

• deathDelay moved to ig.EntityCheckpoint.respawnDelay
• player no longer handles respawning self, now handled by checkpoint
• player no longer handles camera movement to self when respawning, now handled by camera

ig.Particle

• particle now automatically sets facing.x/y based on velocity
• particle now automatically sets currentAnim to "move" + direction based on facing

ig.Projectile

• updateCurrentAnim moved to ig.Particle
• placeholdAnims moved to ig.Particle

ig.EntityTrigger

• ig.EntityTrigger has been significantly changed!
• now properly chains triggers (if you are getting strange behavior, check your trigger targets and check your activate/deactivate overrides)
• to define repeated actions, use activate instead of setupand deactivate instead of teardown
• to define temporary modifications, use setup instead of activateand teardown instead of deactivate
• triggering added to help prevent triggers from infinitely looping
• actual activation of all targets now handled by handleTargets for easier overriding

ig.Spawner

• spawnAtTarget removed
• use spawnTargetSequence instead of targetSequence when referencing spawn locations
• unspawned entities are now automatically unlinked to be consistent with spawning automatically linking
• added respawnDelay to allow a pause between endless spawning (ex: checkpoints)

ig.EntityLight

• settings now determined by ig.CONFIG.LIGHT for easier control
• createLight renamed drawLight
• createCache renamed resizeCache
• canvas caches created in initProperties method for better garbage handling
• castShadows renamed drawShadows
• castShadows now handles casting each item in light bounds (and called by drawShadows)

ig.EntityDestructable

• now no longer damageable or targetable or collidable
• ig.EntityDestructableCollide is now collidable
• ig.EntityDestructableDamage is now damageable and targetable

ig.Door

• locked and autoLock added

ig.EntitySwitch

• stuck renamed broken
• autoStuck renamed autoBreak

ig.UIElement

• ig.UIElement has been significantly changed!
• refresh moved to ig.EntityExtended
• resize moved to ig.EntityExtended
• reposition moved to ig.EntityExtended
• rebuild moved to ig.EntityExtended
• link/unlink moved to ig.EntityExtended
• vertical moved to ig.UIMeter
• size now includes margins and alignment and calculated in reposition
• ui elements will revert pos toresetState.pos unless linked or pos as pct of screen size
• ui elements that are linked begin at the center of the element they are linked to!
• linkAlign now controls how far inside or outside of linkedTo a linked UI element is offset, where 0 is the center
• resize renamed refresh
• onResized renamed onRefreshed
• refresh calls (in order) resize and reposition
• ig.UIText no longer positions to center by default (but still aligns to center by default)

ig.EntityConversation

• ig.EntityConversation has been significantly changed!
• pausing now split into pausing and locking to give finer control
• steps can now define whether the speaker for that step is locked
• steps can now define the speaker's talk animation name (defaults to talk)
• no longer kills self on complete by default, listens to suicidal property as expected

ig.UIMeter

• size now includes bar size and is calculated in resize
• meters will revert size toresetState.size when refreshed

ig.Ability

• castSettings.entity renamed castSettings.entityClass
• castSettings.entityClass is no longer stored for reuse
• casting now account for facing of entity using ability and appends direction to casting animation name
• casting can now automatically stop the movement of the entity using ability based on autoStopMoving
• added methods to check for whether ability is being used .getUsing and whether ability is being interrupted .getInterrupted

ig.Camera

• settings moved from ig.CONFIG to ig.CONFIG.CAMERA
• bounds renamed boundsTrap
• boundsPct renamed boundsTrapPct
• boundsTrapPct is off by default, use ig.CONFIG.CAMERA.BOUNDS_TRAP_AS_PCT or ig.Camera.boundsTrapAsPct to toggle on

Utils

• `ig.utilsdraw...

r4

First release of Impact++ (stability questionable)