11.3

This is the first stable release for FXGL 11. All Java 11 users should update to this version.

Changelog:

• Animation channels can be constructed from sprite sheets with different frame sizes
• Extra built-in components: LiftComponent, DraggableComponent, IntervalPauseComponent
• Restored onPreInit() for single pre-init tasks
• Improved Java module names (thanks to @sormuras )
• Documentation cleanup in various modules
• New modules: minigames and trade (these are WIP and are not yet used by the main module)

11.2-beta

• New developer pane
• New service API
• Tentative architecture for Notification and Achievement services
• Fixed problems with scaling of polygonal shapes and hit boxes
• Input now correctly reports onActionEnd() if a scene is switched
• Collision handlers now correctly report onCollisionEnd() if an entity becomes ineligible for collision while colliding
• Fixed check for web platform
• Minor bug fixes

11.1-beta

• Tiled 1.2.3 integration (.tmx spec 1.2)
• Larger code coverage
• Fixes in the animation, input modules
• Copying components is no longer supported by design. Now you should respawn entities instead, which is a much safer and cleaner alternative.
• JavaFX 11.0.2
• Improved Kotlin dsl support
• Restored extra components: EffectComponent, KeepOnScreenComponent, ExpireCleanComponent, OffscreenCleanComponent. They are now located in com.almasb.fxgl.dsl.components, where all new components will be added. The entity module only has core components now.

11.0-alpha

• Java / JavaFX 11 support
• Modular architecture
• TransformComponent. This now correctly affects the bounding boxes and view.
• All convenience calls have been moved to FXGL., e.g. FXGL.getGameWorld().
• Entity / animations builders now available via FXGL.entityBuilder() / FXGL.animationBuilder() and provide a common API
• Many features removed to focus on the core. As development continues, the features from 0.5.4 will be reintroduced with a thoroughly designed API.

0.5.4

• Java 8/9/10 support
• Improved support on Linux
• Internal refactorings and bug fixes

0.5.3

• Particle system can function standalone
• Particles can now rotate based on their velocity
• Upgraded Main Menu visuals
• Ability to ignore certain collision pairs
• Ability to access VirtualController parts separately
• Simplified settings configuration
• New font types: game and text
• Improved support for Tiled objects (rotation field + polygon shape)
• Automated image generation from 9 slices
• Bug fixes related to game and physics worlds

0.5.2

• Virtual controller (mobile-friendly) that integrates with existing input mechanism
• DraggableComponent - allows dragging any entity with mouse or touch (mobile)
• Developer menu option to show entity positions and anchor points
• Localized most text and updated translations to German (thanks to @ZacharyDSturtz)
• Ability to add custom box2d sensors
• Improved integration with box2d
• Entity toString() is more developer-friendly
• Automated uber-jar builds are commited to builds

0.5.1

• iOS support (alpha)
• File system is mobile-friendly
• Improved error reporter: the messages are more relevant and easy to read
• Updated MDI window icons
• Properly parse Tiled "gid" and "name" properties
• WIP large Tiled map support
• FXGL now launches on the JavaFX thread
• Splash screen is part of the main window
• Better coverage of com.almasb.fxgl.entity.*
• RenderLayer is now a class
• Polygon bounding shape

0.5.0

This is a major release that contains significant improvements and API changes:

• Android support with zero code change
• Web support (alpha, only core features) with zero code change
• PropertyMap data structure for observable values, now backs FXGL / Entity / Game properties
• Reduced a lot of duplicate code by merging Component and Control into a single concept (everything is a Component)
• Can use multiple entity factories
• Improved particle system performance
• Improved sprite sheet animations, especially with multiple states
• API restructure and rename for clarity
• Minor bug fixes

0.4.3

• Significantly improved integration with Tiled (both .json and .tmx)
• Hungarian language support (thanks Krisztián Nagy)
• A lot of clean up inside box2d and gdxAI to better integrate with FXGL
• Random and Perlin interpolators
• Android support started in "mobile" branch and demo
• Minor bug fixes