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2013-10-28 1.4.1 Beta

Added editor shortcuts.
- Save (Ctrl-s)
- Save as (Ctrl-Shift-S)
- Load (Ctrl-l)
- Export (Ctrl-e)
- Open control panel (Ctrl-p)
- Add Actor (Ctrl-a)
- Game Mode (Ctrl-g)
- Quit (Ctrl-q)
- Lock Actor (l)
- Remove Actor (Ctrl-backspace)
- Nudge actors with control arrow keys (Ctrl-Arrow Keys)
- Clicking actors while holding Ctrl-d will delete them.
Bug unparenting changes position of actors removed.
Bug wait for immediate action crash removed.
Bug directional_velocity not properly updated in draw fixed.
Bug PlaySound2 and PlayMusic2 gui interface not supporting infinite looping fixed.
Bug able to turn the view actor off removed.
Custom script editor size.
Faster deletion of actors (right click menu now can delete actors).
The missing 2 functions (getAnimIndex2, getAnimName2, DestroyTimer2, getclone2)

2010-07-05 1.4.0

Make games for iPhone, iPad and Mac OS X (intel based machines)
Supports iPhone/iPad multi-touch
Can create games for Windows Mobile 800x480 or 480x800 resolution
Accelerometer support on iPhone and iPad (new getAccelerometer function)
Accelerometer info emulated by the joystick on desktop
Add ged recovery from the .undo files (just type "gameEditor yourfile.undo")
Supported icon sizes: 16x16,21x21, 22x22, 32x32, 43x43, 44x44, 64x64 for the Windows Mobile 6.5
Windows 7 compatibility (slowdown and black screen solved)
Using OpenGL in the editor and devices thats have graphics hardware acceleration
Bug "BlackJack II screen problem" removed
Bug "Some machines doesn't catch the + and = keys on Script Editor" removed

2009-10-08 Game Editor becomes Open Source

2008-10-19 Source Code release

2007-11-16 1.3.9

Make games for the GP2X F200 with touch screen support
Using PocketHAL 1.0.2
Bug "Crash when some games try to load new actors in stand alone mode" removed
Bug "Doesn't show the file dialog in some machines" removed
Bug "Crash when use the erase function in GP2X" removed
Bug "Move the view to a wrong position when refer to an actor in other Activation Region" removed
Bug "Wrong screen in Moto Q" removed
Bug "Wrong screen in Gizmondo" removed
Bug "Sometimes, if an actor is created in a collision, it will not receive collision events" removed
Bug "Wrong paint in some GP2X games" removed
Bug "Can't run a game from the command prompt" removed
Bug "Don't set the game title in exported games" removed
Bug "Don't create actors with animation sequences" removed
Bug "Receive events if out of vision not working when the actor starts out of the view" removed
Bug "The avoid option of the Move To action doesn't works in the Draw Actor event" removed
Bug "Wrong position when use negative coordinates in the GP2X" removed
Bug "Can't open geds with big scritps" removed

2007-6-19 1.3.8

GP2X hardware blitter (up to 50% faster)
Bug "Exported version differs from the editor version when make references to a non created actor" removed
Bug "Memory leak in the script engine" removed
Bug "GP2X lineto not working" removed

2007-4-25 1.3.7

New Activation Region behavior: "An Actor will be destroyed by the Activation Region when it and your ascendants are outside of the view"
New draw_from function allow draw the current actor frame into a canvas actor
Allow multiple Game Editor instances
640 x 480 resolution in the GP2X
Removed limitation of pensize in the setpen function
Bug "Game behavior differ based on editor grid position when uses activation regions" removed
Bug "Crash in some exported games" removed
Bug "CreateActor don't works with sequences in a script" removed
Bug "Text actors aren't load after use the LoadGame function without Activation Regions" removed
Bug "When drag the window the game is suspended, but the music keeps playing" removed
Bug "Doesn't play sounds in the 'Create Actor' event of the view" removed
Bug "Global variable initialization in the 'Create Actor' event of the view has no effect" removed
Bug "Collision Finish event some times don't works" removed
Bug "Clicking in the Activation Region in game mode" removed
Bug "Doesn't show the first frame after change the animation" removed
Bug "Game Editor window is transparent on Linux with XGL" removed
Bug "Mouse Enter and Mouse Leave doesn't works in the Pocket PC" removed
Bug "The avoid option of the Move To action doesn't works when called in a script" removed
Bug "Sometimes Move Finish doesn't works" removed
Bug "While in pause, calls Draw Actor event" removed
Bug "Wrong restart in exported version" removed
Bug "Sometimes Move To doesn't stop the actor when finished" removed
Bug "When using the array clone feature with a filled region actor, the clones are not spaced properly" removed
Bug "Glitch when uses Change Animation with sequences" removed
Bug "Wrong draw when use big pensize" removed
Bug "The getactor function can't get actors that are out of view" removed

2006-11-21 1.3.6

New 'Avoid' option in the Move To action thats allows move the actor through complex maps
Smoother game render
Can clone regions
Bug "Crash when try destroy the same actor twice" removed
Bug "Some times, the view loses the parent" removed
Bug "Don't works on Samsung SGH-i300" removed

2006-8-22 1.3.5

Make games for GP2X devices
Make games for Handheld PC (HPC) devices
Creating clones in the center of the screen
Infinite loops in sound and music functions
Can use one executable to open several games by file association (.gedx files)
Custom extensions for the exported games file names
Export mobile games with any resolution
Bug "Crash when export games with big wave files" removed
Bug "Sometimes parents don't update the children position" removed
Bug "Visible state "Don't draw, but allow events" don't works with tiles" removed
Bug "Some times activate wrong regions when change the view position" removed
Bug "MIDI balance always is set to left in some sound cards" removed
Bug "Sometimes don't copy fonts to game data directory" removed
Bug "Some times don't show actors in game mode, if they aren't in the editor screen after a zoom out" removed
Bug "Input text don't get the focus, if created in a Mouse Button Down event" removed
Bug "Some times, change path don't put actor in correct position, after second change" removed
Bug "Dragging a locked actor count as an undo action" removed
Bug "Wrong play when use sequences" removed
Bug "Some wave files don't play at correct velocity" removed
Bug "Long timer intervals don't works" removed

2006-1-13 1.3.4

New getOwner() and getHardwareID() functions for Pocket PC and Smartphones
Exported games can be digitally signed
Motion Compensation option for slow frame rates
Works on Smartphones with Windows Mobile 2003 SE
Sending all pending Key UP events after return from suspend mode
Bug "Crash when mix some sounds" removed
Bug "Crash when load XM files with empty instruments" removed

2005-11-21 1.3.3

Make games for Windows Mobile-based Smartphones
Make games for Pocket PC VGA devices (resolutions 480x640, 640x480, 480x480)
Bug "Event Inheritance don't works with collisions" removed
Bug "Blank screen after change system color depth or resolution" removed
Bug "Don't works with some onboard video cards" removed
Bug "Exit on Pocket PC without any massages" removed
Bug "Function panels sometimes don't open" removed
Bug "Sometimes Pocket PC crash when stop MOD musics" removed

2005-09-20 1.3.2

Event Inheritance
Access to system date and time with new getTime() function
Bug "Random crash when play with some sounds" removed
Bug "Crash when exit suspend mode in Pocket PC" removed
Bug "Sometimes copy/paste don't works with external editors" removed
Bug "Don't switch between left and right rotated screen in Pocket PC" removed
Bug "Repeating path in Image Editor configuration" removed
Bug "Can't undo after add an image" removed
Bug "Removing text actors when change the Activation Region" removed
Bug "Some times load wrong actors when use Activation Region" removed
Bug "Lost collision side after edition" removed

2005-08-30 1.3.1

Using system file dialog on Windows
More safe save system
Editing animation frames
More function panels in the function list
Show error message when try change the view screen coordinate
Removed the collision test with the children of the the tested actor
Add the export option "Game Data Only for Pocket PC"
Bug "Emergency recovery not working" removed
Bug "Script crash in game mode without error messages" removed
Bug "Don't open some game files in explorer" removed
Bug "Crash when edit Change Animation action" removed
Bug "Crash when set an unsupported resolution in full screen mode" removed
Bug "Crash when handle a invalid file" removed
Bug "Crash in some game with multiple global code" removed
Bug "Activation Region don't destroy actors with parent" removed
Bug "Crash while play ogg music in slow machines" removed
Bug "Don't save a file in game directory if use fopen" removed
Bug "Don't set the file permissions on Linux" removed
Bug "Get wrong creator actor after creator destruction" removed
Bug "Shift when parenting an object" removed
Bug "Don't export sounds played in Global Code" removed
Bug "Some times, the view shakes if has a parent" removed
Bug "Memory leak in script execution" removed
Bug "List don't show some elements in low resolutions" removed

2005-06-20 1.3.0

Open ged files from explorer and with drag and drop
Exit from game mode will restore the game even if LoadGame have been used
Better memory management allow execution in low memory conditions
Show message when has not enough memory to execute the game
Bug "Don't get control back to system after a low memory condition" removed
Bug "Crash when destroy some actors by clicking" removed
Bug "Crash when sprintf write beyond the buffer" removed

2005-05-25 1.2.9

Persistent and multiple undo/redo levels
New Script menu
User can pick input text even if has no background
Using the transparency information in gif files
Actors, variables/functions, and variables buttons in the Global code editor
Removed cache files
"Check for Updates" option in Help menu
Bug "Don't show correctly some animated gifs" removed
Bug "Flickering in some Pocket PC devices" removed
Bug "Wrong background color in Pocket PC" removed
Bug "Error when save animation sequences" removed
Bug "Crash when save some games" removed
Bug "Loop when create the same event actor in a keyboard event" removed
Bug "Documentation don't open in Mozilla Firefox!" removed
Bug "Tiles get replaced with the standard icon" removed
Bug "Selected text can remove an additional line if cursor is positioned at the start of that line" removed
Bug "Pocket PC exit menu don't works" removed
Bug "In some devices game always start in suspend mode" removed
Bug "Activation Regions don't works if view has a parent" removed

2005-03-04 1.2.8

New text input in Actor text
New Mouse Enter and Mouse Leave events
New Move Finish event
New getAnimIndex and getAnimName functions
Key Down Event can handle multiple keys (good to make cheat codes)
Move To action with relative actor option
Collision with infinite actors
Editing events
Editing and escape from Immediate or Wait for Frame action
ESC key now can exit of game mode even if the game is on script loop
"Use ESC key to exit game" option to exit from exported games without use ExitGame()
Copy complete used game data when save game in other directory
Improved script error checking
Using vsync to avoid tearing in games
Bug "Don't update clone index in game mode" removed
Bug "Don't show text when set color to black" removed
Bug "Global Code Editor give error even no error exists" removed
Bug "Don't reload actor texts" removed
Bug "Can't modify C macros" removed
Bug "Crash when try create an actor in your Create Actor event" removed
Bug "Crash when try add an blank text" removed
Bug "When press the enter key in last script editor line don't create a new line" removed
Bug "Random paths don't works" removed
Bug "If the collision event has two actions, and one action is removed, the remaining collision action no longer works" removed
Bug "Crash when change the actor cursor" removed
Bug "Crash when remove an animation used by tiles" removed
Bug "Sometimes crash when use saveVars" removed
Bug "Crash in exported game when use SetText" removed
Bug "Merge game don't copy data files" removed
Bug "ChangeCursor don't work exported games, if used in scripts" removed
Some other bugs removed

2004-12-13 1.2.7

Long animation support with minimal memory usage (good to play movies)
Choice Pocket PC screen orientation (Normal, Upside down, Rotate left, Rotate right)
Bug "Crash when destroy an actor with many children" removed
Bug "Confusing screen in some Pocket PC devices" removed
Bug "Can't use Collision Finish without test Collisions" removed
Some minor bugs removed

2004-11-20 1.2.6

High quality Ogg Vorbis in Pocket PC games
New actors "Creator Actor" and "Parent Actor" (creator and parent in scripts)
Recent Project List
Actor list with grouped clones
Show the current animation in "Replace Animation" panel
Removed MP3 support

2004-10-16 1.2.4

Better performance on Pocket PC games
World limit increased
Adjust safe margin for Out of Vision events
Show game file icon on Windows and PocketPC (for .ico icon files)
Bug "Crash when destroy some actors with child" removed
Bug "Can't type the names of the actors in Windows without unicode support" removed
Bug "Some games crash after call LoadGame" removed
Bug "Can't create a timer in other actor" removed

2004-08-26 1.2.3

Script Editor now show current actor and event
Copy and Paste from system clipboard
New SuspendGame, PauseGameOn and PauseGameOff functions
New option to suspend game if lost focus on desktop or receives a system message on PocketPC (battery alerts, phone calls, ...)
bugs removed

2004-07-29 1.2.2

New clone array tool with real time preview
New clone along path tool with real time preview

2004-07-23 1.2.1

More smooth and fast
Improved Script Editor (Syntax colorize, automatic indentation, ...)
Bug "Sometimes the actors are double created" removed
Bug "Crash in some complex games" removed

2004-05-28 1.2

Actors with Mouse Button Down or Up events disables now pass click event to next actor
New Canvas Actor and Drawing Functions
New "Wire Frame Region" and "Filled Region"
More control over sounds and music with new setPan, setVolume and stopSound functions
Lock actors to avoid accidental moves in editor
Click + right Ctrl move the grid regardless clicked actor
Option "Don't draw, but allow events" added to action "Visibility State" for collision map only actors
Get all colliding actors with specified actor with new getAllActorsInCollision functions
Collision event based on the side of collide actor (used in many platform games)
Fast game load by using caches after save
Don't window resizes in game mode
More long actor texts
Replace animation files by using edit button
More fast engine
True Type Font support
Image font preview with automated number of chars determination
Multi-line text support
Removing unused timers after save
Removing variables
Showing script line numbers
Create variable arrays on variable panel
Save and load global variables by groups using the saveVars and loadVars functions
Remove and edit variables
Tool tips help
New tutorial system
Animation preview on 'Add Animation' panel
Automated horizontal and vertical frame determination on 'Add Animation' panel
Numeric edit control with slide
Support international keyboard layouts
Custom grid colors
Custom backdrop color
Choosing path in the Path Finish event
Crash recovery system
Bug "Using destroyed actors" removed
Bug "Don't erase previous cursor" removed
Bug "Error in MoveTo" removed
Bug "Draw Actor and Key Down conflicts" removed
Bug "Infinite loop in nested scripts" removed
Bug "Missing image file name in error messages" removed
Bug "Can't read any newly added variables to the actor" removed
Bug "Crash in some collisions" removed
Bug "When a PhysicalResponse is executed, the collide actor don't receives a collision event" removed
Bug "If a global code uses a global var created in 'New Variable' panel, won't be loaded" removed
Bug "Many zeros in text actor in PocketPC" removed
Bug "Text actor don't display real numbers between -1 and 1" removed
Bug "Stand alone version crash after destroy some actors" removed
Bug "Not all files are shown on list directory" removed
Bug "If the game have many actors, not all will be shown" removed
Bug "Action ChangeParent to 'no parent' has no effect" removed
Bug "Detecting collision when no collisions exists" removed
Bug "In 'multiple files' animation, add files other then selected sequence" removed
Bug "Zoom don't works" removed
Bug "View shakes when moved in a collision event" removed
Bug "View's 'Create Actor' event don't works" removed
Bug "Crash when changes the number of simultaneous sounds" removed
Bug "Don't copy sound files in the scrips" removed
Bug "Duplicated actors in the exported games" removed
Bug "View that stops following the actor in the exported games" removed
Bug "LoadGame don't works in the exported games" removed
Bug "Change editor grid position when returns of game mode" removed
Bug "Wrong colors in 24 bits devices and images" removed
Bug "don't scroll down on last line of scripts" removed
Bug "Crash when editing actions with removed actors" removed
Bug "Some y infinite actors don't are selected" removed
Bug "Disable timer are destroyed" removed
Bug "Some clones seem not to follow the same animation timing" removed
Bug "Sound is glitchy on some systems" removed
Bug "Animations slow down after a time" removed
Bug "Moving the view to (0, 0) don't show anything" removed
Bug "Merge games lose the variables and global code" removed
Bug "Numeric keypad don't works" removed
Bug "Crash when use 'Any Actor' on collision events" removed
Bug "Crash when add a new timer event" removed
Bug "Actors with path don't load your position" removed

2003-09-10 1.1

New Activation Regions
New Region Actors
New Activation Events
New Random and Counters Timers
New Physical Response Action
New Collision Finish Event
New local user vars
New global scripts (add functions, arrays, structs, new types...)
New sound pan control
Show actor's coordinate when click on actor
Show actor's name when stop mouse on actor
Receive key events on 'Any Key'
getLastKey script function added
getKeyText script function added
remapKey script function added
Center new actor on screen
Optional repeat collision event while it is colliding
Key event handler optimized
Many memory leaks removed
Improved script execution
C memory manipulation routines
Bug in mp3 removed
Bug script file functions removed
Bug "view position not saved" removed
Bug "repeated clone names" removed
Bug "error - only 1 image found in file, while load gif file" removed
Bug "Can't add a actor after remove a actor with same name" removed
Bug "yscreen is not updated correctly" removed
Bug in collide actor removed

2003-05-04 1.0 beta build 110

Linux version
Bug "volume sound not set in PlaySound" fixed
improved speed
improved stability
Added real_fps script variable
Select actor in Actor Control
Bug in slide control fixed
Stop loop sound in editor mode
GetKeyState script function added

2003-04-15 1.0 beta build 109

Bug "list directory empty" removed
Listpop open like menu
'New game' and 'exit' dialog confirmation
Actor, animation and action remove confirmation
Bug in remove animation removed

2003-04-09 1.0 beta build 108

Read animated gifs
Added nframes in actor attributes
Added move angle in actor attributes (set or get actor angle)
Added diretional_velocity in actor attributes
Open game in machines without sound system
Removed bug when move actor in collision event
Added 'no change' option in change animation
Added 'Out of Vision' event
Added new tutorial vectoradd (new function vectoradd)
Added infinite actors
Removed bug in destroy timer
Cloned actor may be selected in actions, scripts and in actor control dialog
Added function getclone(cloneName)
Added function getactor(x, y)
Added new action 'Move To'
Added Load and Save in Script editor
More flexible tile draw (one tile draw and random tile added)
Actor and tile snap (magnetic effect between actors or tiles)
Define animation and sequence frame rate
Vertical scroll in script editor (key navigation)
Highlight active window
New demo asteroids added
New demo stars added
New demo island added

2003-03-09 1.0 beta build 107

When select an action function, show respective action dialog to auto complete script
Add music and sound loop
Set game icon and game title caption in game properties
Added enable or disable key repeat per event
Removed bug when destroy actor in path finish event
Added 'action type': when new action is added, choose 'immediate action' or 'wait for frame action'

2003-03-05 1.0 beta build 106

Bug in stand alone mode ok
"Animation Finish" now specify animation

2003-03-04 1.0 beta build 105

Bug in create timer ok
Add Random path in Change Path action
Add 'Destroy Actor' event
Merge Games added
Export game pack
Animation Sequence
C Script added

2003-02-13 1.0 beta build 104

Improvement in actor move via keyboard and expressions
Initial position in Create Actor action
Added action 'To Anterior Position' that can avoid two actors overlapping in collision

2003-02-12 1.0 beta build 103

More error free load
Initial ZDepth set to half of total
Mouse click + left Ctrl select overlapped actors
Add wait cursor for load operations
Multiple file animation in alphabetical order
Enter key now confirm dialogs and Esc key cancel dialogs
Delete path node

2003-02-10 1.0 beta build 102

Directory navigation ok
Tile collision ok
Suport old files ok

2003-02-07 First beta

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