2024-12-01
The 4th (and most probably last) pre-release of the upcoming new major release version
4.4.0.0 is available for testing now!
It contains (among many others) the following additions and fixes:
- added support for BDCFF game elements that were still missing
- added support for tapes recorded with old or new GDash game engine
- added color picker for selecting level specific colors for BD engine
- added support for smooth movement using two-step directions in BD engine
- added new game element “light rock” to native BD game engine
- added level editor option for fixed or buggy BD style teleporter
- added support for moving/pushing rock animations to BD engine
- added support for BD game engine levels without time limit
- added new (collectible) game element “rocket” to native BD game engine
- added support for level specific information text messages from main menu
- added support for optional level info (“story”) before starting the game
- added showing full level and level set information for BDCFF levels
- added setup option to show level info before game start (yes/no/once)
- added setup option to save setup without “save and exit” menu entry
- added missing editor graphics for some BD style game elements
- added missing element descriptions for some BD style game elements
- added using old BD engine for tapes from 4.4.0.0-test-3 and earlier
- changed the BD engine to match the new GDash code at various places
- changed allowing negative number of gems needed in level editor
- changed graphics (and names) for BD style sand ball and loose sand
- changed name of BD style “mega rock” to “heavy rock” (for “light rock”)
- fixed clipping BD engine intermission levels in editor
- fixed smooth animations for snapping in BD engine for non-black space
- fixed using BD player pushing animation while stirring the pot
- fixed using BD player pushing animation when moving to pushable tile
- fixed broken BD player pushing animation when pushing an element
- fixed graphical bug with snapping player drawn as moving into explosion
- fixed bug with drawing diagonal player movement in BD engine
- fixed use of smooth movement when elements are moving diagonally
- fixed smooth movement for elements passing through slime in BD engine
- fixed smooth movement for player pushing bladder (bubble) in BD engine
- fixed showing number of BD diamonds needed if determined at run-time
- fixed bug with handling player birth game elements before hatching
- fixed smooth movement for elements in magic wall with no space below
- fixed moving rock animations for BD engine when on conveyor belt
- fixed pushing element from left side onto conveyor belt in BD engine
Make sure to also update the BD level collection to the latest version
(see the BD forum annoucement).
Now available from the download page!
2024-07-05
The 3rd pre-release of the upcoming new major release version 4.4.0.0 is available
for testing now!
It contains the following additions and fixes:
- added support for smooth movement on conveyor belts in BD engine
- added BD default graphics for chasing rock and cracking nut
- added reading (more) scanned BD elements from BDCFF files
- added BD file format specific hacks (for things like diagonal movement)
- added support for zero delay for gravitation switch in BD engine
- changed some names and descriptions for some BD style game elements
- fixed speed of conveyor belt default animation for BD engine
- fixed various edge cases for smooth movement animation for BD engine
- fixed bug causing BD engine hanging in wrap-around scrolling edge case
- fixed bug with smooth movement speed in BD engine after wrapping around
- fixed BD elements at wrap-around cave position killing player instantly
- fixed broken scrollbar in hall of fame after playing with small graphics
Make sure to also update the BD level collection to the latest version
(see the BD forum annoucement).
Now available from the download page!
2024-06-21
The second pre-release of the upcoming new major release version 4.4.0.0 is available
for testing now!
It contains the following additions and fixes:
- added support for opening level set zip files in Android version
- added UTF-8 support for cave names in BDCFF files
- added setup option for fast game start from level editor
- added precedence of game keys over speed/debug keys when playing
- added checking availability of level specific colors in level editor
- added using masked drawing for player on walkable tiles in BD engine
- added snapshot support for BD engine
- added single step support for BD engine
- added checking for help anim/text files in different locations
- improved converting BD game engine elements for R’n’D game engine
- improved smooth movement animation for classic BD scheduling types
- improved smooth movement animation for BD engine (complete rewrite)
- changed defaults for falling element sounds in BD engine
- changed default game cycle delay value for BD engine
- fixed showing level in cave names for BDCFF cave sets without levels
- fixed score time for BD engine
- fixed cave flashing on open outbox for non-black cave background color
- fixed player entering pot when using smooth movement
- fixed graphical bug when snap-pushing with smooth movement in BD engine
- fixed bugs with wrong newline handling in envelopes (game and editor)
Now available from the download page!
2024-05-22
The first pre-release of the upcoming new major release version 4.4.0.0 is available
for testing now!
This new version will finally contain what was planned decades ago: A native game engine that
is compatible with Boulder Dash, the classic game that started it all! This game engine
will make it possible to play all those thousands of BD games created since the Atari and C64
era, up to the present day! The new game engine is based on the famous BD clone GDash by
Czirkos Zoltan, which most probably has the best freely available BD compatible game engine.
For more details (and how to play converted level sets for testing the new game engine),
please check out the complete annoucement
in the Boulder Dash Forum!
The pre-release version is also available from the download page!
2024-02-18
A new patch release version is available which contains the following changes:
- fixed drawing pause button on closed door when restarting paused game
- added optional button to restart game (door, panel and touch variants)
The new version is available from the
download page!
