Superpowers is a HTML5 based 2D/3D game engine which just announced the release of version 2. There wasn’t a massive shift from earlier releases, the simply changed their release numbering system, so don’t expect massive changes in this release. I actually did a tutorial series on using Superpowers, but stopped development when the engine seemingly stopped receiving updates. It’s nice to see that it hasn’t been abandoned. In fact there was a release back in July that I missed completely.
This release is actually spread across the various components that make up Superpowers, so there are 5 different sets of release notes.
Superpowers (Tooling):
- Upgraded to Electron v1.3.1
- Build with latest version of Node.js on Travis
- Fixed error message when settings could not be loaded
- Fixed crash if the app exits before the main window was created
- Fixed game system installation being skipped when dismissing the welcome dialog
- Added support for customizing server name in settings
- Use Electron-provided user data paths rather than our own custom logic
- Improved Italian locale #42 (thanks @marcosecchi)
- Added German locale #45 (thanks @Wend1go)
- Added link to Sparklin Labs’ free assets on home sidebar
- Fixed offline mode
- Added tray balloon on Windows when closing the app, see #37
- IRC chat now displays user modes (operator
@, voiced+) in a channel’s sidebar
Superpowers (Core Library):
- Updated Russian locale #142 (thanks @passazhir)
- Added Italian locale #138, #146 (thanks @marcosecchi)
- Build with latest Node.js on Travis again 2eeb775
- Fixed crash when moving a folder and cleaned up some related code
- Prevented creating a project when no system is installed, #148 (thanks @Pangoraw)
- Added support for setting a
serverNameinconfig.json, displayed on hub & connection screen - Removed support for deprecated
portproperty inconfig.json - Handle errors when downloading the registry
Superpowers (Game):
General
- Added Russian locale #117 (thanks @passazhir)
- Added Italian locale #111 (thanks @marcosecchi)
- Added German locale #125 (thanks @Wend1go)
- Fixed bug with LightResource #126 (thanks @SamiPussinen)
- Fixed model rendering inside prefabs #127 (thanks @SamiPussinen)
ArcadePhysics
- We don’t check for collisions when either of the two bodies are disabled #131 (thanks@MathieuLoutre)
- Added bounce property #69 (thanks @gmg)
Superpowers (Love/Lua):
- Added status pane with Save button in Lua script editor
- Added Italian locale #8 (thanks @marcosecchi)
- Added German locale #9 (thanks @Wend1go)
Superpowers (Web):
- Added Italian locale #10 (thanks @marcosecchi)
- Added German locale #11 (thanks @Wend1go)