Releases · pbs/Platypus

This is a significant update to Platypus v1.0.0 and an incremental update from Platypus v2.0.0-beta3 (primarily documentation) with the following changes:

Major Updates

Switched documentation from YUIDocs to JSDocs.
Updated to SpringRoll v2.3.2.
Removes built-in support for OGG.
Relies on Pixi.js 5 for rendering
Employs a Webpack build process to replace the original Grunt task
TweenJS support has been dropped in favor of Tween.js for tweens
SoundJS has been removed with pixi-sound now used by default for audio handling.
Scene concept retained for loading/unloading one or more layers, but asset handling occurs at layer level and Scene class has been removed.

Minor Updates

Added aspectRatio display option so that game doesn't need to rely on hosting iframe to maintain proper aspect ratio.
Added SR1-like VO player to replicate Platypus v1 VO handling behavior.
Optimized RenderTiles and implemented just-in-time entity and tile sprite loading by camera position instead of on level load to speed up initial level loading.
Added mirroring to LevelBuilder.
Added support for swapping skins in RenderSpine.
AssetManager reports progress.
Offloading z-ordering logic to PixiJS.
Tracks input preference.
Adds support for Tiled object pointers, tile set object groups, and "lazy loading" entities so level loading is quicker.
Adds panning to AudioSFX.
Adds generated voice over maps to VoiceOver.
Added RandomSet class.