v0.7.0

An update to Kristal that includes controller support, screen borders, warp doors, and some various changes.

Changelog

Additions:

• Added controller support and rebinding
• Added screen borders, which can be enabled in the options menu
  • Mods can change the dynamic border using Game:setBorder() or the border map property
  • Custom drawing can be added using the Mod:onBorderDraw callback
• Added warp door event
• Added indent customization for text (the * at the start of text)
  • Settable for an actor via the indent_string actor variable
  • Settable per-text with the [indent] text modifier
• Added disable_mercy variable to enemies
• Added built-in last_x and last_y variables to Objects
• Miscellaneous functions:
  • Cutscene:during(func) to add an update function to the current cutscene
  • Game:setPartyMembers(...), Cutscene:playSound(), Music:setPitch(), BattleCutscene:closeText(),
    Utils.wave(), Event:addFlag()
• Many useful callbacks:
  • Encounter:onCharacterTurn(battler, from_undo), PartyMember:onActionSelect(battler, undo),
    Encounter:onReturnToWorld(events), Encounter:getPartyPosition(index),
    PartyMember:onActionBox(box, overworld), Encounter:onGameOver(), Map:onGameOver()
Mod:getConfig(key), Spell:onSelect(user, target), Spell:onDeselect(user, target),
    Actor:createSprite()

Changes:

• Tension bar colors are now customizeable via the PALETTES table
• Moved face/noelle_lw sprites to face/noelle folder
• Added death argument to Wave:onEnd
• World music now plays in encounters with music set to nil
• Renamed EnemyTextbox class to SpeechBubble
  • Removed Battle:spawnEnemyTextbox(), replaced with [Party|Enemy]Battler:spawnSpeechBubble()
  • Renamed onTextboxSpawn(), onTextboxRemove() to onBubbleSpawn(), onBubbleRemove()
• Renamed BattleCutscene:enemyText() to BattleCutscene:battlerText()
• Return encounter after cutscene:startEncounter()
• Removed love.graphics.drawCanvas, replaced with Draw.drawCanvas
• Renamed Draw.drawCutout to Draw.drawPart (also added Draw.drawCanvasPart)
• Fixed some floor/ceil issues
• Fixed shader issues on some platforms, thanks to @Dobby233Liu

New Contributors:

• @prokube made their first contribution in #10
• @Dobby233Liu made their first contribution in #13

..and more I likely missed in this list! See the full changelog: v0.6.0...v0.7.0

Instructions

Windows: Download and extract the .zip, and run kristal.exe to play
Others: Download and install Love2D, and run the .love with Love2D to play

Check out the documentation for how to use this engine, and download example-mod.zip for mod structure, as well as overworld and battle examples.