Changelog for v3001

[unreleased]

[3001.0.19] - 2025-06-15

Fixed AreaComp#onClick() attaching events to app, instead of object, so event wasn’t being paused with obj.paused - @lajbel
Fixed all touch events having a bad transform - @lajbel

[3001.0.18] - 2025-05-16

Fixed

Removed beant - @lajbel
Fixed TexPacker loading big images - @lajbel, @mflerackers
Various fixes and improvements - All Contributors

[3001.0.17] - 2025-05-08

Added

New way to import globals in JS /dist/types.d.ts

Fixed

Removed beant - @lajbel
Various fixes and improvements - All Contributors

[3001.0.16] - 2025-04-18

Fixed

Removed beant - @lajbel
Various fixes and improvements - All contributors

[3001.0.15] - 2025-04-18

Fixed

Various fixes and improvements - All contributors

[3001.0.14] - 2025-04-18

Fixed

Various fixes and improvements - All contributors

[3001.0.13] - 2025-04-18

Fixed

Various fixes and improvements - All contributors

[3001.0.12] - 2025-04-12

Fixed

Blockers - @lajbel

[3001.0.11] - 2025-04-12

Added

Added CSS Colors! 🎨 - @lajbel (based on @dragoncoder047 idea)

color("slateblue");
color("red");
color("wheat");
color("tomato"); // yum!

Added loadHappy() font to load a default font, happy :D - @lajbel

kaplay({ font: "happy" });
loadHappy();

add([text("ohhi")]);

Fixed

Random errors - @lajbel
General type bugs - @lajbel

[3001.0.10] - 2025-03-22

Added

Added new option in LoadSpriteOpt for loading sprites in an individual spritesheet - @chqs-git
```
loadSprite("player", "sprites/player.png", {
    singular: true,
});
```

Frame option for load animations with singular frames - @dragoncoder047

loadSpriteAtlas("/examples/sprites/dungeon.png", {
    wizard: {
        x: 128,
        y: 140,
        width: 144,
        height: 28,
        sliceX: 9,
        anims: {
            bouncy: {
                frames: [8, 5, 0, 3, 2, 3, 0, 5],
                speed: 10,
                loop: true,
            },
        },
    },
});

add([sprite("wizard", { anim: "bouncy" }), pos(100, 100)]);

Fixed

Args were not being passed to global trigger() - @lajbel
AreaComp.onClick now returns the correct type, KEventController, instead of void - @lajbel
Lifespan was using async - @lajbel
Wrong calculation in Vector.dot() - @andrenanninga
Fixed pointer lock undefined catch error for non-promise version - @imaginarny

[3001.0.9] - 2025-01-15

Added

(examples) Added a new particle example! - @lajbel

Changed

Improved lifespan() explanation - @lajbel
(examples) particle example renamed to lifespan - @lajbel

Fixed

Fixed a bug where lifespan() was working incorrectly - @lajbel

[3001.0.8] - 2025-01-15

Fixed

Fixed a bug where alpha channel wasn’t correctly setted - @mflerackers

[3001.0.7] - 2025-01-15

Added

Added kaplay({ spriteAtlasPadding }) for setting the space between the sprites in the sprite atlas - @marianyp

kaplay({
    spriteAtlasPadding: 10, // 10 pixels of space between each sprite
});

Changed

Now you cannot pass parameters that are not a component or string to .use(). Otherwise it will throw an error - @lajbel

Fixed

Fixed a bug where font atlas were working strange - @mflerackers

[3001.0.6] “Santa Events” - 2024-12-27

Added

Added trigger(event, tag, ...args) for global triggering events on a specific tag - @lajbel

trigger("shoot", "target", 140);

on("shoot", "target", (obj, score) => {
    obj.destroy();
    debug.log(140); // every bomb was 140 score points!
});

Added { override?: true } in CharTransform for overridding text styles - @dragoncoder047

add([
    pos(100, 150),
    text("With override: Hello [foo]styled[/foo] text", {
        transform: {
            color: BLACK, // Default text color for every character
        },
        styles: {
            foo: {
                color: RED, // [foo] will be red
                override: true, // will override the black def color
            },
        },
    }),
]);

Added TextCompOpt.identAll boolean to indent every new line - @dragoncoder047
Added TypeScript definition for all App Events and missing Game Object Events - @lajbel

Fixed

Fixed an incorrect mention to the component in TextInputComp type - @dragoncoder047

[3001.0.5] - 2024-12-18

Added

Added tags and components separation in KAPLAYOpt.tagsAsComponents
Added GameObjRaw.is(), GameObjRaw.tag() and GameObjRaw.untag() to check, add and remove tags
Added GameObjRaw.has() to check if a game object has a component tags
Added events for listen to comps being removed or added onUse() and onUnused()

Added cancel() to cancel the current event

onKeyPress("space", () => {
    // do something
    // cancel the event
    return cancel();
});

Added getDefaultLayer() to get the default layer
Added getLayers() to get the layers list
Added many JSDoc specifiers on many functions (@require, @deprecated, @since, @group, etc)

Changed

Added .use(), .unuse() and .has() to GameObjRaw, to add, remove and check components. This only works with KAPLAYOpt.tagsAsComponents set to true

Deprecated

Deprecated camera methods camScale(), camPos() and camRot() in favor of setCamScale(), getCamScale(), setCamPos(), getCamPos(), setCamRot() and getCamRot()
Deprecated camTransform() in favor of getCamTransform()
Deprecated camFlash() in favor of flash(), for a shake()-like name

Fixed

Fixed artifacts present in some TrueType fonts
Fixed .use() and .unuse() with area components

[3001.0.0] - 2024-10-31

Added

Added getTreeRoot() to get the game’s root object, which is the parent of all other objects

// get the root object
const root = getTreeRoot();
root.add(); // same as add()
root.get(); // same as get()

Added Buttons API for using Input bindings, onButtonPress(), onButtonRelease(), onButtonDown(), and it’s corresponding boolean versions, isButtonPressed(), isButtonDown() and isButtonReleased()

kaplay({
    // bind your buttons
    buttons: {
        jump: {
            keyboard: ["space", "up"],
            keyboardCode: "Space", // you can also use key codes
            gamepad: ["south"],
        },
    },
});

onButtonPress("jump", () => {
    player.jump();
});

Added getButton(btn) and setButton(btn) to get and set button bindings

// ["space", "up"]
debug.log(getButton("jump").keyboard);

// change the jump button in keyboard to "w"
setButton("jump", {
    keyboard: ["w"],
    // gamepad binding is not changed
});

Added getLastInputDeviceType() to get what was the last pressed device

onButtonPress(() => {
    const lastInputDevice = getLastInputDeviceType(); // keyboard, mouse or gamepad
    // change icons, etc
});

Added pressButton(btn) and releaseButton(btn) to simulate button press and release

pressButton("jump"); // triggers onButtonPress and starts onButtonDown
releaseButton("jump"); // triggers onButtonRelease and stops onButtonDown

Added GameObjRaw.tags to get a game object’s tags

const obj = add([sprite("bean"), "enemy", "dangerous"]);

// get the tags
debug.log(obj.tags); // ["enemy", "dangerous"]

Added the animate() component to animate the properties of an object using keyframes. Check out Animation Example

// prop to animate, frames, options
rotatingBean.animate("angle", [0, 360], {
    duration: 2,
    direction: "forward",
});

Readded layers() and the layer() component

Before the z() component, there was a layer() component that allowed you to control the draw order of objects. It was removed in v3000, but now it’s back from the void.

// define the layers
layers(
    [
        "bg",
        "game",
        "ui",
        // the default layer
    ],
    "game",
);

// use the layer component
add([sprite("bg"), layer("bg")]);

Added SpriteComp.hasAnim() to check if an animation exists

const obj = add([sprite("bean", { anim: "walk" })]);

// check if an animation exists
debug.log(obj.hasAnim("walk")); // true

Added SpriteComp.getAnim() for get any animation data

loadSprite("bean", "bean.png", {
    sliceX: 4,
    sliceY: 1,
    anims: {
        walk: {
            from: 0,
            to: 3,
        },
    },
});

const obj = add([sprite("bean")]);

// get the animation data
debug.log(obj.getAnim("walk")); // { from: 0, to: 3 }

Added SpriteComp.getCurAnim() to get the current animation data

const obj = add([sprite("bean", { anim: "walk" })]);

// get the current animation name
debug.log(obj.getCurAnim().name); // "walk"

Added camFlash() to flash the screen
```
camFlash(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
```

Added support for radius in individual corners for RectComp,radius

add([
    rect(100, 100, {
        radius: [10, 20, 30, 40],
    }),
]);

Added loadMusic() to load streaming audio (doesn’t block in loading screen)
```
loadMusic("bgm", "bgm.mp3");

// play the music
play("bgm");
```

Added Vec2.fromArray() to convert an array to a Vec2

const point = Vec2.fromArray([100, 200]); // vec2(100, 200);

Added Vec2.toArray() to convert a Vec2 to an array

const point = vec2(100, 200);
const arr = point.toArray(); // [100, 200]

Added chooseMultiple() to choose a random element from an array

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
const random = chooseMultiple(numbers, 3); // [3, 1, 5]

Added shuffle() to shuffle an array

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
shuffle(numbers); // [3, 1, 5, 2, 4]

Added KAPLAYOpt.debugKey for customizing the key used to toggle debug mode
```
kaplay({
    debugKey: "l",
});
```

Added compatibility with custom properties in debug mode

const obj = add([
    sprite("bean"),
    {
        health: 100, // on debug.inspect
        damage: 10, // on debug.inspect
        hp() {
            this.health -= this.damage;
        }, // not on debug.inspect
    },
]);

// see the custom properties in debug mode
debug.inspect = true;

Added effector components: areaEffector(), buoyancyEffector(), pointEffector(), surfaceEffector()
Added constantForce() component
Added pathfinder() component to calculate a list of waypoints on a graph
Added patrol() component to move along a list of waypoints
Added sentry() component to notify when certain objects are in sight
Added NavMesh class for pathfinding on a mesh
Added particles() component to emit and draw particles
Added SpriteComp.animFrame to get the frame of the current animation (not on the spritesheet)
Added outline(), shader(), and area() properties to debug.inspect
Added getSceneName() to get the current scene name
Added Color.toArray() to convert a color to an array
Added raycast and LevelComp.raycast method to level
Added support for textured polygons
Added support for concave polygon drawing
Added support for arrays in uniforms
Added support for texture larger than 2048x2048
Added support for gravity direction
Added line join (bevel, miter, round) and line caps (square, round)
Added quadratic bezier and Catmull-Rom evaluation
Added evaluation of the first and second derivatives for all splines
Added higher order easing functions linear, steps and cubic-bezier

Changed

Now collision checks are only done if there’s area objects

Now you can use arrays in all input handlers

onKeyPress(["w", "up"], () => {
    player.jump();
});

Now gamepad events return what gamepad triggered the action

onGamepadButtonPress("south", (btn, gp) => {
    console.log(gp.index); // gamepad number on navigator's gamepad list
});

Now ScaleComp and SpriteComp uses setters/getters for it’s state

const obj = add([sprite("bean"), scale(2)]);

// set it with = syntax
obj.scale = vec2(3, 4);
obj.sprite = "bag";

Now you can type get() with a type parameter and passing component types
```
const player = get<BodyComp>("player");
```
Now you can pass an AudioBuffer to loadSound()
Now debug.log() accepts multiple argument of any type, like console.log()
Now Key also accepts a string as an acceptable value
Now text() component doesn’t require to pass a string
Now camScale() and camPos() accept only 1 number as parameter
Now shake() can be called without args
Now loadShader() and loadShaderURL() accepts null for unused parameters
Now RectCompOpt accepts a array of numbers for radius

Deprecated

Deprecated kaboom() in favor of kaplay() (you can still use kaboom*)
Deprecated SpriteComp.curAnim() in favor of SpriteComp.getCurAnim.name()
Deprecated fadeIn component in favor of OpacityComp.fadeIn()
Deprecated Event, EventHandler and EventController in favor of KEvent, KEventHandler and KEventController

Removed

(!) Removed compatibility to use two KAPLAY frames in the same page
(!) Many TypeScript definitions were fixed, if you use TypeScript now maybe you see new errors that make your code strict
Fix error screen not showing with not Error object
Fix error where debug screen was scaling bad the blue rectangles
Fix error where error screen was not showing when the error was thrown in a input event
Fix error where fonts was cropped in the bottom
Fix an error where stay() object loose their input events on scene change