KAPLAY v4000

Prefabs & Serialization

Create prefabricated objects with built-in serialization, ready to be reused or saved & loaded as-is

Picture API

Draw a picture composed of any primitives or sprites optimally by skipping the repeated drawing pipeline and render to framebuffer

Circle & Ellipse Collision Shapes

Circular colliders were previously not possible in the v3001. Now you can use a new Circle() or Ellipse() as area shapes

Fake Mouse

Create a custom cursor with ability to control it even without a mouse! More accessibility for cursor-based games

Video

Render a video right to the canvas easily using the built-in video() component

Performance Improvements

With underlying systems updated comes the greatly improved performance, most notably in objects/area-heavy games

Global Z-index Sorting

Objects using z() are now sorted globally, meaning any child can be drawn above any parent siblings, or any object (within the same layer)

GJK as default collision algo replacing SAT

GJK is faster and more versatile algorithm allowing any shape unlike SAT. Can be reverted with narrowPhaseCollisionAlgorithm option

make() removed / replaced with Prefabs

Make was a friend, but a rebel too that had to be removed. Nothing what a simple factory function wouldn't solve or more robust prefabs

Tags separated from Components

Component IDs are no longer tags. But, instead of obj.is("sprite") you can use obj.has("sprite"). Can be reverted with tagComponentIds option

API Changes & Improvements

There were many changes to the API, mainly as a quality of life improvements or little options and features added here and there, that didn't make it back to the v3001