Version History

Version 3

3.26

• Temporary release notes for beta tutorials
• Add detachable tutorial widget and tutorial progress for Game Dev Club members.
• Add micro-credentials achieved by completing tutorials.

3.25

• We now use Phaser for all previews and published/downloaded games. The old game engine has been removed.
• Update the Script Editor.
  • Cool new features:
    • Undo (Ctrl/Cmd-Z)
    • Click the trash to see deleted blocks
    • Zoom in and out with mousewheel, or return to default view with the icons in the bottom right
    • Create variables with the click of a button (instead of modifying existing variables)
    • Variables no longer have editable type; this prevents the situation where you change the type in one place and blocks become invalid in other places
  • Cool new blocks:
    • Paragraph text (supports multiple lines of text in a single block)
    • Comment (describe your work to your peers or to yourself next week)
    • If...else (faster than setting up an If block to do the same thing, but not as flexible)
    • Sort list (for lists of numbers or text)
    • Reverse list

3.24.3

• Fix bug where the tutorial sidebar would be invisible at first when automatically opened by a landing page.
• Fix a problem where a user would get stuck if the arcade failed to load. Now the user will be able to exit the full screen iframe with fallback close button.

3.24.2

• Fix bug where registration form feedback would display incorrectly.
• Registration page will no longer attempt to submit if form validation fails.
• Fix an error where login button would display on landing page even when logged in
• Improve page load with optimized images.
• Fix an error in animation editor that would lead to stuck saving prompt.

3.24.1

• Add profile widget for updating user details.
• Landing page will now run smoother and scale better.
• API will now compile games using the specified game engine.

3.24

• Facebook login will now work correctly.
• Fix a bug where in some cases a script could be applied to a tile.
• Remixed projects and templates will now include game thumbnail in the new project.
• New script icon visibility can now be toggled.

3.23

• Fixes to browser compatibility.
• Fix Bug in Animation Editor where updating animations or saving an animation with no idle frames could corrupt Data.
• Added v2 game engine beta toggle when previewing games.
• Script Icons now will appear only on hover or when an instance is selected.
• Add ability to view read-only animations and edit remixed animations.
• Add layer dropdown for layer options.
• Add undo/redo buttons in Level Editor.
• Simplify script save dialogs.

3.22

• New and improved Game Dev Clubs app.
• New Arcade Beta to view published games from the community.

3.21

• Add ability to copy both play and remix links with a new share widget.
• Add Select Object context menu option.
• Display more feedback when scripts cause problem when previewing game.
• Display script names in context menu (a convenience you never knew you missed).

3.20.0

• Update Phaser Preview to use Phaser 3.17, and fix some engine issues.
  • Support moving anchor points without moving the object.
  • Support DOM object creation (not yet surfaced in Gamefroot).
• Fix Magic Tile Creator not uploading properly.
• Fix a popup constantly appearing complaining about scripts not loading properly.
• Place game objects in the Editor at precise integer values. This should prevent minor visual fuzziness.
• Conform dates on project lists to ISO 8601.
• Tweak buttons in Open Games dialog to use smaller icons.
• A confirm dialog will now appear when trying to delete projects.

3.20

• Add ability to view and open save history in Open Games dialog.

3.19.2

• Improve HTTPS.

3.19.1

• Improve transform tool. It now rotates and scales along with the game object, allowing for more intuitive handling.
• Fix issue where clicking overlapping scale nodes could make the transform tool unresponsive.
• Automatically re-select something if the editor thinks no layer is selected.
• Enforce HTTPS for more reliable connections.
• Fix losing script data when updating a pack, e.g. by uploading a new asset.
• Give packs proper titles right from the start.
• Prevent users hitting "SAVE" quickly multiple times and confusing everything.
• Enforce HTTPS for Animation Editor reliability.
• Improve error-handling on empty scripts.

3.19

• Add new game engine to preview.

3.18.3

• Implement HTTPS for better security.
• Improve information gathering, allowing us to better investigate issues.
• Fix "retry save" option.
• Fix some save issues where the project would save properly, but still display an error.
• Fix Magic Tile Creator not uploading properly.

3.18.2

• Fix a problem that caused Publishing to hang indefinitely.
• Improve Gravatar display compatibility.

3.18.1

• Fix "Save As" losing script data.
• Add behind-the-scenes tools to make it easier for Gamefroot to identify and resolve problems in future versions.
• Update Google Login option to reflect the shutdown of Google+.
• Disable Publish menu options "Export to iOS" and "Export to Android". Unfortunately, these options relied on the Cocoon service by Ludei, which has ceased operations. A Cordova implementation is forthcoming.

3.18.0

• Remove common console errors that made debug more difficult.
• Make game save process more reliable.
• Extend autosave to all projects loaded in a single session.
• Improve icon loading.
• Fix Layer Box positioning.
• Fix a rare issue where the brush tool would start placing copies of a sprite every time the pointer moved out of the Editor stage.
• Prevent users from accidentally publishing packs to the Marketplace.
• Improve screen capture for feedback.
• Consolidate magic tile display in Marketplace packs.
• Fix user avatar displaying nothing after logging in with Google.

3.18

• Add ability to play published games from Open Game list.
• Add eye icon to toggle password display in login and registration forms.

3.17.0

• Fix seeing inappropriate levels of detail when viewing Game Dev Clubs of which you are not a member.
• Remove ability to open Userback feedback form from error modals, as it was confusing.
• Improve connection reliability via retry strategies.
  • In particular, saving projects should be much more reliable.
• Fix inability to cancel ZIP uploads in the Asset Manager view.
• Don't show a Welcome message if a user was in Guest mode and has logged into an existing account.
• Improve reliability of texture handling in WebGL.

3.17

• If a user is not logged in, and has not made any changes, and logs in/registers an account, they will go to the New Game screen.
• Add "Play" button to Game Dev Club games list. This will open a new window where you can play the published game immediately.
• Add ability for Game Dev Club admins to change club member passwords. This is useful if young club members have forgotten their passwords, and cannot use the email recovery function.
• Add ability to unpublish published games.
• Add ability to edit Game Dev Club details from My Clubs list if user is the club admin.

3.16.1

• Allow user to select Brush tool even when no asset is selected. Nothing will be drawn. This supersedes the old behaviour where the mouse pointer turned into a question mark.
• Streamline process of signing in from guest mode.
• Fix problems when logging in via Facebook or Google.
• Fix an issue where, if you added the same script to several objects in a row, those objects shared the same behaviour properties until you reloaded the project.
• Fix an issue where behaviour properties might disappear from objects after saving a copy of a project.
• Fix Upload dialog failing to show an early upload error.
• Prevent users from uploading images and animations that are too large for Gamefroot to handle properly. Each image must fit inside a 2000 x 2000 area; and all images in an animated object must fit inside a 2000 x 2000 area.
• Restore "Report a bug" to the Help menu.
• Fix an issue where the Character Creator could hang in the "loading" state.

3.16.0

• Fix getting locked in "Loading level" when you delete the current level if there is a higher level.

3.16

• Revamp the login process with a new info screen, making it easier to get into Gamefroot right away.
  • Return to this info screen by clicking the Gamefroot logo in the top left of the Editor.
• Add structured activities for guest users.
• Improve experience for guest users becoming regular users.
• Add filters and searches for Club users.
• Show a crosshair when placing tiles or game objects, for greater precision.

3.15

• Add a new feedback tool, with support for screenshots and comments directly on the page.
• Performance enhancements.

3.14.8

• If logout gets a server error, it will keep trying until it succeeds.
• Stop default browser actions on key presses, except inside text input areas. This means, for example, that you can't accidentally scroll your Game Objects list by pressing SPACEBAR to pan the editor.
• Fix scripts created via "Add Script" context menu option turning into big black squares in Firefox.
  • Hopefully. Let us know if you see this happen!
• Revert recent tilemap physics changes. While it is more correct for objects placed inside walls to be moved outside of walls when physics runs, it was confusing for some users.
  • Be careful when rotating or repositioning objects near obstacles. Under current physics rules, if an object is partially inside another, they are not touching and can move through each other. This can happen when using the red Transform blocks. Think of it as teleporting from place to place, whereas the rust Physics blocks actually move and can collide with things.

3.14.5

• Fix Character Creator sometimes failing to respond.
• Fix scripts created via "Add Script" context menu option popping to the left and making part of the game object unclickable.
• Fix some templates failing to load.
• Speed up publishing projects with several tile maps.
• Fix an issue with tiles where you could pop through a corner on the top left.

3.14.4

• Add ability to zoom in and out with + and - keys (also = and _).
• Fix minimap controls appearing in the wrong place.

3.14.2

• Autosave maintains a copy of your project in local backup. These copies are updated whenever you change anything in your game. You can access these copies under the "Autosave" tab in "Open Game".
  • This tab was formerly called "Save History", and local backup only updated when you attempted to save. We made Autosave much more powerful and automatic, so you can recover from just about anything, from editor bugs to your device powering down unexpectedly.
• When a game saves successfully, remove copies from local backup. You should only see autosaves for games that haven't saved properly.
  • Some old copies from before this policy may remain in the Autosave tab. Projects saved before the beginning of October 2018 may be affected.
• Delete game button now refreshes "Open Game" list instantly.
• Improve reliability of save process.
• Improve network reliability.
• Update tile physics. Under some circumstances, game objects could be pushed or moved into tiles and not collide properly, and fall out of the game. Tiles will now be much harder to get inside.
• Fix an issue with visiting certain sub-pages while not logged in.
• Guest users are prompted to register when trying to save.
• Fix the coordinate selection tool. It's much easier to set the path for moving platforms now.

3.14.1

• Add "instance exists" block so you can tell if a game object was destroyed.
• Fix script timers running after the level ends and causing problems.
• Fix camera shake causing view distortion.
  • Camera shake has been restricted slightly. The block will now set camera offset to 0 on the relevant axis when the shake begins; and will round the offset to the nearest integer, to prevent some issues with sub-pixel texture sampling. The result is slightly coarser but more consistent.
• Fix getting caught halfway between screens when pressing TAB during gameplay.
• Fix the Loading message not going away under some circumstances.
• Fix duplicate levels causing problems, such as tilemaps affecting other levels or the game refusing to preview.

3.14.0

• Fix lists scrolling off the bottom of the screen.
• Fix Ctrl-S to hit Save, not Save As.
• Fix clicking Editor not deselecting text fields.
• Fix getting Editor shortcuts when hitting keys outside the Editor, e.g. typing an "e" in a text box selecting the Eraser by accident.
• Fix problems with Save As, where assets might wind up in unexpected packs.
• Fix getting a question mark if you select a Script before selecting an Asset in the sidebar.
• Additional bug fixes and performance enhancements.

3.14

• Import and Export now available under File menu. Use these to manage projects if you have connection issues and are unable to save any other way.
• Got a problem? Call us on Skype straight from the error report screen.
• Saving can be canceled if it is taking a very long time.
• Avatars now use your initials if you don't have a Gravatar.
• Game objects sidebar shows tooltips, with name and dimensions of the asset. Useful if you want to distinguish between similar assets.
• Delete games from your Open Games list.
  • If you want to access a deleted game, click "Show deleted games" at the bottom of the list.
• Improve layout.

3.13

• Subscriptions are available for EDU and EDU-PRO. This grants access to code clubs, where educators can consolidate student activity.
• Onboarding tips are now available for certain tutorials. This smooths out the experience for new users.

3.12

• Layer autoselect option. When active, this will place assets on layers named with the category or tag of the asset. It means you don't have to worry about the layer box.

3.11

• Code clubs. This is currently invitation-only. See the projects published by other club members, details on club schedule and location, etc.

3.10

• Improve save performance.
• "Make into Prefab" option under Beta menu. This is an advanced feature. It allows you to right-click a game object with a script and "prefab" it, so that all instances of that asset you create from now on will have that script attached automatically.

3.7

• Improve page loading performance.
• Improvements to save and load performance.

3.6

• Camera position saves with project.
• Improvements to save and load performance.

3.5

• Backup saves are made on your device when you save. These are accessible under the "Save History" tab in "Open Game". This is useful if you cannot sync to the cloud.

3.4

• Allow layer locking under Beta menu. Users can work with templates without risking modifications to delicate prefab systems.
• Major improvements to the way scripts are saved and loaded.

3.3

• Affiliate sites can visit dedicated landing pages.
• Plenty more tutorials with our affiliates.

3.2

• Guest account available on Login screen.

3.1

• Undo/Redo under Edit menu.

3.0

• Editor now uses the KiwiJS game engine to render assets.
• New minimap.
• Layers box allows selecting individual game objects.
• Manipulate selected objects with arrow keys.
  • Move around with arrows or SHIFT+arrows.
  • Rotate with ALT+left and ALT+right.
  • Move forward or backward with ALT+up and ALT+down.
• Click the rotation handle while holding modifier keys:
  • SHIFT snaps to right angles (90 degrees).
  • ALT snaps to 1/16 turns (22.5 degrees).
  • SHIFT+ALT snaps to 1/360 turns (1 degree).
• Click the scale handles while holding modifier keys:
  • SHIFT binds proportions, so scale X is always the same as scale Y.
  • ALT snaps scale factor to non-zero whole numbers.

Version 2

Version 2.4

• Templates should be quicker and better.
• Pro and Educational accounts are now 'live'.
• You can now export to IOS and Android.
• A few User Experience changes in the Asset Palette making nicer animations.
• In the Asset Manager we have change the order in which packs are displayed, making it easier to manage your packs.
• A dropdown in the Resources sidebar, making it easier to go through a resource.

Version 2.3

• You can now duplicate levels.
• Changes to templates, making it easier for users.
• Context Menus now don't get placed off the screen.
• Some script editor fixes.
• Some text changes to make sense it some places.
• Fixed a lot of the "aww snaps" errors that popup, thanks to the users that reported those issues!.
• Fixed A lot of bugs.

Version 2.2

• A better level navigation for people with big games.
• Fixed a couple blocks in the script editor.
• Fixes for older browsers.
• Fixes for some browsers making the menus go over some other buttons.
• Tutorial sidebar is permanent now.
• A lot of modals have been fixed.
• Some more Internet Explorer Fixes.
• Some more Edge Fixes.
• Fixed A lot of bugs.

Version 2.1

• Fixed many Bugs.
• Change the underhood Assets API.
• Fixed issues for Internet Explorer.
• Fixed issues for Edge.
• You can now remove assets using the "context menu"
• A few more blockly blocks to play around with.

Version 2.0.7

• Fixed issues for Internet Explorer.
• Fixed issues for Edge.
• Bug fixes.
• Resource Sidebar can be enabled through the beta menu.
• Devices Sidebar can be enabled through the beta menu.

Version 2.0.6

• Bug fixes.

Version 2.0.5

• Bug fixes.

Version 2.0.4

• Server requests will try again if they fail due to network issues on the first time.
• Fixed a bunch of problems with local preview.
• Enabled Local Preview by default with the server preview as fallback.
• Fixed a few modals with css problems.
• Fixed a few problems with login.
• Bug Fixes and UI updates.

Version 2.0.3

• Saving and Loading is a bit more robust.
• Some Cross Browser problems most notably with IE and Firefox.
• Script Icons style has changed.
• Some Fixes for Local Preview.
• MP3 Files should play in the Asset Manager again.
• Script Editor buttons style has changed.
• 3rd Party Login should be way more robust.
• Recover your account is a bit nicer.
• Fork Script is now Copy Script.

Version 2.0.2

• First look at the new Tutorials sidebar
• Are you sure you want to leave? makes a return when you have unsaved changes
• Gamefroot logo & navigation updated
• Level background colour can now be set in the editor
• Temporarily removed asset deletion
• Games can now have thumbnails
• Bug fixes and UI updates

Version 2.0.1

• New Nanogirl annoucements
• New Hitbox blocks added to the Script Editor
• Control category renamed to Flow in the Script Editor
• Coordinates data type renamed to Location in the Script Editor
• Renamed Terrain to Tile maps
• New layers will be selected by default
• More bug fixes and UI updates.

Version 2.0

• Variable Scope in the script Editor.
• Sidebar (Asset Palette) style changed.
• You now get a "game pack" so you don't have to manually select a pack everytime you want to upload an asset
• Side bar is more stable.
• Smart Layers, this will auto select layers for certain type of asset. ( you can turn it off by view > smart layers )
• Empty Pack is slightly nicer.
• Saving is more stable.
• Loading is more stable.
• Dialogs have nicer headers.
• Error Modals making things nicer.
• Tiled Saved format. ( Terrain should be noticeable faster)
• Script Editor style has been changed.
• Packs stuck in the loading faze bug should be fixed.
• Brush acts differently now, it will place an item and select it.
• We added some experments that we are currently playing around with that will get into core in a later update.
• Resetting passwords should be heaps better.
• New Character Creator!
• Level Reordering is far nicer!
• Many Bugs fixed.

Version 1

Version 1.6.1

• You can now import your old games into the new editor.
• Tablets modal, is dismissible now.
• The script editor now shows what blocks you can plug another block in to.
• Fixed the hitboxes for uploaded custom assets.
• General Bug Fixes.

Version 1.6.0

• Style change / re-organization of the Script Editor.
• Login Modal Tweaks.
• Gamefroot.com website is a bit better.
• You can stop music in the asset manager.
• Sound - ( blog post here )
• Brushes Resize them self after layer size change.
• More robust way of saving games, so it doesn't fall over when you lose your internet connection.
• Lots Bug Fixes.

Version 1.5

Deployed ( 13/10/2015 )

• Animation Editor, now saves the speed
• Animation Editor speed is now in seconds per frame
• Animation Editor cloning
• Prefab making
• Properties Panel
• Preview should be a bit faster
• Register now displays error messages *

Version 1.4

Deployed (25/9/2015)

• Fixed a few server problems where it would just idle for certain things.
• Asset Manager now show's the correct content's of your pack.
• Assets feel smoother, to use.
• Added the abillty to upload sound/audio ( max size 1mb )
• Added preview for mobile ( so you don't need to be pro )
• Added a Properties menu ( view -> properties ) this is where you include asset's in your game.
• Fixed the bug where you sometimes get the "New Game" modal pop up twice.
• Fixed the bug where when you load a game, it would bring up the "New Game" modal.
• Fixed a bug in the templating to show the loading modal for the duration of the loading process.

Plenty of other bug fixes.

Version 1.3.14

Deployed (7/9/2015)

• IE11 fixes, so IE11 users can login and do thing's everyone else can.
• Old games built in the old flash engine are now visible in the list of games.
• A tweak to the css so firefox will actually render an image properly.
• User Icon's wont weirdly change back to random images.
• Previewing a lot of terrain will be a lot faster in most cases.
• Saving and loading speed's have vastly increased.
• Script icon will display on asset's that sometimes wouldn't have them.
• The level won't duplicate it self after saving the game.
• Some overall bug fixes and tweak's to make Gamefroot that much better.
• We have a new template game that people can use to build upon.
• Speed up animation Editor
• Added the new zip Uploader

Version 1.3.6

Deployed (19/8/2015)

• Prefab objects - come with scripts attached, free of charge!
• Tonnes of bugfixes.
• Updated first template game.
• Publishing to Gamefroot will update to your game instead of making a new one.
• Some tool tip's to some thing's to help new user's understand what they are.

Version 1.3.0

Deployed (11/8/2015)

• Added game templates!!! Make an entire game in a minute just by clicking the right buttons :)
• Massive fixes to publishing to Gamefroot.com.
• Temporarilly removed Deviant Art link, it was a sad panda and it needs some love.
• Fixed issue with adding scripts from packs.
• Fixed a number of issues that blew up the publish to Gamefroot dialog.
• Fixed an issue with the Subscribe dialog preventing us from taking your money.
• Reduced payload to take entire microseconds off the page load time!

Version 1.1.8

Deployed (20/7/2015)

• Rotation works like it should.
• Saving, Loading and Previewing should be significantly faster.
• Script Instances value set to 0 or false will save and reload correctly now.
• Characters should now be in game objects as they are just "gamObjects"
• Animations will get updated if you update them through the animation editor.
• Level Renaming
• Select tool fixes
• Mini-map scrolling