Excalibur v0.30.0 Release

[eonarheim]

This is one of the biggest releases of Excalibur yet! Huge thanks to all the new contributors and everyone that assisted in the discord.

Special thanks @jyoung4242, @mattjennings, @cdelstad, @kamranayub, Drew Conley, and @jedeen for being constant support and help for the project and the entire community!

New Contributors

• @muhajirdev made their first contribution in Fix url typo #3026
• @aruru-weed made their first contribution in fix: getSceneName use scenes #3022 #3023
• @gavriguy made their first contribution in Update 00-your-first-game.mdx #3051
• @jellewijma made their first contribution in Update 07-tilemap.mdx kenny.nl url changed to kenney.nl #3052
• @Autsider666 made their first contribution in feat: Added default value to Canvas constructor #3094
• @robbertstevens made their first contribution in Update JSDoc for System class #3125
• @egodjuks made their first contribution in Add more common colors #3131
• @SamuelAsherRivello made their first contribution in docs: Add limitations of SolverStrategy.Arcade #3174
• @mosesintech made their first contribution in [#3213] Fix link typo in 02-conventions.mdx #3214
• @blakearoberts made their first contribution in [#3284] perf: reduce allocations for GraphicsGroup draw calls #3285
• @Adamduehansen made their first contribution in fixes broken link on screen element page. #3292

Features

• Added ex.SpriteSheet.getTiledSprite(...) to help pulling tiling sprites out of a sprite sheet
• Alias the engine.screen.drawWidth/drawHeight with engine.screen.width/height;
• Added convenience types ex.TiledSprite and ex.TiledAnimation for Tiling Sprites and Animations

  const tiledGroundSprite = new ex.TiledSprite({
    image: groundImage,
    width: game.screen.width,
    height: 200,
    wrapping: {
      x: ex.ImageWrapping.Repeat,
      y: ex.ImageWrapping.Clamp
    }
  });
  
  const tilingAnimation = new ex.TiledAnimation({
    animation: cardAnimation,
    sourceView: {x: 20, y: 20},
    width: 200,
    height: 200,
    wrapping: ex.ImageWrapping.Repeat
  });

• Added new static builder for making images from canvases ex.ImageSource.fromHtmlCanvasElement(image: HTMLCanvasElement, options?: ImageSourceOptions)
• Added GPU particle implementation for MANY MANY particles in the simulation, similar to the existing CPU particle implementation. Note maxParticles is new for GPU particles.

  var particles = new ex.GpuParticleEmitter({
    pos: ex.vec(300, 500),
    maxParticles: 10_000,
    emitRate: 1000,
    radius: 100,
    emitterType: ex.EmitterType.Circle,
    particle: {
      beginColor: ex.Color.Orange,
      endColor: ex.Color.Purple,
      focus: ex.vec(0, -400),
      focusAccel: 1000,
      startSize: 100,
      endSize: 0,
      life: 3000,
      minSpeed: -100,
      maxSpeed: 100,
      angularVelocity: 2,
      randomRotation: true,
      transform: ex.ParticleTransform.Local
    }
  });

• Added ex.assert() that can be used to throw in development builds
• Added easing option to moveTo(...)
• Added new option bag style input to actions with durations in milliseconds instead of speed

  player.actions.rotateTo({angleRadians: angle, duration: 1000, rotationType});
  player.actions.moveTo({pos: ex.vec(100, 100), duration: 1000});
  player.actions.scaleTo({scale: ex.vec(2, 2), duration: 1000});
  player.actions.repeatForever(ctx => {
    ctx.curveTo({
      controlPoints: [cp1, cp2, dest],
      duration: 5000,
      mode: 'uniform'
    });
    ctx.curveTo({
      controlPoints: [cp2, cp1, start1],
      duration: 5000,
      mode: 'uniform'
    });
  });

• Added ex.lerpAngle(startAngleRadians: number, endAngleRadians: number, rotationType: RotationType, time: number): number in order to lerp angles between each other
• Added pointerenter and pointerleave events to ex.TileMap tiles!
• Added pointerenter and pointerleave events to ex.IsometricMap tiles!
• Added new ex.BezierCurve type for drawing cubic bezier curves
• Added 2 new actions actor.actions.curveTo(...) and actor.actions.curveBy(...)
• Added new ex.lerp(...), ex.inverseLerp(...), and ex.remap(...) for numbers
• Added new ex.lerpVector(...), ex.inverseLerpVector(...), and ex.remapVector(...) for ex.Vector
• Added new actor.actions.flash(...) Action to flash a color for a period of time
• Added a new ex.NineSlice Graphic for creating arbitrarily resizable rectangular regions, useful for creating UI, backgrounds, and other resizable elements.

  var nineSlice = new ex.NineSlice({
    width: 300,
    height: 100,
    source: inputTile,
    sourceConfig: {
      width: 64,
      height: 64,
      topMargin: 5,
      leftMargin: 7,
      bottomMargin: 5,
      rightMargin: 7
    },
    destinationConfig: {
      drawCenter: true,
      horizontalStretch: ex.NineSliceStretch.Stretch,
      verticalStretch: ex.NineSliceStretch.Stretch
    }
  });
  
  actor.graphics.add(nineSlice);

• Added a method to force graphics on screen ex.GraphicsComponent.forceOnScreen
• Added new ex.Slide scene transition, which can slide a screen shot of the current screen: up, down, left, or right. Optionally you can add an ex.EasingFunction, by default ex.EasingFunctions.Linear

  game.goToScene('otherScene', {
    destinationIn: new ex.Slide({
      duration: 1000,
      easingFunction: ex.EasingFunctions.EaseInOutCubic,
      slideDirection: 'up'
    })
  });

• Added inline SVG image support ex.ImageSource.fromSvgString('<svg>...</svg>'), note images produced this way still must be loaded.
• Added ability to optionally specify sprite options in the .toSprite(options:? SpriteOptions)
• The ex.Engine constructor had a new enableCanvasContextMenu arg that can be used to enable the right click context menu, by default the context menu is disabled which is what most games seem to want.
• Child ex.Actor inherits opacity of parents
• ex.Engine.timeScale values of 0 are now supported
• ex.Trigger now supports all valid actor constructor parameters from ex.ActorArgs in addition to ex.TriggerOptions
• ex.Gif can now handle default embedded GIF frame timings
• New ex.Screen.worldToPagePixelRatio API that will return the ratio between excalibur pixels and the HTML pixels.
  • Additionally excalibur will now decorate the document root with this same value as a CSS variable --ex-pixel-ratio
  • Useful for scaling HTML UIs to match your game

    .ui-container {
      pointer-events: none;
      position: absolute;
      transform-origin: 0 0;
      transform: scale(
        calc(var(--pixel-conversion)),
        calc(var(--pixel-conversion)));
    }

• New updates to ex.coroutine(...)
  • New ex.CoroutineInstance is returned (still awaitable)
  • Control coroutine autostart with ex.coroutine(function*(){...}, {autostart: false})
  • .start() and .cancel() coroutines
  • Nested coroutines!
• Excalibur will now clean up WebGL textures that have not been drawn in a while, which improves stability for long game sessions
  • If a graphic is drawn again it will be reloaded into the GPU seamlessly
• You can now query for colliders on the physics world

    const scene = ...;
    const colliders = scene.physics.query(ex.BoundingBox.fromDimensions(...));

• actor.oldGlobalPos returns the globalPosition from the previous frame
• create development builds of excalibur that bundlers can use in dev mode
• show warning in development when Entity hasn't been added to a scene after a few seconds
• New RentalPool type for sparse object pooling
• New ex.SparseHashGridCollisionProcessor which is a simpler (and faster) implementation for broadphase pair generation. This works by bucketing colliders into uniform sized square buckets and using that to generate pairs.
• CollisionContact can be biased toward a collider by using contact.bias(collider). This adjusts the contact so that the given collider is colliderA, and is helpful if you
  are doing mtv adjustments during precollision.
• angleBetween medhod added to Vector class, to find the angle for which a vector needs to be rotated to match some given angle:

    const point = vec(100, 100)
    const destinationDirection = Math.PI / 4
    const angleToRotate = point.angleBetween(destinationDirection, RotationType.ShortestPath)
    expect(point.rotate(angleToRotate).toAngle()).toEqual(destinationDirection)

Fixed

• Fixed issue where ex.ParticleEmitter.clearParticles() did not work
• Fixed issue where the pointer lastWorldPos was not updated when the current Camera moved
• Fixed issue where cancel()'d events still bubbled to the top level input handlers
• Fixed issue where unexpected html HTML content from an image would silently hang the loader
• Fixed issue where Collision events ahd inconsistent targets, sometimes they were Colliders and sometimes they were Entities
• Fixed issue where ex.Engine.screenshot() images may not yet be loaded in time for use in ex.Transitions
• Fixed issue where there would be an incorrect background color for 1 frame when transitioning to a new scene
• Fixed issue where blockInput: true on scene transition only blocked input events, not accessors like wasHeld(...) etc.
• Fixed issue where users could not easily define a custom RendererPlugin because the type was not exposed
• Fixed issue where ex.Fade sometimes would not complete depending on the elapsed time
• Fixed issue where ex.PolygonColliders would get trapped in infinite loop for degenerate polygons (< 3 vertices)
• Fixed issue where certain devices that support large numbers of texture slots exhaust the maximum number of if statements (complexity) in the shader.
• Fixed issue where ex.Label where setting the opacity of caused a multiplicative opacity effect when actor opacity set
• Fixed issue where the ex.Loader would have a low res logo on small configured resolution sizes
• Fixed issue where ex.Gif was not parsing certain binary formats correctly
• Fixed issue where the boot ex.Loader was removing pixelRatio override
• Fixed ex.RasterOptions, it now extends ex.GraphicsOptions which is the underlying truth
• Fixed issue where rayCast filter would not be called in hit order
• Fixed issue where rayCasts would return inconsistent orderings with the ex.SparseHashGridCollisionProcessor strategy
• Fixed issue where CircleCollider tangent raycast did not work correctly
• Fixed issue where you were required to provide a transition if you provided a loader in the ex.Engine.start('scene', { loader })
• Fixed issue where ex.Scene.onPreLoad(loader: ex.DefaultLoader) would lock up the engine if there was an empty loader
• Fixed issue where ex.Scene scoped input events would preserve state and get stuck causing issues when switching back to the original scene.
• Fixed issue where not all physical keys from the spec were present in ex.Keys including the reported ex.Keys.Tab
• Fixed invalid graphics types around ex.Graphic.tint
• improve types to disallow invalid combo of collider/width/height/radius in actor args
• only add default color graphic for the respective collider used
• Fixed issue where ex.SpriteFont did not respect scale when measuring text
• Fixed issue where negative transforms would cause collision issues because polygon winding would change.
• Fixed issue where removing and re-adding an actor would cause subsequent children added not to function properly with regards to their parent/child transforms
• Fixed issue where ex.GraphicsSystem would crash if a parent entity did not have a ex.TransformComponent
• Fixed a bug in the new physics config merging, and re-arranged to better match the existing pattern
• Fixed a bug in canonicalizeAngle, don't allow the result to be 2PI, now it will be in semi-open range [0..2PI)
• Removed circular dependency between Actions and Math packages by moving RotationType into Math package.

Changed/Updated

• Remove units by default from parameters

• Perf improve PolygonCollider.contains(...) perf by keeping geometry tests in local space.

• Perf improvement to image rendering! with ImageRendererV2! Roughly doubles the performance of image rendering

• Perf improvement to retrieving components with ex.Entity.get() which widely improves engine performance

• Non-breaking parameters that reference delta to elapsedMs to better communicate intent and units

• Perf improvements to ex.ParticleEmitter

  • Use the same integrator as the MotionSystem in the tight loop
  • Leverage object pools to increase performance and reduce allocations

• Perf improvements to collision narrowphase and solver steps

  • Working in the local polygon space as much as possible speeds things up
  • Add another pair filtering condition on the SparseHashGridCollisionProcessor which reduces pairs passed to narrowphase
  • Switching to c-style loops where possible
  • Caching get component calls
  • Removing allocations where it makes sense

• Perf Side.fromDirection(direction: Vector): Side - thanks @ikudrickiy!

• Perf improvements to PointerSystem by using new spatial hash grid data structure

• Perf improvements: Hot path allocations

  • Reduce State/Transform stack hot path allocations in graphics context
  • Reduce Transform allocations
  • Reduce AffineMatrix allocations

• Perf improvements to CircleCollider bounds calculations

• Switch from iterators to c-style loops which bring more speed

  • Entity component iteration
  • EntityManager iteration
  • EventEmitters
  • GraphicsSystem entity iteration
  • PointerSystem entity iteration

• Perf improvements to GraphicsGroup by reducing per draw allocations in bounds calculations

• Applied increased TS strictness:

  • Director API subtree
  • Resource API subtree
  • Graphics API subtree
  • TileMap API subtree

Breaking Changes

• ex.Engine.goto(...) removed, use ex.Engine.goToScene(...)
• ex.GraphicsComponent.show(...) removed, use ex.GraphicsComponent.use(...)
• ex.EventDispatcher removed, use ex.EventEmitter instead.
• ex.Engine.getAntialiasing() and ex.Engine.setAntialiasing(bool) have been removed, use the engine constructor parameter to configure new ex.Engine({antialiasing: true}) or set on the screen engine.screen.antialiasing = true
• ex.Physics.* configuration statics removed, use the engine constructor parameter to configure new ex.Engine({physics: ...})
• ex.Input.* namespace removed and types promoted to ex.*
• Removed legacy ex.Configurable function type used for doing dark magic to allow types to be configured by instances of that same type 💥
• Collision events now only target ex.Collider types, this previously would sometimes emit an ex.Entity if you attached to the ex.ColliderComponent
  • ex.PreCollisionEvent
  • ex.PostCollisionEvent
  • ex.ContactStartEvent
  • ex.ContactEndEvent
  • ex.CollisionPreSolveEvent
  • ex.CollisionPostSolveEvent
  • ex.CollisionStartEvent
  • ex.CollisionEndEvent
• System.priority is refactored to be static.
• ex.Timer now only takes the option bag constructor
• PreDrawEvent, PostDrawEvent, PreTransformDrawEvent, PostTransformDrawEvent, PreUpdateEvent, PostUpdateEvent now use elapsedMs instead of delta for the elapsed milliseconds between the last frame.460696
• Trigger API has been slightly changed:
  • action now returns the triggering entity: (entity: Entity) => void
  • target now works in conjunction with filter instead of overwriting it.
  • EnterTriggerEvent and ExitTriggerEvent now contain a entity: Entity property instead of actor: Actor
• ex.Vector.normalize() return zero-vector ((0,0)) instead of (0,1) when normalizing a vector with a magnitude of 0
• ex.Gif transparent color constructor arg is removed in favor of the built in Gif file mechanism
• Remove core-js dependency, it is no longer necessary in modern browsers. Technically a breaking change for older browsers
• ex.Particle and ex.ParticleEmitter now have an API that looks like modern Excalibur APIs
  • particleSprite is renamed to graphic
  • particleRotationalVelocity is renamed to angularVelocity
  • fadeFlag is renamed to fade
  • acceleration is renamed to acc
  • particleLife is renamed to life
  • minVel is renamed to minSpeed
  • maxVel is renamed to maxSpeed
  • ParticleEmitter now takes a separate particle: ParticleConfig parameter to disambiguate between particles parameters and emitter ones

    const emitter =  new ex.ParticleEmitter({
        width: 10,
        height: 10,
        radius: 5,
        emitterType: ex.EmitterType.Rectangle,
        emitRate: 300,
        isEmitting: true,
        particle: {
          transform: ex.ParticleTransform.Global,
          opacity: 0.5,
          life: 1000,
          acc: ex.vec(10, 80),
          beginColor: ex.Color.Chartreuse,
          endColor: ex.Color.Magenta,
          startSize: 5,
          endSize: 100,
          minVel: 100,
          maxVel: 200,
          minAngle: 5.1,
          maxAngle: 6.2,
          fade: true,
          maxSize: 10,
          graphic: swordImg.toSprite(),
          randomRotation: true,
          minSize: 1
        }
      });

Raw Changes

What's Changed

• chore: ensure consistent toEqualImage() resolution when running on hidpi displays by @mattjennings in chore: ensure consistent toEqualImage() resolution when running on hidpi displays #3018
• chore: enforce prettier and eslint by @mattjennings in chore: enforce prettier and eslint #3014
• Fix url typo by @muhajirdev in Fix url typo #3026
• Make Entity Constructor's components option optional by @muhajirdev in Make Entity Constructor's components option optional #3027
• Fix typo in system docs by @muhajirdev in Fix typo in system docs #3028
• Update Input docs by @muhajirdev in Update Input docs #3029
• Add actor.oldGlobalPos, deprecate getGlobalPos in favour of globalPos getter by @mattjennings in Add actor.oldGlobalPos, deprecate getGlobalPos in favour of globalPos getter #3017
• fix: getSceneName use scenes Passing sceneInstance to "Engine.director.getSceneName" does not work it. #3022 by @aruru-weed in fix: getSceneName use scenes #3022 #3023
• feat: Implement unique action ids by @eonarheim in feat: Implement unique action ids #3031
• Feat: provide development build for bundlers, warn on unadded entity by @mattjennings in Feat: provide development build for bundlers, warn on unadded entity #3032
• updated authors.yml and added mookie blog post by @jyoung4242 in updated authors.yml and added mookie blog post #3035
• fix: [v0.29.2 introduces Graphics (Polygon / Circle) glitch in combination with Animations #3047] Animation glitch cause by uninitialized state by @eonarheim in fix: [#3047] Animation glitch cause by uninitialized state #3048
• Update 00-your-first-game.mdx by @gavriguy in Update 00-your-first-game.mdx #3051
• Update 07-tilemap.mdx kenny.nl url changed to kenney.nl by @jellewijma in Update 07-tilemap.mdx kenny.nl url changed to kenney.nl #3052
• fix: Cirular dependency on Actor by @JumpLink in fix: Cirular dependency on Actor #3056
• fix: [SpriteFont.measureText is not using scale property #3060] SpriteFont measureText with scale by @eonarheim in fix: [#3060] SpriteFont measureText with scale #3062
• fix: Polygon winding correct after negative transforms by @eonarheim in fix: Polygon winding correct after negative transforms #3063
• pathfinding part 1 by @jyoung4242 in pathfinding part 1 #3069
• Feat: z-indexes are relative to their parent by @mattjennings in Feat: z-indexes are relative to their parent #3070
• blog: added pathfinding part 2 by @jyoung4242 in blog: added pathfinding part 2 #3074
• blog: update link in part 1 by @jyoung4242 in blog: update link in part 1 #3075
• fix: improve types to disallow invalid combo of collider args by @mattjennings in fix: improve types to disallow invalid combo of collider args #3024
• blogpost: wfc article, modified for mdx by @jyoung4242 in blogpost: wfc article, modified for mdx #3090
• feat: Added default value to Canvas constructor by @Autsider666 in feat: Added default value to Canvas constructor #3094
• feat: removed invalid null as value from Random.shuffle() by @Autsider666 in feat: removed invalid null as value from Random.shuffle() #3095
• feat: added getters width and height to Tilemap by @jyoung4242 in feat: added getters width and height to Tilemap #3091
• blogpost: Cellular Automata by @jyoung4242 in blogpost: Cellular Automata #3100
• Simplified contains BoundingBox code by @Autsider666 in Simplified contains BoundingBox code #3096
• doc config tweak by @jyoung4242 in doc config tweak #3105
• blogpost: Cellular Automata Typos by @jyoung4242 in blogpost: Cellular Automata Typos #3108
• marketing: Print size + SVG logo by @kamranayub in marketing: Print size + SVG logo #3109
• perf: Reduce allocations on the hot path by @eonarheim in perf: Reduce allocations on the hot path #3111
• perf: Hash Grid Broadphase + Allocation Reduction by @eonarheim in perf: Hash Grid Broadphase + Allocation Reduction #3071
• fix: getTile return type should include null by @Autsider666 in fix: getTile return type should include null #3112
• feat: expose all actor exports by @Autsider666 in feat: expose all actor exports #3113
• perf: Improve narrowphase and realistic solver performance by @eonarheim in perf: Improve narrowphase and realistic solver performance #3114
• chore: Update babel monorepo to v7.24.7 by @renovate in chore: Update babel monorepo to v7.24.7 #3036
• chore: Update dependency @fortawesome/fontawesome-free to v6.5.2 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @fortawesome/fontawesome-free to v6.5.2 #3037
• chore: Update dependency css-loader to v6.11.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency css-loader to v6.11.0 #3045
• chore: Update dependency @octokit/rest to v20.1.1 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @octokit/rest to v20.1.1 #3115
• chore: Update dependency serve to v14.2.3 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency serve to v14.2.3 #3040
• chore: Update storybook monorepo to v7.6.20 by @renovate in chore: Update storybook monorepo to v7.6.20 #3043
• chore: Update dependency core-js to v3.37.1 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency core-js to v3.37.1 #3044
• Blogpost: auto tiling by @jyoung4242 in Blogpost: auto tiling #3116
• chore: Update dependency node to v20.15.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency node to v20.15.0 #3039
• chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-jsdoc to v48.5.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-jsdoc to v48.5.0 #3038
• fix: [Graphic.tint nullability #3119] Fix graphics type + apply strictness to Graphics types by @eonarheim in fix: [#3119] Fix graphics type + apply strictness to Graphics types #3120
• feat: add CollisionContact.bias(collider) by @mattjennings in feat: add CollisionContact.bias(collider) #3122
• Update JSDoc for System class by @robbertstevens in Update JSDoc for System class #3125
• fix: rewrite ClosestLine and PolygonPolygonClosestLine logic for improved accuracy on sloped polygons by @mattjennings in fix: rewrite ClosestLine and PolygonPolygonClosestLine logic for improved accuracy on sloped polygons #3124
• refactor: Improve CPU Particles API + Perf by @eonarheim in refactor: Improve CPU Particles API + Perf #3118
• fix: [scenes consistently swallowing keyboard events after switching back and forth #3126] Fix keyboard events in scene scope by @eonarheim in fix: [#3126] Fix keyboard events in scene scope #3127
• feat: WebGLTexture garbage collection by @eonarheim in feat: WebGLTexture garbage collection #2974
• Add more common colors by @egodjuks in Add more common colors #3131
• chore: Upgrade docusaurus to 3.4.0 + new patch by @eonarheim in chore: Upgrade docusaurus to 3.4.0 + new patch #3129
• fix: [unused scene loader fails scene transitions and locks up engine #3128] Unused scene loader locks up engine by @eonarheim in fix: [#3128] Unused scene loader locks up engine #3133
• chore(deps-dev): bump ejs from 3.1.9 to 3.1.10 by @dependabot in chore(deps-dev): bump ejs from 3.1.9 to 3.1.10 #3046
• chore(deps-dev): bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 by @dependabot in chore(deps-dev): bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 #3097
• fix: Emitter pool was created whether you used it or not by @eonarheim in fix: Emitter pool was created whether you used it or not #3138
• feat: Implement Collision Sub-Stepping by @eonarheim in feat: Implement Collision Sub-Stepping #3136
• docs: docs: Update all engine source code Markdown comment symbol links to {@apilink} #3132 Update all Markdown comment symbol links to {@apilink} by @Autsider666 in docs: #3132 Update all Markdown comment symbol links to {@apilink} #3137
• feat: Flash Action by @jyoung4242 in feat: Flash Action #3142
• chore: Update dependency @types/webpack-env to v1.18.5 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @types/webpack-env to v1.18.5 #3144
• chore: Update dependency karma to v6.4.4 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency karma to v6.4.4 #3145
• chore: Update dependency remark-emoji to v5.0.1 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency remark-emoji to v5.0.1 #3148
• chore: Update dependency rimraf to v5.0.10 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency rimraf to v5.0.10 #3149
• chore: Update dependency semver to v7.6.3 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency semver to v7.6.3 #3150
• chore: Update babel monorepo by @renovate in chore: Update babel monorepo #3151
• chore: Update coverallsapp/github-action action to v2.3.0 by @renovate in chore: Update coverallsapp/github-action action to v2.3.0 #3152
• chore: Update dependency @fortawesome/fontawesome-free to v6.6.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @fortawesome/fontawesome-free to v6.6.0 #3155
• chore: Update dependency lint-staged to v15.2.7 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency lint-staged to v15.2.7 #3147
• chore: Update dependency husky to v9.1.4 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency husky to v9.1.4 #3158
• chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-jsdoc to v48.11.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-jsdoc to v48.11.0 #3156
• chore: Update dependency jasmine to v5.2.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency jasmine to v5.2.0 #3159
• feat: Coroutine instances by @eonarheim in feat: Coroutine instances #3154
• chore: Update dependency jasmine-core to v5.2.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency jasmine-core to v5.2.0 #3160
• chore: Update dependency node to v20.16.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency node to v20.16.0 #3161
• fix: [Make return values nullable for Gif.toSprite and TileMap.getTileByIndex methods #3167] Increase strictness in Resource types by @eonarheim in fix: [#3167] Increase strictness in Resource types #3168
• feat: add Jetbrains .idea dir to .gitignore by @Autsider666 in feat: add Jetbrains .idea dir to .gitignore #3169
• fix: Gif parsing did not work with certain formats by @eonarheim in fix: Gif parsing did not work with certain formats #3173
• docs: Add limitations of SolverStrategy.Arcade by @SamuelAsherRivello in docs: Add limitations of SolverStrategy.Arcade #3174
• Feat: [Unexpected result of .normalize() on already Zero vector #3171] normalize zero vector by @Autsider666 in Feat: [#3171] normalize zero vector #3179
• Feat: [feat: Trigger - access to action's actor #3157] return target on trigger by @Autsider666 in Feat: [#3157] return target on trigger #3176
• chore: Update dependency lint-staged to v15.2.9 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency lint-staged to v15.2.9 #3188
• chore: Update dependency webpack to v5.94.0 [SECURITY] by @renovate in chore: Update dependency webpack to v5.94.0 [SECURITY] #3183
• chore: Update dependency @babel/preset-env to v7.25.4 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @babel/preset-env to v7.25.4 #3184
• chore: Update dependency husky to v9.1.5 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency husky to v9.1.5 #3187
• chore: Update dependency node to v20.17.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency node to v20.17.0 #3190
• chore: Update dependency docusaurus-plugin-typedoc-api to v4.2.1 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency docusaurus-plugin-typedoc-api to v4.2.1 #3185
• chore: Update dependency lint-staged to v15.2.10 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency lint-staged to v15.2.10 #3195
• chore: Update react monorepo by @renovate in chore: Update react monorepo #3189
• chore: Update dependency prism-react-renderer to v2.4.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency prism-react-renderer to v2.4.0 #3191
• chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.5.2 by @renovate in chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.5.2 #3196
• chore: Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v7.18.0 by @renovate in chore: Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v7.18.0 #3197
• chore: Update dependency replace-in-file to v7.2.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency replace-in-file to v7.2.0 #3192
• revert "chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.5.2" by @eonarheim in revert "chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.5.2" #3198
• fix: Rename delta to elapsedMs by @eonarheim in fix: Rename delta to elapsedMs #3200
• On addon remove by @jyoung4242 in On addon remove #3143
• feat: static System priority by @Autsider666 in feat: static System priority #3207
• [Typo in Documentation: Conventions #3213] Fix link typo in 02-conventions.mdx by @mosesintech in [#3213] Fix link typo in 02-conventions.mdx #3214
• fix: [Error: Cannot build new ExcaliburGraphicsContext2D #3215] Check shader complexity to avoid crash on certain hardware by @eonarheim in fix: [#3215] Check shader complexity to avoid crash on certain hardware #3216
• chore: Update dependency babel-loader to v9.2.1 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency babel-loader to v9.2.1 #3221
• chore: Update dependency @types/node to v20.16.10 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @types/node to v20.16.10 #3217
• chore: Update dependency @types/react to v18.3.10 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @types/react to v18.3.10 #3218
• chore: Update dependency karma-jasmine-order-reporter to v1.2.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency karma-jasmine-order-reporter to v1.2.0 #3225
• chore: Update dependency eslint to v8.57.1 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency eslint to v8.57.1 #3219
• chore: Update dependency husky to v9.1.6 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency husky to v9.1.6 #3220
• chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-storybook to v0.9.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-storybook to v0.9.0 #3222
• chore: Update dependency webpack to v5.95.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency webpack to v5.95.0 #3226
• docs(events): Fuller example with pub/sub by @kamranayub in docs(events): Fuller example with pub/sub #3232
• chore: Update dependency jasmine to v5.3.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency jasmine to v5.3.0 #3223
• chore: Update dependency jasmine-core to v5.3.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency jasmine-core to v5.3.0 #3224
• chore: Update TimonVS/pr-labeler-action action to v5 by @renovate in chore: Update TimonVS/pr-labeler-action action to v5 #3229
• [Typo in Documentation: Actions #3236] Fix missing word typo in 06.1-actions.mdx by @mosesintech in [#3236] Fix missing word typo in 06.1-actions.mdx #3237
• feat: Add alias fixed update timestep by @eonarheim in feat: Add alias fixed update timestep #3239
• chore(deps): bump cookie, express and socket.io by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump cookie, express and socket.io #3240
• chore(deps): bump cookie and express in /site by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump cookie and express in /site #3242
• chore: Update actions/stale action to v9 by @renovate in chore: Update actions/stale action to v9 #3230
• chore: Update dependency @octokit/rest to v21 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @octokit/rest to v21 #3231
• feat: [Add support for SVG images as a resource type #150] Implement SVG support in ImageSource with static builder by @eonarheim in feat: [#150] Implement SVG support in ImageSource with static builder #3244
• fix: [Transition blockInput: true only works on input events #3087] blockInput: true blocks input accessors by @eonarheim in fix: [#3087] blockInput: true blocks input accessors #3235
• Fix Typo in Documentation: 15-tiled-plugin by @mosesintech in Fix Typo in Documentation: 15-tiled-plugin #3246
• feat: Add Slide Transition by @eonarheim in feat: Add Slide Transition #3248
• chore: Update dependency mermaid to v10.9.3 [SECURITY] by @renovate in chore: Update dependency mermaid to v10.9.3 [SECURITY] #3252
• chore(deps): bump http-proxy-middleware from 2.0.6 to 2.0.7 in /site by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump http-proxy-middleware from 2.0.6 to 2.0.7 in /site #3253
• chore(deps): bump webpack from 5.89.0 to 5.95.0 in /site by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump webpack from 5.89.0 to 5.95.0 in /site #3243
• fix: [precollision event inconsistencies between Actor hook and ColliderComponent event #3098] Make collision events consistent targets by @eonarheim in fix: [#3098] Make collision events consistent targets #3238
• fix: [bug: Top level Input Event Handling cannot be stopped from bubbling #3250] Stop cancelled pointer events from bubbling to the top level by @eonarheim in fix: [#3250] Stop cancelled pointer events from bubbling to the top level #3255
• feat: Nine-slice by @jyoung4242 in feat: Nine-slice #3241
• chore: Update coverallsapp/github-action action to v2.3.4 by @renovate in chore: Update coverallsapp/github-action action to v2.3.4 #3256
• chore: Update dependency @types/react to v18.3.12 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @types/react to v18.3.12 #3257
• chore: Update dependency serve to v14.2.4 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency serve to v14.2.4 #3258
• chore: Update dependency @mdx-js/react to v3.1.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @mdx-js/react to v3.1.0 #3260
• chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-storybook to v0.10.2 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-storybook to v0.10.2 #3261
• chore: Update babel monorepo by @renovate in chore: Update babel monorepo #3259
• chore: Update dependency node to v20.18.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency node to v20.18.0 #3264
• chore: Update dependency jasmine to v5.4.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency jasmine to v5.4.0 #3262
• chore: Update dependency jasmine-core to v5.4.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency jasmine-core to v5.4.0 #3263
• chore: Update dependencies by @eonarheim in chore: Update dependencies #3272
• chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.5.2 by @renovate in chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.5.2 #3228
• fix: [lastWorldPos should update when camera moves under pointer #3078] Pointer lastWorldPosition updates when the camera does by @eonarheim in fix: [#3078] Pointer lastWorldPosition updates when the camera does #3245
• Probably a typo in explaining actor children by @isokissa in Probably a typo in explaining actor children  #3274
• perf: Improve ex.Entity.get(...) by @eonarheim in perf: Improve ex.Entity.get(...) #3276
• docs: attempt a typedoc bump by @eonarheim in docs: attempt a typedoc bump #3281
• chore(deps): bump cross-spawn from 7.0.3 to 7.0.5 in /site by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump cross-spawn from 7.0.3 to 7.0.5 in /site #3279
• feat: Add ex.BezierCurve and CurveBy/CurveTo actions by @eonarheim in feat: Add ex.BezierCurve and CurveBy/CurveTo actions #3282
• Docs: Correct small typo by @isokissa in Docs: Correct small typo #3286
• feat: Actions with option bags and duration by @eonarheim in feat: Actions with option bags and duration #3289
• [Reduce Allocations for GraphicsGroup Draw Calls #3284] perf: reduce allocations for GraphicsGroup draw calls by @blakearoberts in [#3284] perf: reduce allocations for GraphicsGroup draw calls #3285
• chore: update api with new deprecations by @eonarheim in chore: update api with new deprecations #3290
• perf: Use geometry instancing in new ImageRendererV2 by @eonarheim in perf: Use geometry instancing in new ImageRendererV2 #3278
• perf: Improve pointer perf by keeping geometry local space by @eonarheim in perf: Improve pointer perf by keeping geometry local space #3013
• fixes broken link on screen element page. by @Adamduehansen in fixes broken link on screen element page. #3292
• chore: Update dependency @types/jasmine to v5.1.5 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @types/jasmine to v5.1.5 #3293
• chore: Update dependency husky to v9.1.7 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency husky to v9.1.7 #3295
• chore: Update dependency react-live to v4.1.8 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency react-live to v4.1.8 #3297
• chore: Update dependency @types/node to v20.17.9 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @types/node to v20.17.9 #3294
• chore: Update dependency mermaid to v11.4.1 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency mermaid to v11.4.1 #3296
• chore: Update dependency @fortawesome/fontawesome-free to v6.7.1 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @fortawesome/fontawesome-free to v6.7.1 #3298
• chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-storybook to v0.11.1 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency eslint-plugin-storybook to v0.11.1 #3300
• chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.6.3 by @renovate in chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.6.3 #3304
• feat: GPU particles implementation by @eonarheim in feat: GPU particles implementation #3212
• Revert "chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.6.3" by @eonarheim in Revert "chore: Update docusaurus monorepo to v3.6.3" #3308
• chore(deps): bump path-to-regexp from 1.8.0 to 1.9.0 in /site by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump path-to-regexp from 1.8.0 to 1.9.0 in /site #3307
• chore: Update dependency @types/node to v22 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency @types/node to v22 #3305
• chore: Update dependency css-loader to v6.11.0 by @renovate in chore: Update dependency css-loader to v6.11.0 #3299
• feat: Tiling Sprites and Animations by @eonarheim in feat: Tiling Sprites and Animations #3309
• feat: Make RotateTo+RotationType functionality more available by @isokissa in feat: Make RotateTo+RotationType functionality more available #3291
• Fix/docs typo mosesintech by @mosesintech in Fix/docs typo mosesintech #3313

Full Changelog: v0.29.3...v0.30.0

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