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Update: 0.7.0

  • Fix Animator's type checking
  • Add Sound to modules
  • Add settings regarding Sound

Update: 0.6.2

  • Removed debug prints left in on accident
  • Rename type UiBase to UIBase
  • Documentation site improvements
  • Removed support of the Type symbol having aliases
  • Added Symbols.RegisterCustomSymbol() function to create custom symbols more easily
  • Added wrapper function in Scene for Symbols.RegisterCustomSymbol()
  • Fixed spelling mistakes
  • Removed deprecated RDC runner script
  • Fixed Rethink throwing errors if Rethink.GetModules() was called before it's initialized
  • Updated warnings in Template, Scene
  • Added Scene.Cleanup()
  • Fixed bug relating to Pool not returning the correct object
  • Moved Scene.Events.ObjectRemoved invoking to object's cleanup method
  • Replaced .IsLoading to .State to indicate the states that scene is in, such as: Loading, Flushing, Standby
  • Removed Scene throwing a warning in .Flush() was called, when the scene is empty
  • Added LinkTag and LinkGet symbols to reference other objects in the scene module
  • Cleaned up Symbols module, separation of each handler into its own module
  • Updates docs of Scene to match current state
  • Scene no longer returns a Promise when .Load is called
  • Renamed back 3rd party modules to their original names
  • Renamed Animation back to Animator
  • Fixed error regarding not formatting objects correctly when throwing errors
  • Scene now exports ObjectReference type
  • Removed SelfView, CompilerChunkSize from settings
  • Added Class symbol to define object ClassNames
  • Utilize gitmodules to track third party libraries
  • Symbols now return visual objects (e.g. Frame)
  • Object's reference table is now initially set up with symbol handling
  • Rewritten Scene.Remove() to use Scene.GetObjectReference() internally
  • Rewritten Scene.Flush(), Scene.Load() to stop using TaskDistributor
  • Use promise in symbol handlers to catch warnings to prevent code halting
  • Fixed memory-leak when removing objects using Scene.Remove()
  • Removed TaskDistributor
  • Renamed ShouldFlush to Permanent
  • Built-in symbols now do type-checking
  • Reworked messages and logging using Log library
  • Add missing documentation for the main module (init.lua)
  • Fixed inconsistencies with types not being capitalized sometimes
  • Add Children symbol
  • Make ObjectPool create new instances if the specified kind does not exist
  • ObjectPool now only resets objects that are GuiBase2d

Update: 0.6.1

  • Fixed objects not being removed completely
  • Rewritten ObjectPool
  • Added new argument stripSymbols to .Remove
  • Symbols are now being tracked with their own IDs
  • Symbols have their own Janitor now
  • Fixed documentation
  • Symbols now use .Symbols table to store data instead of using the object's reference table directly
  • Fixed symbols staying on objects after flushed or removed
  • Added .Init and .GetModules function to Rethink
  • Restructure of engine internals

Update: 0.6.0

  • Added aliases to the Type symbol:
    • Layer UiBase
    • Static UiBase
    • Dynamic Rigidbody
  • Deployed documentation
  • Added pin_game.md to request your game getting pinned on the landing page as an example
  • Introduced TaskDistributor
  • Optimized Scene Flush and Load
  • Refactoring, as well as removing Utils
  • Fix Physics now automatically rescaling canvas, if viewport's size changed
  • Simplifed UI hierarchy
    • GameFrame
    • RenderFrame
    • Viewport
    • Ui
  • Introduced UiPool to try and minimize the rapid creation and deletion of objects
  • Introduced Settings, where you can customize features to your likings
  • Introduced Prototypes, that can be accessed with Rethink.Prototypes
  • Now Components and Tools can be accessed with Rethink for quality-of-life
  • Optimizations regarding Rendering
  • Prototype Culling feature, to attempt to optimize heavy object scenarios
  • Restructured code into three different categories:
    • Core: The main deal of Rethink, modules made by me and are necessary
    • Environment: Modules created by jaipack17 regarding physics and collisions
    • Utility: Smaller modules that are expected to be used less often than Core ones
  • Introduced Animation a new animation module for Spritesheets and Set of images
  • Removed being able to use custom Protocol modules, due to it just adding more complexity
  • Made Scene.GetBodyFromTag into a single function
  • Introduced Symbols that can be used in Scene files
    • Tag: Gives the given object a tag(s) fetch it with CollectionService or Scene:GetRigidbodyFromTag
    • Property: Applies properties or symbols to objects in the group or the container
    • Type: How the compiler handles the object UiBase and Rigidbody
    • Children: Add objects that are parented to the given object
    • Event: Hook events to the given object
    • DAF: Determines if the object will get deleted on .Flush() (Delete After Flush)
    • Rigidbody: Add rigidbody properties that later get fed into the Physics engine
  • Switched from using Wrapper to instead using Template to pass on classes
  • Replaced : with . where Wrapper was used
  • Added documentation for functions (as well as JSDoc here and there)
  • Added Scene.IsRigidbody for identifying rigidbodies easier
  • Added Default properties to objects when compiling objects
  • Introduced Template, a simple global data holder
  • Removed ReadOnly
  • Added Strings for editing throw messages, header easier
  • Cleaned up GenerateGUI
  • A Dev place has been made available to see my progress on the engine Click here to view!
  • Introduced TypeCheck
  • Lot of code refactoring
  • Unit test for TaskDistributor
  • Removed the Input library
  • Created new logo for Rethink
  • Added github issue templates
  • Moved actual engine code into src

For upcoming updates:

  • Add Rethink to Wally
  • Create a lite version of Rethink
  • Finish development of RePreview
  • Create an example game
  • Update GitHub page more frequently :)

Update: 0.5.3

  • Updated physics (Nature2D) to V: 0.6.0
  • Added scene:GetRigidbodyFromTag() and scene:GetRigidbodiesFromTag()
  • idk

Update: 0.5.2

  • Updated physics (Nature2D) to V: 0.5.4
  • Added Outline
  • Reverted function's first letter to lowercase
  • Added Gamepad to inputs
  • Added fixedRot and fixedPos to rigidbodies

Update: 0.4.1

  • Made functions' first letter uppercase and the rest lowercase
  • Made module names more consistent with eachother

Update: 0.4.0

  • Added current to inputs
  • Added Template to tools

Update: 0.3.0

  • Added scene manager
  • Added test folder

Update: 0.2.0

  • Added utility functions for rigid bodies

Update: 0.1.0

  • Inital release