Gethes v0.03 Update

Gethes v0.03 focuses on foundation upgrades, smoother UX, and new gameplay systems.
This update integrates the planned dependency stack directly into runtime features.

Highlights

• Live mod auto-reload with watchdog
• New visual in-game menu powered by pygame-menu
• New physics minigame powered by pymunk
• Improved animation curves using pytweening
• Audio backend fallback support using miniaudio (optional)

New Features

1) Live Mod Watcher

• Theme and story mod files now reload automatically when changed.
• Supported folders:
  • mods/themes
  • mods/story
• In-game notifications confirm detected reload events.
• New command:
  • mods status
  • mods reload

2) Visual Menu

• Added visual launcher command:
  • vmenu (aliases: menuui, visualmenu)
• Quick access to mini-games, story mode, options, achievements, and help.

3) New Minigame: Physics Lab

• New command:
  • physics (aliases: lab, physicslab)
• Real-time physics challenge with score tracking and replay loop.

4) UI Animation Improvements

• Transition and easing polish now use pytweening when available.
• Safe fallback path keeps behavior stable if dependency is missing.

5) Audio Reliability Upgrade

• Added optional miniaudio fallback backend for cases where pygame.mixer cannot initialize.
• SFX diagnostics now show the active backend.

Dev / Build Updates

• Updated runtime dependencies in requirements.txt.
• Updated packaging hidden imports for PyInstaller builds.
• Added/updated dependency integration docs.
• Added physics logic tests.

Validation

• Test status: 21 passed
• Compile check: successful

Notes

• miniaudio is integrated as an optional fallback backend.
• On some Python 3.13 setups, installing miniaudio may require local C++ Build Tools.