4000.0.0-alpha.23

[lajbel]

[4000.0.0-alpha.23] - 2025-11-05

Added

• Added getGamepadAnalogButton() to read the analog value of buttons like the
  triggers - @dragoncoder047

  isGamepadButtonDown("rtrigger"); // -> true/false, 0/1
  getGamepadAnalogButton("rtrigger"); // -> analog value between 0 (not pressed) and 1 (fully pressed)

• Added chorded button bindings using the Buttons API, so you can bind different
  actions to tab and shift+tab, and handle them like normal. Also works with
  gamepads and mouse! - @dragoncoder047

  kaplay({
      buttons: {
          forward: {
              keyboard: "tab",
              gamepad: "south",
          },
          backward: {
              keyboard: "shift+tab",
              gamepad: "rshoulder+south",
          },
      },
  });

• Added skew to text formatting, so now italics is possible - @dragoncoder047

• Added lifetime scopes, a way to define the lifetime of an event handler
  using a specific scope, scene, app or a game object - @lajbel,
  @dragoncoder047

  app.onUpdate(() => {
      // runs until it is cancelled
  });
  
  scene("game", () => {
      const obj = add([]);
  
      obj.onUpdate(() => {
          // runs until obj is destroyed
      });
  
      scene.onUpdate(() => { // or just onUpdate(() => {
          // runs until scene is changed
      });
  });

  All the available handlers in the scopes are GameEventHandlers ones:

  • onKeyDown()
  • onKeyPress()
  • onKeyPressRepeat()
  • onKeyRelease()
  • onCharInput()
  • onMouseDown()
  • onMousePress()
  • onMouseRelease()
  • onMouseMove()
  • onScroll()
  • onTouchStart()
  • onTouchMove()
  • onTouchEnd()
  • onGamepadConnect()
  • onGamepadDisconnect()
  • onGamepadButtonDown()
  • onGamepadButtonPress()
  • onGamepadButtonRelease()
  • onGamepadStick()
  • onButtonDown()
  • onButtonPress()
  • onButtonRelease()
  • onTabHide()
  • onTabShow()

  And this game object handlers may differ when using it with obj and
  scene/app:

  • onFixedUpdate()
  • onUpdate()
  • onDraw()

• Added app scope for app event handlers - @lajbel

  app.onUpdate(() => {
      // runs until it is cancelled
  });

• Added KAPLAYOpt.defaultLifetimeScope for setting the default lifetime scope
  used for event handlers - @lajbel

  kaplay({
      defaultLifetimeScope: "app", // default is "scene"
  });
  
  onKeyPress("space", () => {
      // runs until is cancelled
  });

• Added skew to text formatting, so now italics is possible - @dragoncoder047

Changed

• (!) Renamed onShow() to onTabShow() and onHide() to onTabHide() -
  @lajbel

• In addition to being the scene() function, now scene is also a scope for
  scene event handlers - @lajbel

  scene("game", () => {
      scene.onUpdate(() => { // or just onUpdate(() => {
          // runs until scene is changed
      });
  });

Fixed

• Now pushScene() and popScene() give the arguments to the scene in the same
  way that go() does rather than passing them all to the first argument as an
  array - @dragoncoder047
• Fixed a flicker due to the fadeIn not setting opacity until the next frame -
  @mflerackers
• Fixed FPS cap not working correctly - @mflerackers, @dragoncoder047

Full Changelog: 4000.0.0-alpha.22...4000.0.0-alpha.23

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