v0.18.0

Highlights

• Support for mods that require the Kristal Engine to run.
• Dedicated game pages with metadata, patches, and language options, optimized for portrait and landscape layouts.
• Improved patch management.
• Support for physical keyboards and gamepads.
• [Experimental] Android TV support.
• [Experimental] Per-game and per-mod translations.

Kristal Launcher API

• Games and mods can use Kristal.getModOption("kristalLauncher") and Kristal.getModOption("kristalLauncher.info") to detect the launcher and access launch information.

Kristal Engine & Mods

• Manage Kristal Engine runtimes from Settings.
• Engine-dependent mods are detected automatically, with guidance to install a runtime when needed.
• A floating shortcut on the Home screen launches the selected global runtime.

Game Pages

• New game details page showing the original icon, description, game and engine versions, and Play and Favorite actions.
• Manage patches directly from each game's page.
• Game-specific patches are listed separately, above general patches, whether installed or available for download.
• Recommended patches are clearly labeled.

Patches

• Added a Russian engine translation patch, adapted from [kristal_rus](https://github.com/neofarsh/kristal_rus).
• Added a Spanish engine translation patch.
• [Experimental] Added a performance patch for Cooking with Kindness.

Languages

• New Languages tab alongside Patches, where you can keep the original language, install a community translation, import a local project, or create your own.
• Streamlined, user-friendly text translation editor.
• The experimental catalog currently includes 21 translation packs for 12 games: 12 in Brazilian Portuguese and 9 in Spanish.
• Image editing is not yet supported; the editor currently handles text only.
• THIS IS EXPERIMENTAL.

UI, Library & Game Detection

• Fixed theme updates across screens and dynamically created UI elements, including fonts, colors, and focus outlines.
• Improved tab and patch-setting selectors, including language selection highlighting.
• Refined grid card sizing, spacing, and Play buttons; added a BETA label to the header.
• Fixed game icon priority: preview/ icons are used only as fallbacks. Preview images can now appear as card backgrounds.
• Improved support for nested games and unusual file paths inside archives.

Other

• The debug version will only be made available in the pre-release update.
• The project is now licensed under the MIT License.
• Fixed minor bugs.

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v0.17.11

• Added interactive tutorial on the Home Screen via the "?" button.
• Implemented DELTARUNE theme support.
• Fixed minor bugs.

v0.17.10

Fix tested games list formatting