Kate v0.23.6

The June 2023 experimental release of Kate was focused on having proper support for Ren'Py and Bitsy games. We've got a few other cool things in this release as well, though. You can read the full release notes here.

TL;DR:

• Full support for most Ren'Py and Bitsy games (and some Bitsy hacks). Gaps in the code translation and API emulation were filled, including a partial implementation of the IndexedDB API over Kate's own storage system.
• Flexible resolutions. Kate now has a few different modes for non-portable devices, and can run at a 1200x720 resolution.
• Mouse support. With a new pointer input API and equivalent bridge, works with any pointing device or touch screen input.
• Storage management. A new set of screens to view and manage storage usage, with an option to delete cartridge data without deleting save data (called "archiving").
• Support for Safari dropped. For now. At least until the missing APIs are implemented in Safari or I get the time to implement fallbacks for the most important ones.
• Brand new docs. Using Sphinx, and hopefully better organised than a bunch of markdown files now.

As always, you can try the new version online by using https://kate.qteati.me/. To update you should hold down Menu (by default Left Shift on keyboard), and then select About Kate. There you should see a button to update to version 0.23.6-a2. There will be a couple of database migrations running to account for quite a few changes to how we store data in this version.

There'll be no new pre-built binaries for a while, as we figure out how to get things properly sandboxed, but you can build them from the source yourself.