v1.4.0

Add menu and settings and fix the bugs with drawing of the text rectangles.

Change Log

• drawing of the text rectangles:
  • fix the bug with infinite animation and sound if there is only one text rectangle;
  • fix the bug with a doubled gap after the last text rectangle;
• menu and settings:
  • main menu allows to choose between the general drawing modes (see above);
  • background settings allow to choose between the background drawing modes (see above);
  • text rectangle settings allow to set the text to be displayed.

Features

• common features:
  • draw in the fullscreen mode;
  • quit by Escape key;
• drawing of the background:
  • use Conway's Game of Life as a background:
    • use the naive algorithm with iterating and copying of a whole field;
    • ignore outside points;
    • support for a start delay for populating;
  • automatic horizontal and vertical centering;
  • quit at a finish of the animation:
    • for the duration of the animation is taken the minimum duration of the end YouTube screen;
  • support for the several drawing modes:
    • pale mode;
    • transparent mode;
    • blur mode:
      • box blur;
      • fast Gaussian blur;
      • Gaussian blur;
      • glow;
• drawing of the logo (optionally):
  • automatic horizontal and vertical centering;
  • fade in and out:
    • support for a start delay for fading in;
    • quit at the finish of the fading out;
    • play the sounds during the animation:
      • play the foreground sound during the fading in;
      • play the background sound during the fading in and out;
• drawing of the text rectangles (optionally):
  • automatic horizontal and vertical centering;
  • align text in the rectangles to the center;
  • automatic text splitting into lines:
    • each line contains as many words as possible;
    • select the largest possible font size to fit the text on the screen;
  • animations:
    • animation of appearing from behind the edge of the screen;
    • animation of letter-by-letter typing;
    • common features:
      • all animations run sequentially one after the other;
      • support for a start delay for animation;
      • quit at the finish of the animation;
      • play the separate sound during each animation;
• menu and settings:
  • main menu allows to choose between the general drawing modes (see above);
  • background settings allow to choose between the background drawing modes (see above);
  • text rectangle settings allow to set the text to be displayed.