Ct.js game engine (old page! Open for the new one)

Devlog

• v5.2.1 — Bug fixes and improvements to Catnip
  November 03, 2024 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Ct.js v5.2.1 is out! 🎉 Bug fixes and improvements to Catnip This minor update fixes inability to use Script assets with Catnip language and some other issues. Many Catnip blocks were also improved... Continue reading

  
• v5.2.0 — Object list in room editor and general improvements
  October 13, 2024 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Ct.js v5.2.0 is out! 🎉 Object list in room editor and general improvements This update brings a new context window to the room editor: when you’re in the Select mode, a new toolbar on the right s... Continue reading

  
• Announcing the 4th ct.js game jam!
  August 13, 2024 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #jam

  The ct.js game jam finally returns! This jam’s theme is Whiskers of time 😺 Create fun historical games that may or may not involve cats 🐈 The jam will span four weekends and a work week in-bet... Continue reading

  
• v5.1.0 — Enumeration asset type, asset searchbar, and QoL improvements
  July 20, 2024 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Ct.js v5.1.0 is out! 🎉 Enumeration asset type, asset searchbar, and QoL improvements This release adds a new Enumeration asset type — an asset and a data type that contains a set of named constan... Continue reading

  
• v5.0 releases with a visual programming language Catnip!
  June 15, 2024 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Ct.js v5.0.0 is out! 🎉 Visual programming language Catnip! Plus better bitmap font support, Typeface asset type, and more! The main feature of ct.js v5 is Catnip — a block-based visual scripting... Continue reading

  
• Ct.js v4.0.1 — minor bug fixes and improvements
  February 18, 2024 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #update, #patch

  This update addresses several issues that were found in v4.0.0. ⚡️ General Improvements Changed button text from Save to Apply (#495 by @AnukratiMehta) Improve migration script for v4 to handle ca... Continue reading

  
• Ct.js v4.0.0 — more than a year worth of work with hundreds of new features and improvements!
  February 10, 2024 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release

  Ct.js v4.0.0 is out! 🎉 Behaviors, base classes, UI tools, new sound engine, asset folders, settings API, update to pixi.js v7, and much, much more After more than a year the day has finally come: c... Continue reading

  
• Ct.js v3.3.0
  December 13, 2023 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release

  ✨ New Features Ct.js now adds hash sums of exported files’ names to textures, icons, and your game’s source code. It makes it easier to update your games on your own servers and prevents the usa... Continue reading

  
• v3.2.0 — Support for CoffeeScript, a simple, easy to write language that can do everything JavaScript does!
  December 25, 2022 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Ct.js v3.2.0 is out! 🎉 This version brings support for CoffeeScript, a simple, easy to write language that can do everything JavaScript does! The core of this update is support for CoffeeScript, a... Continue reading

  
• Work in progress: CoffeeScript in ct.js!
  November 20, 2022 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #work in progress, #ctjs, #wip

  Have you heard of CoffeeScript? If your answer is “yes”, there are high chances that you’re as old as a dinosaur or, say, me, and that you’re looking at this post with disgust right now. It wa... Continue reading

  
• v3.1.0 — TypeScript support, multiple ct.js windows support, translations, and a bunch of QoL improvements and fixes
  November 08, 2022 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Ct.js v3.1.0 is out! 🎉 TypeScript support, multiple ct.js windows support, translations, and a bunch of QoL improvements and fixes Though I had little time working on ct.js these days, our marvello... Continue reading

  
• Ct.js v3.0.1 is out! 🎉
  September 12, 2022 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Bug fixes for v3.0 and more translations by community! This patch fixes several bugs found in version 3.0: it fixes black screen on project reload, hotkey problems in the room editor, game crashes whe... Continue reading

  
• Ct.js v3 — new room editor & events framework!
  September 09, 2022 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  ✨ New Features Add a tour-guide tag for making tours in ct.IDE. Add an overview guide to the app-menu. Also simplifies the code of app-menu navigation a bit. Add ct.rooms.restart() method Events fra... Continue reading

  
• v2.0.2 — Bunch of fixes for v2, translations updates for Chinese and Turkish language.
  April 17, 2022 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  ✨ New Features Internal: Add two utility classes to change cursor on specific elements ⚡️ General Improvements Add an explicit close button to the asset-selector, if there is a cancel action def... Continue reading
• ct.js v2 is out 🎉
  March 26, 2022 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Better. Smarter. More powerful. Ct.js v2, after almost a year of development, is finally out 🎉 This update makes a groundwork for a more efficient evolvement of ct.js, and also brings a ton of new... Continue reading

  
• v1.7.0 — a smaller update with custom copies' properties, project cloning feature, and Russian i18n update
  April 10, 2021 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  ✨ New Features Add custom properties modal for copies (#275 by @firecakes) Added map() function to ct.u (#274 by @qewer33) Clone projects from the starting screen ⚡️ General Improvements 🌐 Up... Continue reading

  
• v1.6.2 with fixes of v1.6.0 and Pixi.js update
  March 31, 2021 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  ⚡️ General Improvements Add JS map files for pixi.js Update pixi.js to v5.3.8 🐛 Bug Fixes :bento: Fix 2DPhysics example Fix teleport, spin, rotate, and rotateBy methods in ct.matter module 🐉... Continue reading
• v1.6.0 — Modules for FX, Multiplayer, and 2D physics, and sprinkles of minor improvements
  March 28, 2021 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  ✨ New Features Add ct.filters module by SN from our Discord server. The module allows creating special visual effects with filters or custom shaders, applied to your copies or a whole viewport Add c... Continue reading

  
• v1.5.1 — 100% Chinese translation, nw.js update, and minor improvements
  December 24, 2020 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #ct.js, #update

  ✨ New Features New tweening functions (elastic, bounce, and with backward motion) for ct.tween by kkornushin Two UI themes Pooxel Green and Pooxel Blue for that retro feel 👾 ⚡️ General Improv... Continue reading

  
• v1.5.0 is out with a bunch of new APIs and modules!
  November 08, 2020 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #update, #ctjs

  Hello, Programmer Cats! A new version of ct.js releases, and it brings tons of goodies… Let’s highlight a few: ct.place got a bunch of tracing functions: you can now check for collisions around ob... Continue reading

  
• Nightly builds are now available!
  August 12, 2020 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #nightly

  Ct.js now has a Nightly release channel that provides you new releases directly from our repo, daily . This allows you to get the latest features before they are officially released, though you will g... Continue reading

  
• The future of ct.js
  August 10, 2020 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  So, what's next? Ct.js has walked an eventful journey during this year or two. It got a much more performant graphics engine, more modules, more input methods, code editor with powerful typing capabil... Continue reading

  
• Hotfix v1.4.1— Solve issues with older projects, custom scripts, and room editor
  August 09, 2020 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  This release fixes issues with older projects (notably bundled examples), as well as polishes the room editor. 🐛 Bug Fixes Fix indefinite behavior after placing copies and switching to the properti... Continue reading

  
• v1.4.0 — Bitmap fonts, integrated debugger, ct.inherit, modules overhaul, and more!
  August 09, 2020 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  ✨ New Features Bitmap fonts — see new docs on how to use them. These fonts solve issues with blurry pixel art fonts in games, and also provide higher performance for dynamic text! ct.assert module... Continue reading

  
• I released a free, multi-purpose asset pack!
  February 12, 2020 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #bonus, #assets

  Hey there, I released a new 2D asset pack with cute animals, that will help you create farming simulators, puzzle games, arcades, and many other games. Use it for free, and make great games! You can g... Continue reading

  
• v1.2.1 Hotfix: enable legacy renderer inside ct.IDE so that style editor does not break everything
  November 26, 2019 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  If ct.js works with WebGL for you, then you can safely skip this hotfix. It fixes a problem with those PCs that don’t support WebGL. 🐛 Bug fixes ct.IDE should use pixi.js-legacy internally as wel... Continue reading
• v1.2.0 — a new code editor, support for legacy devices, and other improvements
  November 26, 2019 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Hey, creators! A new ct.js version arrives, featuring a better, sleeker code editor, support for a legacy renderer for older devices, hotkeys, new methods and variables, and a good number of bug fixes... Continue reading

  
• v1.1.0 — Pt-Br translations, easier collision editing, ct.place bug fixes, Yarn support, and even more!
  October 15, 2019 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  Another update! This one solves serious problems with ct.place, add support for dialog system Yarn, adds better collision editor, and more. Contributions from community Improved collision shape editor... Continue reading

  
• v1.0.2 — Fix desktop export, add support for OGG, and improve docs
  September 24, 2019 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #ct.js, #update, #hotfix

  🐛 Bug fixes Fix broken desktop export, as well as uncatched errors Fix textures' "frame count" property not working (#120) by @island205 🎉 Update parameter names in ct.sprite's readme ⚡ Genera... Continue reading

  
• ct.js v1.0.1 — a number of bug fixes 🐛🔨
  September 04, 2019 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #ct.js, #update, #hotfix

  🐛 Bug Fixes Fix the broken sound import Fix improper movement of vertically repeating backgrounds Add actions field to new projects. Fixes the issue with "project.actions are not iterable" ⚡ Gene... Continue reading

  
• ct.js v1.0.0 🎉 Virtual joysticks, new UI theme, 3D audio, and moar!
  September 04, 2019 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #update, #ct.js

  The release was available on GitHub past yesterday, but in case you missed it, here are the news about this brand new™️ version! Bug Fixes Debugger should never run in fullscreen mode Fix broken p... Continue reading

  
• Ct.js goes open-source! 🐙
  August 15, 2019 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #announcement, #community

  Another kitty appears on the horizon... And it's GitHub! TL;DR: https://github.com/ct-js/ct-js At this week, ct.js is released under MIT license, meaning that it is now an open-source software! As th... Continue reading

  
• ct.js v1.0.0-next-3 — Actions system, Russian docs, and tons of fixes and tweaks
  March 31, 2019 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #update, #ct.js, #next

  Here comes another update! It brings a new Actions system, which unifies different input methods into one convenient API, brings documentation translations for Russian community, and tons of edits and... Continue reading

  
• ct.js v1.0.0-next-2 — Skeletal Animations, Better Room Editor, Complex Collision Shapes, and More!
  January 27, 2019 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release, #next, #update

  Hey there! The Next channel got a new update. This update brings a ton of various improvements, as well as new and shiny features! Skeletal animations with DragonBones DragonBones is a free app that a... Continue reading

  
• ct.js v0.5.3 — Maintenance update
  December 05, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release, #maintenance

  This is a maintenance update for the release channel that mostly grabs a bunch of improvements from v1.0 and adds them to 0.5. ⚡ General Improvements Ctrl+S and autosave/recovery feature 🐛 Bug Fi... Continue reading

  
• ct.js v1.0 Next — New Alpha Channel Comes with WebGL support!
  December 01, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release, #next, #update

  The first ever alpha version of ct.js v1.0.0 is out! You can get it now on itch.io . It introduces the new WebGL-based renderer, that gives your projects a significant speed boost and opens an avenue... Continue reading

  
• v0.5.0 — Blazing-fast ct.place, game packer, code completions and more!
  October 27, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release

  And here comes a shiny-new update to ct.js! This update aims towards making ct.js both feature-rich and highly efficient. ct.place optimizations The most important change comes to ct.place: it got a b... Continue reading

  
• Launching Patreon page!
  September 30, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #patreon, #community

  This post is mainly copied from a similar announcement on Cosmic Everyday page. I'm launching my Patreon page ! 🎉 This enables you to support me as a developer and make a better future for ct.js... Continue reading

  
• v0.4.1 — Little Workflow Improvements & a New Tutorial
  September 24, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release, #tutorial

  This small release includes the changes made while making that game for another Mini Jam, but it also adds a new tutorial on how to save your game state and load it later. ⚡ General Improvements A b... Continue reading

  
• Launching Discord Server! 🎉
  September 14, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #discord, #community

  I decided to create a discord server for two of my apps: Cosmic Everyday and ct.js. Yaaay! Here you can get support, report bugs, find other creators, or just chill in a cosmic atmosphere 😎... Continue reading

  
• v0.4.0 and a New Tutorial!
  September 12, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release

  Hey there! Here comes another update to ct.js. It also contains a new tutorial on how to create a simple platformer! It is different from the Greed demo, though, so check it out ! A notable change is... Continue reading

  
• v0.3.1 — hotfixing blocking bugs and bringing an experimental tile editor!
  August 24, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release

  This is a quick update with fixes for backgrounds and JS minifier. It also adds an experimental tile editor, but mainly just because it happened to be merged in the dev branch already :b Don't expect... Continue reading
• ct.js v0.3.0 brings night theme, Git-friendly projects, and more!
  August 17, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release

  Hey there! Here comes another, better version of ct.js, that mainly fixes workflow issues that we faced while creating a game Disposable Magic . ✨ New Features 💄 Dark theme! ct.sprite catmod ct.s... Continue reading

  
• First update to ct.js is here! 🎉
  August 05, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release

  The first major update to ct.js has just been released! This update solves bugs, improves UI, adds modules for better sounds and for auto-scaling the drawing canvas, adds raytracing to ct.place, and m... Continue reading

  
• ct.js is released! 🎉
  July 31, 2018 by Cosmo Myzrail Gorynych

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  #release

  Hooray! I've finally released ct.js — my very own game editor. ct.js aims to make learning programming fun and game development easy by its visual editors and well-documented code library. It is bas... Continue reading