v1.6.0 — Modules for FX, Multiplayer, and 2D physics, and sprinkles of minor improvements

✨ 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 ct.light module for adding ambient lighting and textured lights
• Add ct.matter module for 2D physics. See the new example!
• Bundle ct.nakama module by @alexandargyurov — you can now create online games with ct.js!
• Group modded fields into collapsible sections with a new field type
• Nano ID catmod of the same-named tiny library by Andrei Sitnik
• Optionally make a camera stay inside a specific rectangle with new rooms’ settings.

⚡️ General Improvements

• 🍱 Update Electron used in desktop builds to v11.1.1
• Allow Background class to accept a pixi.js texture
• Modify emitter tandems to use PIXI.ParticleContainer. Provides better performance, and also fixes issue with un-tintable emitters.
• Renovate ct.desktop -> quit method
• Select only the needed Nw.js version for debugging

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Allow resetting values in type and texture inputs at modded fields
• Fix “}” at the end of some texture files’ names
• Fix bitmap font’s XML (“kerings” typo”)
• Fix broken context menu entry for textures to create a type from them
• Fix crashes of the built-in debugger; disable nw and node in the devtools
• Fix ct.place.meet returning duplicated references to copies if querying for multiple obstacles
• Fix icons for nightly and regular releases
• Fix Point2D initialization for modded fields
• In rooms’ copy spawning code, check for scaling extensions separately
• Remove the old main-menu tag

🍱 Demos, Dependencies and Stuff

• Update nw.js to v0.51.1

📝 Docs

• Add “Dragging Copies Around” tutorial by @qewer33
• 🐛 Add missing methods ct.types.isCopy, ct.u.hexToPixi, ct.u.pixiToHex
• 🐛 Add moveTo and teleportTo methods in ct.camera (#49 by @firecakes)
• ✨ Add a list of gamedev resources
• ⚡️ Add categories to ct.u methods list
• ⚡️ Minor edits for JS intro, pt. 1
• ⚡️ Refurbish the home page. Move most old content to “Basic concepts”. Add links to tutorials and the cheatsheet.
• 🐛 remove duplicate instruction to draw scoreLabel.
• Add a memo about ct.desktop.isNw and ct.desktop.isElectron
• Fixed typos in the Space Shooter tutorial by @sarturodev