[27 Apr 2025] Live session #16 - Updating a Project, Web/HTML5 & Advanced Concepts

This session was about how to update an existing (old) project, the new HTML5/Web platform and some advanced concepts:

How to update an existing Init-ed project
Export to the Web/HTML5 platform
Runtime font support, using TrueType/OpenType files:
- Regular font
- Signed Distance Field (SDF) fonts & customization
Rate-limited object creation
Context-based object creation:
- Dealing with complex object hierarchies
- Simple data-driven customization support

[8 Dec 2024] Live session #15 - Noise Texture Generation & Recent Features

This session was about the new Noise Texture Generation extension (and how it was made) and recent features:

Noise Texture extension
Use this extension’s internals to show:
- Masquerading as a new resource type to generate a resource content on the fly
- How to link hot reloading of config with texture
Recent features:
- FrameGrid config property (animation)
- Orientation config property (graphics)
- New options for the AutoReset config property (spawner)
- @<Section> support for Find[Owned]Child filters
- += working through inheritance
- Timeline, Shaders & Triggers fully working with inheritance
- Per-object virtual inputs (using ^ with ScrollObjects)
Texture loading benchmarking (PNG vs WEBP vs KTX2 vs QOI)

The “denoised” version is now available.

This session was about the new Trigger module as well as how to embedd orx in other codebases, along other engines and how to extend it:

The Orx community is pleased to announce the 1.15 release.
There are quite a few changes in this release.
Here are some highlights:

A new resource type, mem, has been added for in-memory/embedded resources. The embedded default font and orx logo are leveraging it, while ultimately reducing the size of the library/binary on disk.
The FX module has been completely overhauled and now supports Bezier curves & 30 web easing curves.
Trigger is a new module that allows to define and run commands, when handling hierarchical/cascading events. Some triggers have been internally added to handle physics collisions (On[Part]Collide/On[Part]Separate) and object lifetimes (OnCreate/OnDelete).
Input sets can now optionally be linked to ScrollObjects, providing a unified interface for controlling objects, either from physical devices, with code or with commands. Additionally, OnInput triggers will be fired for ScrollObject that are bound to an input set.
Orx can now easily run in headless mode, allowing for simple partial or complete embedding in other projects/engines.
Init can now update projects: adding/updating/removing extensions on existing projects.
Inspector, a new extension to inspect objects and their associated config at runtime.
Cheat, a new extension to handle cheat codes (think Konami code or Doom cheats).
SNDH, a new extension to play Atari ST audio files.
The Mod extension has been updated to support FastTracker 2 .XM & Scream Tracker 3 .S3M audio formats.
A ton of other features and quality of life improvements.

The “denoised” version is now available.

This session was about using & expanding on HTML color literals and using Init to update projects:

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