VNgen - The Next-gen Visual Novel Engine

Devlog

• Roadmap - Plotting the Course for VNgen 2.0!
  October 08, 2021 by XGASOFT

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  #community

  Greetings, game makers! Some of you might have noticed that it's been a while since VNgen last received a version update--over a year and a half, to be exact. In this post, I wanted to both address wh... Continue reading

  
• 1.0.8
  February 07, 2020 by XGASOFT

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  #updates

  Your eyes aren't deceiving you! It's finally here: the first major VNgen update since the roadmap to version 1.1.0 was announced nearly one year ago. The new 1.0.8 update lays the groundwork for a who... Continue reading
• 1.0.7
  February 24, 2019 by XGASOFT#updates

  Replaced internal timing functions with a simpler, more versatile timing system Added automatic checks to preserve custom text alignment when drawing VNgen Previously it was required to manually reset... Continue reading
• 1.0.6
  September 22, 2018 by XGASOFT#updates

  Important Notice: This will be the final update for GMS 1.4, as support for this version of the IDE has ended and the ability to manage marketplace assets through the old version has been removed. Cha... Continue reading
• 1.0.5
  August 04, 2018 by XGASOFT#updates

  Added support for using variables in [font] markup Fixed button states not being cleared on destroy Fixed errors if vngen_object_clear is run when an object has already been cleared... Continue reading
• 1.0.4
  July 20, 2018 by XGASOFT

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  #updates

  Added global volume controls for music, sound, voice, and vox Added support for built-in cursor states to vngen_set_cursor Added support for auto text positioning in extended option and button functio... Continue reading
• 1.0.3
  July 08, 2018 by XGASOFT#updates

  Added ‘auto’ keyword support to vngen_text_create_* actions to better facilitate NVL-style presentation Using ‘auto’ positioning will create the new text entity directly below the previous one... Continue reading
• 1.0.2
  June 14, 2018 by XGASOFT#updates

  Updated debug console to accept escaped commas as ^, instead of \, This change was necessary to escape markup in GMS2, but was changed in both versions for interoperability Fixed vngen_goto and vngen_... Continue reading
• 1.0.1
  June 07, 2018 by XGASOFT

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  #updates

  1.0.1 Miscellaneous fixes and improvements 1.0.0 Added native GameMaker Studio 2 support GameMaker Studio 1 support now moved to critical updates and bug fixes only Added native 4K support to intern... Continue reading
• 0.9.9 (Early Access)
  May 05, 2018 by XGASOFT#updates, #early access

  Added vngen_goto_unread to skip to the nearest option block or unread event Added functions to set shader floats, samplers, and matrices Added functions to replace sounds and vox while synchronizing p... Continue reading
• 0.9.8 (Early Access)
  April 21, 2018 by XGASOFT#updates, #early-access

  Added per-entity shader support and a selection of included shaders Support for custom uniforms coming in a future update Added make_color_rgb_to_hex to complement make_color_hex, which has now been r... Continue reading
• 0.9.7 (Early Access)
  April 07, 2018 by XGASOFT#early access, #update

  Added vngen_room_goto to switch rooms while properly cleaning up VNgen data and preserving log data Added support for multiple renderlevels to improve compatibility with some platforms such as Android... Continue reading
• 0.9.6 (Early Access)
  March 25, 2018 by XGASOFT#updates

  Externalized transitions as a new category of keyframe animations Added support for performing animations, deformations, and effects in reverse Added optional ease override support to animations, defo... Continue reading
• 0.9.5 (Early Access)
  March 10, 2018 by XGASOFT#updates

  Added new tiled scenes system with support for rotation, gradient color blending, wipe transitions, and deforms Added paragraph alignment support to text (labels coming soon) Added animation blending... Continue reading
• 0.9.4 (Early Access)
  February 10, 2018 by XGASOFT#updates

  0.9.4 (Early Access) Updated syntax for consistency and ease of use Added ‘all’ keyword support to modify, animate, effects, audio, and log button functions Added ‘idle’ argument to vngen_char... Continue reading
• 0.9.3 (Early Access)
  January 28, 2018 by XGASOFT

  Rewrote developer command console (now QCMD!) Added support for keyboard cursor navigation (left/right/home/end) Added support for repeat input if key is held down Externalized commands – console is... Continue reading
• 0.9.2 (Early Access)
  December 16, 2017 by XGASOFT

  Updates Fixed an issue causing touch scrolling to sometimes scroll the backlog infinitely Fixed manual linebreaks being removed from backlog text Fixed backlog entries being listed in literal order ra... Continue reading
• 0.9.1 (Early Access)
  December 05, 2017 by XGASOFT#updates

  Updates Added online and offline documentation Added additional macros for entity types, which can now be tested with vngen_exists Added new zoom transitions which replace the old scale transition Rew... Continue reading