I'm Back + Bug Fixes (0.21.5 Alpha)


This release includes some bug fixes and a small adjustment to fix a bug that produced a blank, empty main window on Linux.

After spending some time yesterday reading my old developer log entries, I got all fired up about this project.  I'd completely forgotten some of the things I accomplished last year and was kind of dumb-founded by the animated gif demos of some of the newest features.  Then I spent several hours setting up my development environment, since I made the switch to Linux Mint just before Windows 7 hit end of life.  Been over a decade since I did any real software development on Linux.  Had to figure out from scratch how to get my old IDE (Jext) working on a modern system, since it's launcher scripts no longer work and it was written by someone that (at the time) didn't have the slightest clue how to make a proper runnable jar file.  Sadly, most developers that work in Java still don't know how to do that.

So, to put it more simply, I'm finally back from my long break.  I apologize for how long that was (just over a year).  I never intended to be gone so long, but I was jobless and too stressed to focus for a fair portion of last year.  After that I got a new job with quite high requirements.  I love my job, but I've been super busy with learning and memorizing all that I have to do.

I don't know quite what I'll be working on, but I'm just looking to have some fun for the time being.  That could mean almost anything, but will probably include squashing bugs and implementing minor features from my to do list.  I'm playing Skyrim at the moment, as well, but I'm nearly sick of that, so...give me a few weeks and I'll probably have my head fully in this project again.  I'll probably spend my breaks between gaming reading code and generally re-familiarizing myself with this project.

Files

bigblockengine-win-linux-osx-alpha.zip 12 MB
Version 0.21.5-Alpha Jun 17, 2020
bigblockengine-source.zip 3 MB
Version 0.21.5-Alpha Jun 17, 2020

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