Bug fixes

• Fixed errors with w4 run-native and w4 bundle when WASM-4 is installed with npm.
• Fixed WAT project template compilation on Windows.

Bug fixes

• Fixed Windows 7 support.

Features

• #321 Both the web and native runtimes use the same audio generator.
• Improved audio quality and performance on web.
• #353 Added attack peak volume param to tone (thanks @mun-ableton)
• #341 Implemented disk storage on native (thanks @JerwuQu)
• #357 Prefix disk localStorage key with the cart title on web, and add --html-disk-prefix param to w4 bundle (thanks @JerwuQu)
• #358 The way that w4 png2src orders the palette has changed again (thanks @JerwuQu):
  • For indexed pngs, it uses the order of the png palette.
  • Otherwise, the palette is sorted by color brightness.
• #369 Added arrow and button icons to the built-in font that games can display with text (thanks again @JerwuQu!)

Bug fixes

• Fix various audio bugs.
• #12 Handle WebGL context loss.

Other

• Added libretro ports to several new platforms: Nintendo DS, Switch, WiiU, PSP, PS Vita, iOS (thanks @phcoder)

Features

• w4 png2src no longer requires an indexed PNG, by @christopher-kleine. NOTE: this may produce sprites with palettes in a different order than the previous version of w4 png2src.
• Implement audio in the native runtime
• Added a hotkey (F7) to swap the keyboard to control players 3 and 4 in order to test 3+ player games during development. In the future there will be better ways to control players 3 and 4.
• New projects use the LLVM --stack-first option, which will make it easier for developers to detect stack overflows in the future, by @ZetaNumbers and @sporksmith
• Better error reporting if the cart could not be loaded

Bug fixes

• Fixed C/C++ project Makefile on Windows, thanks Hink
• Fixed a crash bug when rebooting carts, by @DenialAdams
• Fixed a crash bug on native with certain carts, thanks @ZapAnton

Other

• Added a C snake tutorial by @thedavesims
• Improvements to libretro support by @phcoder and @RobLoach
• The WASM-4 game jam starts tomorrow! Join us on Discord, have fun, and good luck :rocket:

Features

• Integrated devtools by @FaberVitale, press F8 to open the devtools panel
• New supported languages:
  • Nelua by @AKDev21, @Andre-LA, @edubart
  • WAT by @binji
  • C++
• Added keyboard controls for Gamepad 2: ESDF + Shift/Tab + Q/A
• Added --port option to w4 watch/run, and automatically use a different port if unavailable @christopher-kleine
• Improved cart crash handling, including an error screen by @joshgoebel, @desttinghim

Bug Fixes

• Fix popping in audio, and reduce audio volume, by @rohlem, @OliveIsAWord
• Fix for blitting non-byte-aligned sprites by @luehmann
• Increase stack size on native runtime to prevent crashes by @sporksmith
• Fix for the gamepad overlay appearing on desktop in bundled HTML builds by @joshgoebel
• Fixes for iOS Safari by @FaberVitale
• Fixes and improvements to the new project templates and documentation by many contributors. Thank you!

• Breaking change: Removed undocumented seed and abort imports. AssemblyScript projects should update their asconfig.json and src/wasm4.ts from the starter template.
• Add support for Nim (thanks @Yardanico)
• Add support for Odin (thanks @christopher-kleine and @gingerBill)
• Add support for Zig (thanks @jaese)
• Improved support for D (thanks @tjpalmer)

• Added options for bundling native executables with w4 bundle.
• Added w4 run-native.
• Added new SYSTEM_FLAGS memory register.
• Added support for D.