A new release has been just finalised: nCine 2020.05.

Some of its highlights are covered by the following video:

JugiMap API supports the nCine

Sprite system enhancements

Qt5 desktop backend

Nuklear GUI integration

FileSystem API

Support for ANGLE rendering libraries on Windows

For a more detailed list of changes and improvements you can refer to the Release 2020.05 page.
Don't forget to check the updated DoxyGen documentation and the Lua API functions list.

After quite some time I'm now nearly done with the introduction of custom memory allocators support.
It required a big overhaul of my custom containers as well, as they didn't clearly separate the allocation phase from object construction.

Now that most of the work is done I can celebrate with a short video that explains the four types of memory allocators supported by the nCine: Linear, Stack, Pool and FreeList.

You can read the the #14 development update, with the progress from the second half of December 2019 to the first half of March 2020, at the following address: https://encelo.github.io/2020-03-23-ncine-dev-update-14//.

Some of the highlights:

Support for the ANGLE libraries

Qt5 desktop backend

A new cross-platform file system API

Some Emscripten fixes to compile on latest versions

Yesterday I published SpookyGhost, a tool that lets you animate multiple sprites in a procedural way.

It is based on the nCine, meaning it is coded in C++, it uses ImGui, and it would potentially run on all the engine supported platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS, Android and Emscripten.

At the moment you can download a demo for Windows and macOS.
It has no limitations, you can find it on Itch.io.

Some of the tool features are:

• Parent-child relations between sprites for advanced transformations
• You can create animation groups and play them in parallel or sequentially
• Unlimited canvas size with custom background color
• Tuneable shift, scale and speed for animations
• Multiple easing curves and loop modes
• Export frames as single images or as a spritesheet
• Use the mouse to select a rectangular region of a texture for your sprite
• Use the mouse to set the anchor point for grid deformation animations
• Native version for Windows and macOS
• Coded in C++ for maximum performance and efficient memory use

Have a look at this video for an example of what it can do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqxX3VTt39o

You can read the the #13 development update, with the progress from the second half of September to the first half of December 2019, at the following address: https://encelo.github.io/2019-12-24-ncine-dev-update-13/.

Some of the highlights:

Support for the JugiMap map editor

Various Emscripten enhancements

Integration with the Nuklear immediate GUI toolkit