Say hello to the first dot release of Popochiu 2. This version fixes many bugs and adds polish to the plugin, also adding some new features and capabilities.

Fixes

• Changing to a room containing a broken hotspot does not crash the game.
• Hovering a hotspot after an unmanaged click keeps showing the hotspot cursor..
• Skipping cutscenes by pressing ESC now removes the transition layer automatically.
• Removed type-related critical error from Sierra GUI.
• Fixed vframe calculation for Prop’s current sprite frame (thanks @edmundito)
• Walkable Area stays visible in most cases when the related editor option is selected.
• The Transition Layer now awaits the room setup, even if it’s very long
• The Transition Layer now works at any resolution
• Fixed error on invalid room name (thanks @balloonpopper)
• Fixed inventory item no longer active after use (thanks @anthonyirwin82)
• Fix erraneous use of E instead of I when triggering inventory right click (thanks @edmundito)

New features

• Added play/stop/pause/resume animation functions to Props (thanks @anthonyirwin82)
• Added option to play the Transition Layer in the first room, when the game starts
• All clickable objects in a room now have a look-at point (with it’s gizmo) the player will turn to when invoking face_clicked() (thanks @drbbgh)
• Text shown via E.run() array is now displayed as system text if no character is specified (thanks @edmundito)
• Props now support both horizontal and vertical spritesheets (thanks @edmundito)

Other

• Fixed the docs deployment automation to export scripting reference
• Fixed all relative links in the documentation (thanks @anthonyirwin82)
• Added useful information about the contribution toolchain, room-changing, Popochiu singletons and more to the documentation (thanks @anthonyirwin82)
• Fixed broken link in the project’s README (thanks @XaverStiensmeier)

Important to read

This version does not introduce breaking changes, but updating will run a migration to set the look-at point for all clickables in every room (the position will be the same as the walk-to point, with a slight offset on both axis so the gizmos won’t overlap).
As always please, backup/commit your code before upgrading!

Final notes

We decided to shift Popochiu’s release cycle from a milestone-based approach to a cadence-based model, so that fixes, new features, and updates are released as soon as they’re ready. We also want you to upgrade your projects in small, frequent increments rather than having to face large and painful changes.

To support this model, we ditched the good old milestones and opened a GitHUb project, which board reflects the current status.
Keep an eye on the Backlog and Ready columns to see what’s coming next.

That’s all. Everyone working with 2.0 is encouraged to update and enjoy a more polished and capable version of our beloved plugin!