RPG in a Box

Sharing AND playing RPG in a Box games is about to get a lot easier!

New Features

• PROTOTYPE: BOX_IN_A_BOX
  

Share and Download Effects!

Place Effects in the Map Editor!

Learn How to Create Effects!

Customize Your Damage Logic!

Share Screenshots!

Unlock Achievements!

New Features/Changes

• Added support for uploading effects to the Steam Workshop from the Effect Editor ("Upload to Steam Workshop" button on the editor toolbar)
  
• Added support for downloading effects that you've subscribed to on the Steam Workshop into your game project (Import Assets -> Steam Workshop)
  
• Added Steam achievements for uploading your first effect to the Steam Workshop and for uploading five effects total to the Steam Workshop
  
• Added Steam achievements for downloading your first effect from the Steam Workshop and for downloading five effects total from the Steam Workshop
  
• Added ability to take screenshots for Steam via the new "Community" menu or F12 key, with the option to open the Steam dialog for sharing them to the community
  
• Added Steam achievements for uploading your first screenshot to the Steam community and for sharing five screenshots total to the Steam community
  
• Added ability to add effects into maps within the Map Editor (with entity properties for ID, position, and rotation that can be modified in Edit mode)
  
• Added effects tab to the assets section on the right-hand side of the editor (effects can be double-clicked to open, similar to tiles, objects, and characters)
  
• Added two new effect presets to the "New Resource" dialog that are available when creating a new effect in the Effect Editor (sparks and dirt)
  
• Added "Display Ground" button to the Effect Editor toolbar for toggling the display of the ground plane (similar to the Model Maker functionality)
  
• Added "Background Color" and "Ground Color" settings to the "Effect Editor" section of the Editor Settings dialog for changing their default colors
  
• Added "Grid (Default)" and "Ground (Default)" settings to the "Effect Editor" section of the Editor Settings dialog for changing their default visibility
  
• Added "Pushable Grab/Release Prompt" gameplay setting to the Game Configuration dialog ("Other" tab) for disabling the prompts shown when next to a pushable object
  
• Added ability to adjust a character's initial Z rotation value from the Entity Properties tab in the Map Editor (i.e. other than cardinal directions)
  
• Added "Buy Full Version" button to the top section of the Game Manager in the Steam demo version that opens the Steam store page for RPG in a Box
  
• Added "Buy Full Version" button to the Steam demo version's Map Editor that opens the Steam store page for RPG in a Box (on the bottom bar containing demo limits)
  
• Updated presets dropdown on the "New Resource" dialog when creating a new effect to now show animated (and larger) previews of each effect preset
  
• Updated "Start Scale" and "End Scale" settings on the Effect Properties tab in the Effect Editor to now allow values up to 4 (i.e. 4x their original size)
  
• Updated Effect Editor to automatically trigger particle effects with the "One Shot" setting enabled to restart so they'll show when opened or switched to
  
• Updated gear button on the Effect Editor toolbar to now open the Editor Settings dialog with the new "Effect Editor" section selected
  
• Updated Entity Properties tab in the Map Editor to include a button at the top for triggering the selected one shot effect (for preview purposes)
  
• Updated "Top-Down Camera" button in the Map Editor to be more distinct from the "Save Camera Position" button (downward arrow is now white)
  
• Updated Game Manager to properly handle cases where the "game.cfg" file is empty (a dialog will pop up indicating that the config will be replaced with default values)
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where the "Enable Screen Effect" and "Disable Screen Effect" Bauxite functions were no longer working when used with no parameters
  
• Fixed issue where the retro and VHS/CRT monitor effects were not being applied at the start of the game if the main menu's background map had them enabled
  
• Fixed issue where the "Enable Effect" Bauxite function was not properly triggering the particles to restart if the effect was configured as one shot
  
• Fixed issue where the particle size values (and image if a billboard effect) were not being applied when switching between shapes in the Effect Editor
  
• Fixed issue where effects could have been inadvertently saved with a non-zero rotation and would be rotated when added via the "Add Effect" Bauxite function
  
• Fixed issue where the preview file size limit wasn't being checked when updating an existing model on the Steam Workshop (an error would show instead of the info message)
  
• Fixed issue where the progress dialog would incorrectly remain open if downloading an asset from the Steam Workshop and the download failed
  
• Fixed issue where the "Click the button above to create your first..." section on the asset tabs was not showing after deleting the last asset of a type
  
• Fixed issue where the editor would undim after returning from the prompts to save/remove a camera position in the "Upload to Steam Workshop" dialog
  

Documentation

• Added initial "Effect Editor" built-in docs with a general overview of the editor and descriptions of each property that can be adjusted for an effect
  
• Added initial "Damage Logic" built-in docs with information about how to customize the damage logic for your game, along with Bauxite code for the default logic
  
• Added button within the new "Damage Logic" built-in docs for easily creating a damage logic script using the default Bauxite code that you can then customize
  
• Added note to bottom of the Documentation tab regarding the campaign for receiving contributions/requests from the community to help bring the docs up to date
  
• Updated "Effect" built-in docs to include information about how they can now be added to maps from the Map Editor by selecting one from the assets tab
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where ranged weapon projectiles in tactical turn-based battles were not targeting the correct vertical position (i.e. Z coordinate)
  
• Fixed several issues related to real-time ranged weapon projectiles not firing at all or always firing south instead of the player's facing direction
  
• Fixed issue where terrain types weren't being respected for the player character if they were pushing or pulling an object (only the object's terrain types)
  
• Fixed issue where the button for editing a pushable thingy's terrain types in the Map Editor was not opening the "Terrain Types" dialog
  

Documentation

• Added initial version of built-in documentation for zones, with info about each type (passable and impassable) and some example usages and scripts
  

New Features/Changes

• Added section to the Steam Workshop upload confirmation dialog to show any additional files that will be included (attached objects, images, etc.)
  
• Added applicable properties to the Model Properties tab for sprite-based models in the Model Maker (e.g. tags, character stats, custom collision, etc.)
  
• Added support for WAV files to be used as background music for maps (via the Map Properties tab) and with the "Play Music" Bauxite function
  
• Added "Custom Properties" section to the Map Properties tab in the Map Editor for defining custom properties for a map (see new Bauxite syntax below)
  
• Added "map.property" Bauxite syntax for storing custom map properties, similar to global properties but on a per map basis (e.g. map.property["xyz"] = 17;)
  
• Added "map.properties" Bauxite syntax for getting a codex of the current map's custom properties (as it's a codex, its keys can be iterated using a "for" loop)
  
• Added "global.properties" Bauxite syntax for getting a codex of all custom global properties (as it's a codex, its keys can be iterated using a "for" loop)
  
• Added ".properties" Bauxite syntax for getting a codex of all custom properties for an entity (as it's a codex, its keys can be iterated using a "for" loop)
  
• Added popup message that will display in the in-game debug console when attempting to load a map with missing assets, with a list of the specific files
  
• Added notification icon to the "Inn" tab that will blink when the log has a new message (e.g. someone joined, a chat message arrived, etc.)
  
• Added note to the "Export Game" dialog explaining how both the executable and .pck file are required for the game to run and that their base names must match exactly
  
• Updated positioning of the magic staff's projectile in the "First-Person Magic Shooter" project template so it spawns closer to the end of the staff's view model
  
• Updated "Slayer's Tutorials" button on the Game Manager to include a text label in the bottom left corner to help clarify the button's purpose
  

Bug Fixes

• Increased a memory setting to help resolve the "message queue out of memory" error that could display when using Quick Play and would result in missing editor UI
  
• Fixed issue where images for sprite-based objects attached to a model weren't being included when uploading the model to the Steam Workshop
  
• Fixed issue where pushable objects could be pushed/pulled through impassable characters in grid-based movement instead of being blocked
  
• Fixed issue where pushable objects could be pulled across tiles with non-walkable navigation paths in grid-based movement instead of being blocked
  
• Fixed issue where objects were incorrectly preventing pushable objects from moving over them in grid-based movement (should only consider navigation paths)
  
• Fixed issue where items in containers would sometimes reappear in the container if moved to different slots then later taken out of the container by the player
  
• Fixed issue where completing a tactical turn-based battle with a party member then resetting that map could cause a crash when moving a party member in a subsequent battle
  
• Fixed issue where real-time enemies spawned via the "Enemy Spawns" feature in the Combat Editor were not automatically being set as hostile if configured as such
  
• Fixed issue where ranged weapon projectiles fired from a first-person view model's "projectile" attach point were not being spawned in the correct position
  
• Fixed issue where real-time enemies with the "Two-Dimensional" setting enabled were inadvertently rotating when attacking with a ranged weapon
  
• Fixed issue where ranged weapon projectiles from real-time enemies with the "Two-Dimensional" setting were not travelling towards the player (only in a cardinal direction)
  
• Fixed issue where directional attack animations were not being triggered for real-time enemies with ranged weapons (e.g "attack_west", "attack_east", etc.)
  
• Fixed issue where ranged weapon attacks were not considering "projectile" attach points for directional animations (e.g. "attack_west", "attack_east", etc.)
  
• Fixed issue where ranged weapon projectiles fired by enemies during tactical turn-based battles were not being rotated to the proper angle
  
• Fixed issue where ranged weapon projectiles fired by real-time enemies would miss the player character in some cases when using a "projectile" attach point
  
• Fixed issue where using the "Fire Projectile" Bauxite function with "player" as the source entity would not work properly in grid-based movement
  
• Fixed issue where overriding the player's "walk" animation in free movement would cause the animation to get stuck when walking up against an obstacle
  
• Fixed issue where OBJ files would fail to import into the Model Maker if a material file used by the model was missing or had spaces in its name
  
• Fixed issue where the built-in "cursor.target" Bauxite variable was not properly updating after a widget was closed while hovering over a widget element
  

Documentation

• Updated built-in "Scripting Reference" docs to include info about the new "global.properties" and "map.properties" syntax for getting a codex of all custom properties
  
• Updated built-in "Tile", "Object", and "Character" docs to include info about the new ".properties" syntax for getting a codex of all custom properties
  
• Updated built-in "Codex" docs to include a Bauxite example of iterating all keys within a codex using a "for" loop (e.g. for $key in $my_codex do...)