Pink Engine

Devlog

• Version 0.20.0
  July 16, 2024 by pink productions

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  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, despite my being silent for a while, I do still do work on the pink engine. Mouse-based Movement This update brings a much-requested feature to the engine: Using a mouse to... Continue reading
• Version 0.19.0
  December 13, 2023 by pink productions

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  Hey everyone, it's been a while since I last put an update on here. I've moved residences between this update and the last one, and encountered several problems with my internet connection, which all... Continue reading
• Version 0.18.0
  August 02, 2023 by pink productions

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  Hello everyone, it's been quite a while since I posted an update to the pink engine. Certain developments in my own personal life (the good kind, don't worry) have kept me distracted lately. Still, I... Continue reading
• Version 0.17.0
  April 23, 2023 by pink productions

  Yes, ladies, gentlemen and others, the pink engine is not dead. The new version took longer to put together than I had expected, due to having to work around certain restrictions in ren'py in a rather... Continue reading
• Version 0.16.1
  February 01, 2023 by pink productions

  Hey everyone, this is just a minor bug-busting update: If a game is saved while a sprite collection is playing an animation, the loaded game will now continue that animation from the same frame, rathe... Continue reading
• Version 0.16.0
  January 01, 2023 by pink productions

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  Like last patch, this particular patch was brought to you by the discord , which discovered a couple of nasty bugs, which this patch was dedicated to fixing. The core feature of this update is a new s... Continue reading
• Version 0.15.2
  November 02, 2022 by pink productions

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  Welp, my prediction of how long it'd take for the next release was way off, but at least it's out now. This particular patch was brought to you by the discord , featuring several requested features an... Continue reading
• Version 0.15.1
  September 18, 2022 by pink productions

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  A pretty minor update, just implementing a workaround to restore the support for controllers. Up next will be another minor release, featuring a number of minor features and bug fixes. This should onl... Continue reading
• Version 0.15.0
  August 29, 2022 by pink productions

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  Well, it took way longer than I planned (again), but the big update to Ren'py 8.0 is here! This new version of the pink engine is entirely python 3 compatible, and should run a fair bit faster as a re... Continue reading
• Version 0.14.0
  May 24, 2022 by pink productions

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  Hey everyone, and welcome to another update. This time, we're focusing on parallel processes, with the goal of making them more convenient to use. Rather than having to define all features of your par... Continue reading
• Version 0.13.0
  April 10, 2022 by pink productions

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  Hey everyone. Sorry about the long period without any releases, there was a bad case of scope creep for this particular release, which you can probably infer from the long list of added features. For... Continue reading
• Version 0.12.0
  January 20, 2022 by pink productions

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  Hey everyone! Sorry for the lateness on this devlog. Version 0.12.0 has been out for a while now, but I kept forgetting to write the devlog for it. The big core feature for 0.12.0 are so-called 'speci... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.5
  November 12, 2021 by pink productions

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  It is finally time for the oldest requested feature for the pink engine: Gamepad support. Under the default control scheme, the left stick moves the player character, the right stock rotates the playe... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.4
  October 12, 2021 by pink productions

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  Hey everyone. I'd like to welcome you all to the 'get chased by minotaurs' update. This update was inspired by a discussion on the discord , where a user wanted to make a horror game wherein the playe... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.3
  October 04, 2021 by pink productions

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  Hey everyone, another fresh new update has come out of our programming mines. The core new feature for this update is that the 'pink_otm_transition' standard event (that's the one you use to switch be... Continue reading
• Autotile Translator v2.1
  September 27, 2021 by pink productions

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  Another small update to accompany an updated tutorial, Autotile Translator v2.1 has been revamped to make use of Tiled's new Terrain Set feature. Much more elegant to use than its old Wang Set/Autotil... Continue reading
• sprite collection editor v2.1
  September 26, 2021 by pink productions

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  I've been updating the tutorials for the past few days. Tutorial 1: Making a basic pink engine game , Tutorial 2: More Map Design and Tutorial 3: Sprite Collections and NPCs have now all been updated... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.2
  September 06, 2021 by pink productions

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  Okay, yes, I did say I was gonna update the tutorials and write some new ones. But then I got distracted by shiny new functionality. In this case, the shiny new functionality is followers. Followers a... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.1
  August 22, 2021 by pink productions

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  Only one week after the release hiatus ended, and we're already on a new version. Today, I'm bringing you version 0.11.1, providing a foursome of new features, as well as numerous bug fixes, including... Continue reading
• Version 0.11.0
  August 15, 2021 by pink productions

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  I LIVE! In related news, a new version of the Pink Engine is out. I'll admit that I completely underestimated the work that it would take. Last Februari, the first game that made use of the Pink Engin... Continue reading
• Progress and Delays
  April 18, 2021 by pink productions

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  Hey everyone, As you may remember from my last post, I had planned to do a release at the end of March. Obviously, that did not end up happening. The reason for this is twofold. Firstly is that I've b... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.2.4
  February 28, 2021 by pink productions

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  You may be wondering what is up with all the bug fixes lately. The reason for this is that the first game using the Pink Engine has been published by kigyo. It is called Deep Sea Valentine . As part o... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.2.3
  February 04, 2021 by pink productions

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  Yet another bugfix release. Firstly, I actually fixed the bug that I claimed to have fixed last time, which caused players to carry over their run speed when entering a cutscene. I also undid the 'fi... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.2.2
  January 31, 2021 by pink productions

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  I'm still working on the new rendering loop, as well as polygon-based movement rules. However, before I release that, I had to go fix some bugs that had been pointed out in the discord. I have also u... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.2
  January 18, 2021 by pink productions

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  Hey Everyone! It's been a while since the prior release. This is largely because I've been playing around with future concepts and designs for the engine, as well as taking a bit of time off around ne... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.1
  December 25, 2020 by pink productions

  One thing that has been annoying me for a long time now has been the inability to use the console from within the pink engine without causing crashes. This update fixes that problem by adding a new, p... Continue reading
• Version 0.10.0
  December 23, 2020 by pink productions

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  Two great new functions in this update: Parallel processes, and code execution. Rather than having to do all your variable updates through events, which interrupt the game, you can now have them run i... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.2
  December 06, 2020 by pink productions

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  Hey everyone! This update was a bit smaller than I wanted it to be, so the addition of parallel processes will have to wait until the next release. I did lay the groundwork for them here, with the add... Continue reading
• sprite collection editor v2.0.exe
  November 25, 2020 by pink productions

  Like was done for the autotile translator, I spent some time updating the sprite collection editor: I added duplication buttons for animations and properties, which had been a feature requested on the... Continue reading
• autotile translator v2.0.exe
  November 15, 2020 by pink productions

  Since I added the animated tiles, I've been working on updating the autotile translator so that it can easily work with animated autotiles as well. And, since I was adding stuff anyway, I also added s... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.1.2
  November 05, 2020 by pink productions

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  A small but handy update, enabling animated tiles on object layers. Not much else to remark really. I've got a couple of new features in the pipeline, and am not sure in which order I'll tackle them... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.1.1
  November 02, 2020 by pink productions

  Just a minor fix for a bug that had been pointed out on our discord . When moving to a large map while zoomed in, it caused a very brief flickering of the screen. This issue has now been fixed. On to... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.1
  November 01, 2020 by pink productions

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  Yet another new version of the Pink Engine. The big new feature this time around is the much-anticipated animated tiles. Made using Tiled's tile animation editor, these tiles show off a single animat... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.0.2
  October 25, 2020 by pink productions

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  A minor release prior to the release of the next tutorial this afternoon. This release contains a minor bugfix and a minor new feature. The bugfix is in regards to the "go_to" command. When I made the... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.0.1
  October 15, 2020 by pink productions

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  A small bug fix update for the previous version. Big thanks to Kigyo on our discord for pointing out these bugs and helping in the debugging process. The engine from 0.9.0 didn't deal well with tile... Continue reading
• Version 0.9.0
  October 11, 2020 by pink productions

  Yes, yes, I know I was supposed to be writing tutorials for the pink engine, not expanding it. I kinda distracted myself. I promise I'll start working on those remaining guides next. The crux of versi... Continue reading
• Sprite Collection Editor
  September 26, 2020 by pink productions

  The long-awaited sprite collection editor has finally been added to the pink engine. A tutorial for the editor has been added to the lemmasoft thread, and can be found at the lemmasoft thread . This... Continue reading
• Version 0.8.0.1
  September 21, 2020 by pink productions

  Hey everyone, it's been a while. I had a nasty sickness, so had been unable to do any work on the engine for a while. Thankfully, I have now recovered, and am back in action. This update is the result... Continue reading
• Autotile Translator
  September 01, 2020 by pink productions

  Hey everyone who reads devlogs, This is just a small side-release, giving you an updated version of the autotile translator. This one actually has a GUI, so no more editing the source code. The reason... Continue reading
• Version 0.8.0
  August 22, 2020 by pink productions

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  As I was writing the first of the pink engine tutorials, I realized that I wanted these tutorials to be usable for a while, rather than having to update them (and forcing users to relearn the basics)... Continue reading
• Version 0.7.4
  August 14, 2020 by pink productions

  This one came a little slower than I wanted, because off-grid movement turned out to be significantly trickier than I thought it would be. Also, there was a week-long heat wave that reduced me to a pu... Continue reading
• Version 0.7.3
  July 27, 2020 by pink productions

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  This one was kind of a pain to accomplish, but I think I was succesful in the end. The main goal of this release was to allow creators to control camera movements during cutscenes. The game does this... Continue reading
• Version 0.7.2a
  July 19, 2020 by pink productions

  Turns out I made a whoopsie on the 0.7.1 release. I deleted the images from the shadow tileset, but forgot to remove the shadow tileset itself, nor did I remove the tileset from the test maps. As such... Continue reading
• Version 0.7.1
  July 18, 2020 by pink productions

  0.7.1 is an unplanned update that adds only a minor feature. Essentially, I was kind of annoyed of having to make custom-sized shadows for new testing rooms. Since one of the joys of being a programme... Continue reading
• Version 0.7.0
  July 07, 2020 by pink productions

  Version 0.7.0 has now been released, including support for basic cutscenes. As usual, a test room has been added to demonstrate an implementation of this functionality. This version was pretty tough... Continue reading
• Version 0.6.5
  July 07, 2020 by pink productions

  Excited to release this new 'minor' update, which vastly expands the movement options available to program your NPC routes. No less than four new test rooms had to be added just to demonstrate all the... Continue reading
• Version 0.6.4
  June 23, 2020 by pink productions

  This was a tough update to create, but I think I managed to work out all of the bugs. The pink engine now includes support for moving objects, meaning you can create full-fledged NPCs. A new testing... Continue reading
• Version 0.6.3
  June 16, 2020 by pink productions

  A small update to Sprite Collections, allowing them to be assigned to global variables through use of the new ref_name keyword. Through this, you can then use this keyword to give commands to sprite c... Continue reading
• Version 0.6.2
  June 14, 2020 by pink productions

  Long has our PC been alone in his game world, but no longer! She now has a devil to hold her company, over in test room A08. This little devil buddy is implementation of a Sprite Collection. For now,... Continue reading
• Version 0.6.1
  June 07, 2020 by pink productions

  A new minor release follow hotly on the heels of the previous major release, adding a small but essential fix: Loading no longer returns to the start of the map/latest event, but returns you to the sp... Continue reading
• Version 0.6.0
  June 06, 2020 by pink productions

  Version 0.6 has been added to Itch. This version includes conditional objects and tiles, as well as refactoring the way that movement rules and events are calculated for each coordinate. With those ch... Continue reading
• Version 0.5.4 and the autotile translator.
  June 02, 2020 by pink productions

  Update 0.5.4 is rather small, just altering some of the values on the sample tileset to be more in line with the guidelines I prescribe in the documentation. More significant is the release of the aut... Continue reading
• Version 0.5.3
  May 20, 2020 by pink productions

  I've started a Lemmasoft thread for the pink engine, and immediately gotten some solid feedback. Version 0.5.3 includes the bug fixes and changes proposed by user 'gas', along with a general retinker... Continue reading
• Version 0.5.2
  May 15, 2020 by pink productions

  Another smaller release, but this time with a pair of features. Firstly, screens that fit on your screen in one in dimension are now centered on your screen. You can visit any of the test rooms to see... Continue reading
• Version 0.5.1
  May 15, 2020 by pink productions

  A new, small update has been uploaded. This fixes that bug where interacting with an object that causes a dialogue makes the PC's last movement repeat... Continue reading
• Version 0.5
  May 12, 2020 by pink productions

  Version 0.5 has been added to Itch. This version includes touch-based events, which are obviously essential. Care has been taken to prevent touch-based events from causing infinite loops. Currently i... Continue reading