FREM Sprite32! Programming Sandbox

Devlog

• Celebrating 2nd Anniversary with Official Soundtrack & Lower Price!
  October 18, 2024 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #soundtrack, #price cut, #anniversary

  To celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of FREM Sprite32!, we're now offering the game at a 50% permanent price cut! In addition to that, we've also uploaded the Official Soundtrack with over 90 minutes of a... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.4.0 - Introducing Mouse Support
  November 04, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #mouse, #input, #updates

  I'm pleased to announce the latest update for Win/macOS which introduces mouse support for FREMScript programs. Take your Sprite32! programs to the next level with new built-in functions that output t... Continue reading

  
• Making some optimizations to the Sprite & Grid Layers
  October 28, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division#optimizations, #improvements

  This update makes a few improvements to how the game creates objects used by the Sprite and Grid layers. Under the hood, the game was previously creating a number of resources to support the rendering... Continue reading
• Additional Resolution and Window Sizing Options
  October 22, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #resolutions, #Updates

  I added support for additional resolutions and resizing options in the Menu -> Settings page. You should now be able to select from new 16:9 resolutions, with the previous resolutions marked as suppor... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.1.1 addresses bug with Pixel Layer rendering
  October 20, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #bugfix

  Minor update to address occasional game crash when rapidly writing to the Pixel Layer. Change Log # 1.0.1.1 - Fixed bug in pixel rendering that caused slow memory leak and intermittent crashes due to... Continue reading
• Development Wrapped - Steam Release Live!
  October 17, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #release, #1.0, #Steam

  Today, version 1.0.0 of FREM Sprite32! is complete and released here on Itch as macOS and Windows builds. Additionally, the Steam store page is now live, and mac/win versions are available for purchas... Continue reading

  
• Just a few more days!
  October 16, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #beta, #development, #changelog, #release

  I'm wrapping up the final builds and testing for release on Steam after the weekend. Everything is looking pretty good, yet I'm still finding time to sneak in a few more things before launch! Here's a... Continue reading

  
• New Beta Build - Soundtrack Added!
  October 01, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

  Pushing up the latest beta build which adds the remaining soundtrack songs, along with options to advance to next/previous tracks or mute them in the Sandbox menu. I've updated the Steam page to refle... Continue reading
• FREM Sprite32! Beta release + Mac build
  September 29, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

  This build introduces a myriad of new/updated challenges, a couple of new tutorials, and some under-the-hood modifications to the FREMScript language architecture. The game is very nearly finished, ju... Continue reading
• Leaving Early Access!
  September 14, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #alpha, #release, #leaving early access

  I'm pleased to announce that FREM Sprite32! is leaving Early Access and is now available for purchase as an Alpha preview build! The current version is the result of hundreds of hours of dedicated wor... Continue reading
• Bugfix for Sprites
  June 22, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division#bugfix, #sprites, #frem

  Just a quick fix for a bug I noticed while tinkering around with sprites. Update to 0.2.3.2 to get the latest patch. Fix: Addresses problem where sprites spill out of the screen boundaries and display... Continue reading
• New tutorials added
  June 13, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division#tutorials, #alpha

  Introducing three new tutorials: The Basics , Variables & Types, and Operators & Conditionals . These new tutorials follow the same interactive format as the Interface Overview tutorial released a few... Continue reading

  
• Syntax Highlighting in Manual
  June 05, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #manual, #quality of life

  A small update to the Sprite32! Manual to add syntax highlighting for FREMScript code. During initial development, I experimented with various approaches to highlighting the manual's syntax using the... Continue reading

  
• Adding Tutorials Section to Game Menu
  May 19, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #early-access, #update, #tutorials, #game menu

  A new Tutorials section has been added to the Game Menu. The first tutorial, Interface Overview , provides exactly what it suggests on the tin: an overview of the various interface elements of the Spr... Continue reading

  
• FREM Sprite32! in Early Access
  May 11, 2022 by Negative(-11) Games Division

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  #launch, #early-access

  Hi! I've been working on a simulator/sandbox/programming/retro-computer-y thing the past handful of months, and wanted to share it with the world! Right now, you can play around with the Sandbox and l... Continue reading