Release 2405 of raptor is one of the biggest in history of this library!

As always, there were tons of fixes and improvements, some new UI controls, like the ListBox, but this version has some real highlights in its package:

• RACE (The Random Content engine) has gone through a complete rewrite and is now more powerful than ever before
• File encryption for your release builds! A new tool, the raptor-json-compiler will be delivered with this release and it is embedded in the build job of GameMaker
• When you do a release- or beta-compile, the json-compiler will encrypt all your json files to make it harder for “bad guys and girls”, to modify your files
• Automatic build numbers! Yes, the build batch also takes care of counting up your build number, so you get real build information in your version number
• Crash dumps. When your game crashes, a snapshot of the log is written to disk (encrypted). You can pick this file up and ask your players to send a report

Of course, the json-compiler is also open source and part of the raptor repository. You can find it in the new “tools” folder of the repository

As always, have fun! Make Games! Yours, Gris