Changelog for UrqW

(Adding games to the catalog is not recorded in this document.)

Version 1.1 (in development)

• URQL interpreter:
  • Added: UTF-8 encoding support for games and plugins.
  • Added: Ability to execute JavaScript code from URQL code and retrieve its result using either the javascript system variable or the javascript operator.
  • Added: System variables time, date (only when urq_mode specific rules are absent), urqw_title, urqw_game_ifid, urqw_game_lang, urqw_version.
  • Added: Support for custom text descriptions for images added using either the image system variable or the image operator.
  • Fixed: Processing of the tokens_delim variable.
  • Fixed: Processing of the goto operator in compatibility mode with URQ-DOS.
• Game player:
  • Added: Customizable internationalization support and interface translations into English, Russian and Belarusian.
  • Added: Game encoding configuration when opening from the main page.
  • Added: Ability to rename and clear save slots via the additional actions menu, as well as download and upload saves as files.
  • Added: Date field in the game catalog.
  • Added: Ability to filter games in the catalog by language and title, and sort by date and alphabetically.
  • Added: Menu with additional information and settings in the toolbar.
  • Added: RSS feed for new games in the catalog.
  • Added: Ability to set a game to load on any opening of index.html.
  • Added: Ability to set player settings using GET requests:
    • Interface language - lang
    • URQ mode - mode
    • Game encoding - encoding
    • URL for game opening - url
    • Display of the game debugging section in the menu - debug with value 1
  • Added: Support for the manifest.json file in the game package, used to define player parameters and game metadata, as well as initial values for some system variables.
  • Added: Automatic focusing of controls when working with dialog boxes (menu, save and load game).
  • Added: Customizable automatic focusing the first control on the game screen, as well as inscription about waiting for pressing any key and game over notification.
  • Added: Ability to configure a request to confirm page closure.
  • Added: Disabled hotkeys for activating choice buttons, quick actions, and cluster navigation through interface areas (see help in menu).
  • Added: Numbering of choice buttons when hotkeys are enabled.
  • Added: Display of UrqW version in the player interface.
  • Added: Support for opening .qsz format games.
  • Changed: Inventory item usage options are displayed when the item receives system focus, not just when the mouse is hovering over it.
  • Changed: Keypress tracking by key code instead of character code.
  • Changed: Minor adjustment to informative window indentation.
  • Removed: Separate UrqW cursor for choosing and activating buttons (caused issues with simultaneous activation of two controls and was replaced with cluster navigation based on standard system focus).
  • Accessibility improvements:
    • Added: Text labels for controls of the toolbar.
    • Added: Text label for inventory button in XS-sized interface.
    • Added: Customizable announcement description updates using assistive technology.
    • Added: Customizable announcement choice button updates using assistive technology.
    • Added: Customizable announcement description using assistive technology when pressing a hotkey (see help in menu).
    • Added: Customizable announcement description using assistive technology when shaking device (see help in menu).
    • Changed: Text labels for player graphic icons.
    • Fixed: Links in game text are focusable and activatable with keyboard, and have link role.
    • Fixed: Proper paragraph representation in game text for screen readers.
• Documentation:
  • Added: Preparation of new documentation in Russian and English has begun.
  • Changed: Updating the main Russian-language documentation.
• Development and maintenance infrastructure:
  • Added: valid-json script to check the validity of the games.json file.
  • Added: pack-games script for packaging games for the catalog.
  • Added: gen-rss script for generating RSS feed for new games in the catalog.
  • Added: gen-license-report script for generating report on third-party component licenses.
  • Added: gen-docs script for generating documentation in HTML format.
  • Added: npm run build command for UrqW production build (sequential execution of valid-json, pack-games, gen-rss, and gen-license-report scripts).
  • Changed: All games in the catalog are added as submodules from separate repositories and repackaged with manifest.json file.

Version 1.0 (from 2017-01-20)

• The first stable release.

2015-10-12

• The first publicly presented working version.

2015-09-21

• Start of development (first commit).