PAotH Comics 66-70
Welp, it's comicing time! As I always say, if you haven't read any of the earlier comics, then you can view them here or here.
And, without further ado, I present to you, PAotH Comics 66-70!
Also, you might be interested to see that I've remade my Wheatley sprites, and with reason, too! He's going to be reappearing soon! (With a major role, unlike Comic 67)
(Note, the above sheet is scaled to double size to show detail.)
Welp, cheers, until next time,
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Alpha testing for 0.9.19
As someone noticed on the forums, we're aiming for a release in the next few weeks/month! We've prepared a nice snapshot of the current development tree for you to download!
Windows: http://download.gna.org/hedgewars/hedgewars-0.9.19-alpha.exe
Mac OS X: http://download.gna.org/hedgewars/hedgewars-0.9.19-alpha.zip
This version won't work on .18 multiplayer, only .19 people will see your rooms; be aware that this is an ALPHA release so it may break EVERYTHING (but shouldn't).
Please report any bug on http://code.google.com/p/hedgewars/issues/list we'll highlight the user who reports most bugs ;)
Google Summer of Code 2013 Announced!
Hey everybody,
Google has just announced Google Summer of Code 2013, the program that brings students in the world of FOSS development by sponsoring them during the summer working on an open source project!
Of course Hedgewars will apply for participation again this year, and perhaps it will host a couple of projects outside the realm of Hedgewars.
No details or idea list are ready yet, but start spreading the word, we're going to have another exciting summer!
Update: Since we're already receiving a few contributors willing to start hacking with Hedgewars, if you need some fresh ideas to carry out, checkout the the TODO page and of course our bug tracker
Cheers,
Koda
Upcoming user interface improvements.
Hedgewars recently participated in the seven-week 2012 Google Code-In, a Google-sponsored programming competition for pre-university to contribute to open source projects and earn points.
Twenty five different students, including myself, contributed code to Hedgewars, resulting in many bug fixes and additional user interface improvements.
Let's take a closer look at user interface improvements coming to the next version of Hedgewars. Click on images to view them in their original size.
Most of the visible improvements were created by me except where stated otherwise.
Click on a category:
Network game type
Log-in prompt

Room list
Creating a room
Game lobby
Let's take a closer look at what's changed:
Overall page layout
Room controls, such as the room name, will be moved to the top of the page. The settings button is moved to the bottom-left, and the start button is larger for easier clicking.Current: | New: |
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Map selection
Many people aren't noticing the variety of map types at their disposal, so fixing this is a primary focus in the new map interface:
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Settings
Team options
Two major changes are happening to the team options page.
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Master game-wide key binds
It will now possible to set game-wide key bind changes that will be the default key binds. Individual teams override the master key binds, but teams no longer have keys bound by default:
Easy feedback
You may have noticed a new "feedback" button on the main page. With it, users will be able to send suggestions or bug reports directly to Hedgewars developers from within the game:
System information can (optionally) be sent too, thanks to Martin Bede:


Summary
I've covered the significant user interface changes coming to the next release of Hedgewars. Hedgewars will hopefully be faster to use, and easier to for newcomers to navigate. Buttons are also larger throughout the interface for easier clicking.We are not yet sure when 0.9.19 will be released, but you can see these changes today by downloading and compiling the source code.
PAotH Comics are Making a Return
Hi there, it's Star and Moon here, and I have some news:
It's been way over a month now since we've received an update to PAotH comics, but they've finally returned, and I will be posting them all on schedule again, which is one comic per week (and sometimes more). To view the latest comics, visit here or here.
Also, you may have noticed I've stopped posting the PAotH comics on the news page, this is only temporary, due to certain cameo appearances, and you should see the comics coming back here again!
Have a good day, and happy late new year.
And now, I leave you with this exciting picture of a hedgehog weilding a Rainbow Rod.
