Nocturnal Entertainment Australia has announced the release of Catapult v1.40b, a major new revision of their development system for the GameBoy Advance.
Catapult uses a custom language that is designed around the GBA hardware, and includes an editor, emulator, debugger and an integrated toolset. Catapult currently supports all Windows platforms, with a Linux version currently undergoing testing.
Catapult comes with an integrated, comprehensive users guide, and a series of tutorials for beginners.
Catapult v1.40b has the following new major features:
- Frame timer, simulates the CPU usage of a project running on a GBA
- Enhanced audio engine, supports .XM music tracks and new audio features
- Rendered (non-tiled) font support
- Multi-layered level system
- Built-in music tracker to edit .XM or .MOD tracks
- New Toolbar GUI system
- Database importer, to automatically generate scripts
..and more than 350 improvements over the previous release!
An evaluation version of Catapult can be downloaded free from Nocturnal's web site, and includes playable demos with complete source code.
The Spanish and French versions are due out within a fortnight.
Nocturnal Entertainment Australia
http://www.nocturnal-central.com/