Nocturnal Entertainment Australia has announced the release of Catapult V1.30b.
Catapult is a development system for the Gameboy Advance. It currently supports all Windows platforms, with a Linux version to be released shortly.
It includes a editor, emulator, debugger, integrated toolset and custom language designed around the GBA hardware. It includes a detailed 100 page development guide, and ten tutorials for beginners.
Catapult can be download from Nocturnal's website, and includes playable demos with complete source code.
The latest version has the following new features :
- New display features :
- Full HBlank / VBlank callback support.
- Windowing.
- Blending modes.
- Rotational backgrounds.
- Mosaic effects.
- Semi-transparent sprites.
- Frame buffer video mode support (modes 3,4,5).
- Low-level drawing commands.
- Sound manager / playback system.
- Low level memory access.
- Optimised GBA engine and script compilation.
- Optimised Catapult PC performance.
- Networked exporting system.
- GBA music playback
- New editing features and tools.
- Three new tutorials (HBlank, Music & Tables).
- Rewritten users guide (includes new 'GBA Development' section).
..and much more..