20260301

This is a small bugfix release:

• Fixes a bug in tilemask loading, which broke some levels, since some tiles were not passable (e.g. in Medivo)
• Fixes a bug in palette handling when using SDL3 and no scaling, leading to wrong colors

New features:

• Most menu screens have now centered output and are better aligned on small displays (original resolution of Jazz is 320x199)
• The HUD can now be changed to be like in FPS games (e.g. DOOM1, quake...)
• Jazz' and enemy health is now affected by the difficulty level, which means the game got a lot harder on higher difficulty now

20260218

Happy late new year. 🎆 :)

This release fixes some long-standing graphics bugs and improves the user experience a bit:

• SDL3 is now supported (though SDL2 is still the default)
• Scaling options are now available again
• Network support has been fixed for Windows builds and temporarily disabled for Wii builds
• Movie playback should not show graphical artifacts anymore

Misc changes:

• Some bugfixes in loading code (levels, fonts, etc.)
• psmplug has some playback fixes for ARM platforms
• The counters at level end are now calculated like in the original instead of counting the real number of enemies/items
• The logic when to play a cutscene or bonus level has been changed

New ports:

• Nintendo Switch
• Android (currently only bare-bone, no configuration, needs external gamepad)
• Mac Source Ports (Apple)

20240919

Patch release to fix audio issues and allow loading save games. Saving is not possible for now.

Changes:

• The audio system has been refactored a bit and should now work again under Windows (#111)
• On Windows ship needed libraries instead of a "fat" executable, do not compress with UPX (#106)
• Implement loading of savegames
• Add WASM port for browsers: https://openjazz.github.io
• minor cleanups and bug fixes

20231028

🎃 Halloween Release 👻

Changes:

• SDL2 support
• Bugfixes and small improvements
• No external dependencies besides SDL
• CLI arguments, Logger
• XDG directory support under Linux, *BSD and other Unices
• Completely rewritten build system

The Windows builds are powered by MinGW and MXE (http://mxe.cc/).
The source tarball is powered by cmake and mostly intended for use under UNIX-like environments.

20190106

Patch release to aid making Haiku and Debian packages available.

Changes:

• Packaging improvements
• Animation fixes

The Windows builds are powered by MinGW and MXE (http://mxe.cc).
The source tarball is intended for use under UNIX-like environments (powered by autotools).

20180522

The Windows builds are powered by MinGW and MXE (http://mxe.cc).
The source tarball is intended for use under UNIX-like environments (powered by autotools).

20171024

First development snapshot after a while.

The Windows builds are powered by MinGW and MXE (http://mxe.cc).
The source tarball is intended for use under UNIX-like environments (powered by autotools).