v4.2.0

BabySmash! v4.2.0

A game for babies who like to bang on the keyboard!

📦 Download

File	Description
BabySmash-Setup.exe	Windows - Installer with Start Menu shortcut
BabySmash-win-x64.zip	Windows - Portable version (also used by auto-updater)
babysmash_*_amd64.deb	Debian/Ubuntu - Install with sudo dpkg -i babysmash_*_amd64.deb
babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm	Fedora/RHEL - Install with sudo rpm -i babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm
BabySmash-linux-x64.tar.gz	Linux - Manual install, extract and run ./babysmash

Self-contained - No .NET installation required.

⌨️ Usage

• Press keys and watch shapes and letters appear!
• Alt+O - Options (Linux) / Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O - Options (Windows)
• Escape - Exit (Linux) / Alt+F4 - Exit (Windows)

🐧 Linux Package Installation

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo dpkg -i babysmash_*_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies if needed

Fedora/RHEL:

sudo rpm -i babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm

After installation, BabySmash will appear in your application menu!

🐧 Linux Dependencies

• espeak for text-to-speech
• pulseaudio-utils or alsa-utils for audio

These are automatically installed when using .deb or .rpm packages.

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What's Changed

• Bump azure/login from 2 to 3 by @dependabot[bot] in #85
• Bump System.Speech from 10.0.3 to 10.0.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #84
• Bump Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection from 10.0.3 to 10.0.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #83
• Bump Avalonia sub-packages to 11.3.12 (reconcile Dependabot PRs #78, #79, #80) by @Copilot in #86
• Bump Avalonia and Avalonia.Desktop by @dependabot[bot] in #88
• Bump Avalonia.Themes.Fluent, Fonts.Inter, and Diagnostics to 11.3.13 by @shanselman in #92

Full Changelog: v4.1.0...v4.2.0

v4.1.0

BabySmash! v4.1.0

A game for babies who like to bang on the keyboard!

📦 Download

File	Description
BabySmash-Setup.exe	Windows - Installer with Start Menu shortcut
BabySmash-win-x64.zip	Windows - Portable version (also used by auto-updater)
babysmash_*_amd64.deb	Debian/Ubuntu - Install with sudo dpkg -i babysmash_*_amd64.deb
babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm	Fedora/RHEL - Install with sudo rpm -i babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm
BabySmash-linux-x64.tar.gz	Linux - Manual install, extract and run ./babysmash

Self-contained - No .NET installation required.

⌨️ Usage

• Press keys and watch shapes and letters appear!
• Alt+O - Options (Linux) / Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O - Options (Windows)
• Escape - Exit (Linux) / Alt+F4 - Exit (Windows)

🐧 Linux Package Installation

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo dpkg -i babysmash_*_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies if needed

Fedora/RHEL:

sudo rpm -i babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm

After installation, BabySmash will appear in your application menu!

🐧 Linux Dependencies

• espeak for text-to-speech
• pulseaudio-utils or alsa-utils for audio

These are automatically installed when using .deb or .rpm packages.

---

What's Changed

• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #76
• Bump actions/download-artifact from 7 to 8 by @dependabot[bot] in #77
• Bump System.Speech from 10.0.2 to 10.0.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #68
• Bump Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection from 10.0.2 to 10.0.3 by @shanselman in #69
• Bump Avalonia and Avalonia.Desktop by @dependabot[bot] in #71
• Bump Updatum from 1.3.4 to 1.3.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #75

Full Changelog: v4.0.0...v4.1.0

v4.0.0-beta3

BabySmash! v4.0.0-beta3

A game for babies who like to bang on the keyboard!

📦 Download

File	Description
BabySmash-Setup.exe	Windows - Installer with Start Menu shortcut
BabySmash-win-x64.zip	Windows - Portable version (also used by auto-updater)
babysmash_*_amd64.deb	Debian/Ubuntu - Install with sudo dpkg -i babysmash_*_amd64.deb
babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm	Fedora/RHEL - Install with sudo rpm -i babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm
BabySmash-linux-x64.tar.gz	Linux - Manual install, extract and run ./babysmash

Self-contained - No .NET installation required.

⌨️ Usage

• Press keys and watch shapes and letters appear!
• Alt+O - Options (Linux) / Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O - Options (Windows)
• Escape - Exit (Linux) / Alt+F4 - Exit (Windows)

🐧 Linux Package Installation

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo dpkg -i babysmash_*_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies if needed

Fedora/RHEL:

sudo rpm -i babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm

After installation, BabySmash will appear in your application menu!

🐧 Linux Dependencies

• espeak for text-to-speech
• pulseaudio-utils or alsa-utils for audio

These are automatically installed when using .deb or .rpm packages.

---

What's Changed

• Bump actions/download-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #61
• Fix color/shape placeholders for French by @thomaslevesque in #57
• Bump Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection from 10.0.1 to 10.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #60
• Add nfpm integration for .deb and .rpm packages by @Copilot in #59
• Add language fallback for TTS voice selection by @Copilot in #63
• Fix build-linux workflow: update nfpm installation to use apt repository by @Copilot in #64
• Fix nfpm installation in build-linux workflow by @Copilot in #65

New Contributors

• @thomaslevesque made their first contribution in #57

Full Changelog: v4.0.0-beta2...v4.0.0-beta3

v4.0.0

BabySmash! v4.0.0

A game for babies who like to bang on the keyboard!

📦 Download

File	Description
BabySmash-Setup.exe	Windows - Installer with Start Menu shortcut
BabySmash-win-x64.zip	Windows - Portable version (also used by auto-updater)
babysmash_*_amd64.deb	Debian/Ubuntu - Install with sudo dpkg -i babysmash_*_amd64.deb
babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm	Fedora/RHEL - Install with sudo rpm -i babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm
BabySmash-linux-x64.tar.gz	Linux - Manual install, extract and run ./babysmash

Self-contained - No .NET installation required.

⌨️ Usage

• Press keys and watch shapes and letters appear!
• Alt+O - Options (Linux) / Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O - Options (Windows)
• Escape - Exit (Linux) / Alt+F4 - Exit (Windows)

🐧 Linux Package Installation

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo dpkg -i babysmash_*_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies if needed

Fedora/RHEL:

sudo rpm -i babysmash-*.x86_64.rpm

After installation, BabySmash will appear in your application menu!

🐧 Linux Dependencies

• espeak for text-to-speech
• pulseaudio-utils or alsa-utils for audio

These are automatically installed when using .deb or .rpm packages.

---

What's Changed

• Fix resource leaks, thread safety, and .NET 10 idiomatic issues by @Copilot in #54
• Implement Linux port with shared core library (Phase 1 & 2 complete) by @Copilot in #53
• Use bounded speech queue for TTS by @shanselman in #55
• Bump actions/download-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #61
• Fix color/shape placeholders for French by @thomaslevesque in #57
• Bump Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection from 10.0.1 to 10.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #60
• Add nfpm integration for .deb and .rpm packages by @Copilot in #59
• Add language fallback for TTS voice selection by @Copilot in #63
• Fix build-linux workflow: update nfpm installation to use apt repository by @Copilot in #64
• Fix nfpm installation in build-linux workflow by @Copilot in #65

New Contributors

• @Copilot made their first contribution in #54
• @shanselman made their first contribution in #55
• @thomaslevesque made their first contribution in #57

Full Changelog: v3.9.9...v4.0.0

v4.0.0-beta2

BabySmash! v4.0.0-beta2

🎤 Speech Improvements

• Bounded speech queue - No more spawning hundreds of threads when smashing keys
• Interruptible speech - New keypresses cancel current utterance for faster response
• Voice caching - Faster voice lookup per culture
• Word priority - Detected words clear the queue and speak immediately

🐧 Linux Support (Avalonia)

• New BabySmash.Linux project using Avalonia UI
• Cross-platform support for Linux with WSLg

📦 Download

File	Description
BabySmash-Setup.exe	Recommended - Windows installer with Start Menu shortcut
BabySmash-win-x64.zip	Windows portable (also used by auto-updater)
BabySmash-linux-x64.tar.gz	Linux x64 build

⌨️ Usage

• Press keys and watch shapes and letters appear!
• Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O - Options
• Alt+F4 - Exit
• --fps - Show performance overlay

v4.0.0-beta1

BabySmash! v4.0.0-beta1

A game for babies who like to bang on the keyboard!

📦 Download

File	Description
BabySmash-Setup.exe	Windows - Installer with Start Menu shortcut
BabySmash-win-x64.zip	Windows - Portable version (also used by auto-updater)
BabySmash-linux-x64.tar.gz	Linux - Extract and run ./babysmash

Self-contained - No .NET installation required.

⌨️ Usage

• Press keys and watch shapes and letters appear!
• Alt+O - Options (Linux) / Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O - Options (Windows)
• Escape - Exit (Linux) / Alt+F4 - Exit (Windows)

🐧 Linux Requirements

• espeak for text-to-speech: sudo apt install espeak
• pulseaudio-utils for audio: sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

---

What's Changed

• Fix resource leaks, thread safety, and .NET 10 idiomatic issues by @Copilot in #54
• Implement Linux port with shared core library (Phase 1 & 2 complete) by @Copilot in #53

New Contributors

• @Copilot made their first contribution in #54

Full Changelog: v3.9.9...v4.0.0-beta1

BabySmash! v4.0.0-beta1

A game for babies who like to bang on the keyboard!

📦 Download

File	Description
BabySmash-Setup.exe	Windows - Installer with Start Menu shortcut
BabySmash-win-x64.zip	Windows - Portable version (also used by auto-updater)
BabySmash-linux-x64.tar.gz	Linux - Extract and run ./babysmash

Self-contained - No .NET installation required.

⌨️ Usage

• Press keys and watch shapes and letters appear!
• Alt+O - Options (Linux) / Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O - Options (Windows)
• Escape - Exit (Linux) / Alt+F4 - Exit (Windows)

🐧 Linux Requirements

• espeak for text-to-speech: sudo apt install espeak
• pulseaudio-utils for audio: sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils

---

What's Changed

• Fix resource leaks, thread safety, and .NET 10 idiomatic issues by @Copilot in #54
• Implement Linux port with shared core library (Phase 1 & 2 complete) by @Copilot in #53

New Contributors

• @Copilot made their first contribution in #54

Full Changelog: v3.9.9...v4.0.0-beta1

v3.9.9

BabySmash! v3.9.9

✨ What's New

Visual Effects Improvements

• 🎨 Visual effects now auto-enabled based on your GPU capability
• First run detects WPF rendering tier - effects enabled on Tier 2 (full GPU acceleration)
• Renamed "Hardware Effects" → "Visual Effects (blur, glow)" for clarity
• Fixed checkbox not working (was bound to wrong setting!)

Performance Diagnostics

• 🔧 New --fps command line flag - shows FPS counter and shape count overlay
• Run BabySmash.exe --fps to monitor performance
• Useful for testing on different hardware

📦 Download

File	Description
BabySmash-Setup.exe	Recommended - Installer with Start Menu shortcut
BabySmash-win-x64.zip	Portable version (also used by auto-updater)

Self-contained - No .NET installation required.

⌨️ Usage

• Press keys and watch shapes and letters appear!
• Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O - Options
• Alt+F4 - Exit
• --fps - Show performance overlay

v3.9.8

BabySmash! v3.9.8

A game for babies who like to bang on the keyboard! 🎉

🚀 Major Updates

• Upgraded to .NET 10 - Modern framework with improved performance
• Automatic Updates - App now checks for and installs updates automatically via Updatum
• Windows Installer - Proper installer with Start Menu shortcut (no admin required)
• Code Signed - Executable signed with Microsoft Azure Trusted Signing

🌍 New Languages

• German (de-DE) - thanks @Haschak
• Greek (el-GR) - thanks @Geoxor
• Latvian (lv-LV) - thanks @nicksona89
• Portuguese - Brazil (pt-BR)
• Portuguese - Portugal (pt-PT) - thanks @HelderMagalhaes

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed F4 key triggering Windows file properties dialog
• Fixed "Sounds: None" setting not being honored
• Fixed face visibility toggle on oval shapes
• Localized color+shape announcements (e.g., "Red Circle" vs "Círculo Vermelho")

📦 Download

File	Description
BabySmash-Setup.exe	Recommended - Installer with Start Menu shortcut
BabySmash-win-x64.zip	Portable version - extract and run anywhere

Self-contained - No .NET installation required.

⌨️ Usage

• Press keys and watch shapes and letters appear!
• Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O - Options
• Alt+F4 - Exit

Contributors

Thanks to @DavidRieman, @FormalDeterminism, @Haschak, @Geoxor, @nicksona89, @HelderMagalhaes for their contributions!