🎉 Exciting News: LITIENGINE 0.9.0 is here! 🚀

We are excited to announce the release of LITIENGINE v0.9.0, packed with key enhancements, bug fixes, and optimizations. Here’s a summary of what’s new:

✨ Key Features & Improvements:

• Configurable Image Interpolation 🎨: You can now configure image and background interpolation in ImageComponents, giving you more control over rendering.
• New Horizontal Menus 🧭: Horizontal menus are here! Perfect for more versatile UI layouts.
• Particle System Upgrade 💥: Customize the thickness of particle outlines for more dynamic visual effects.

🛠️ Bug Fixes & Optimizations:

• Collision and Animation Fixes ⚡: Improved collision box alignment in the MapObjectsRenderer and refined animation detection and ordering in the CreatureAnimationController.
• LightSource Rendering 💡: Fixed issues with LightSource rendering and oval light painting, improving lighting accuracy.
• Spawnpoint and Pivoting 🎯: Resolved spawnpoint pivoting issues and introduced EntityPivotType.SPREAD for better entity positioning.
• Sprite Handling 🖌️: Simplified and enhanced sprite import logic, along with fixes for sprite name updates in the import panel.

📚 Documentation & Development Environment:

• Extensive Documentation 📖: Added and updated JavaDocs for the ICollisionEntity interface, rendering components, and utility classes.
• Development Environment 🔧: Updated Java version in the development environment guidelines, and improved Gradle setup with new dependency updates for better build stability.

🔄 Dependency Updates:

• Updated dependencies including junit, mockito-core, and GitHub Actions workflows for enhanced compatibility.

We hope these updates empower you to create even more immersive 2D games with ease! 🎮🚀 Visit the full changelog to dive into all the dirty details.