The second release candidate for the upcoming new version 4.0.0.0 contains a number of changes to fix most of the bugs in the first release candidate that were reported in the forum.
Please see the Download section for the new pre-release version.
After nearly 2½ years, it’s time for a new release version!
Before the final version 4.0.0.0 with lots of changes will be released, here’s the first release candidate as a preview and to allow for some more time for fine-tuning and debugging.
The most obvious improvement of R’n’D version 4 is support for SDL2 (while it still is compatible with the older version SDL 1.2). SDL2 adds support for improved fullscreen mode, window scaling and, most important, Android and iOS support. While Android is supported directly, an iOS version for iPad/iPhone was ported and made available by Les Bird in the App Store.
Most of the other improvements are related to a higher flexibility in custom graphics, like custom window size, different sizes and locations for the playfield, game panel and tape area, and different sizes of custom graphics for game elements (other than 32x32).
Now available from the Download section!
The latest development version of the Rocks’n’Diamonds source code is finally available via Git:
Check out some of the new features of the next release version:
Always available from the Download section now!
This release is mainly a bugfix release which contains the following changes:
Now available from the Download section!
This minor update adds volume controls for simple sounds, sound loops and music to the sound setup (which can be useful if your system does not have sound controls for individual applications or if you want to quiet down that annoying yam-yam noise in certain levels, while keeping music and other sounds at normal volume).
For those who want to recompile the game after fiddling around with the artwork configuration source code files, the package now also contains the required Perl script that rebuilds the element and artwork definition header files.
Now available from the Download section!