Belle 0.5 alpha is out, available for Arch Linux, Gentoo, Ubuntu and Mac OSX

Belle 0.5 alpha is out, available for Arch Linux, Gentoo, Ubuntu and Mac OSX (KDE Graphic Editor)

What is Belle?

Belle is a cross-platform and easy-to-use visual novel maker, that lets you create visual novels and other 2D games for the web.
Belle is already functional and quite stable, with most features implemented, however it's still a work in progress.

Easy to use

Belle doesn't require coding, like most visual novel engines do, instead everything is done through a visual editor, which has a similar design to Novelty. Optionally there's the ability to extend games using Javascript.

Easy to distribute

Games made with Belle run natively on modern browsers, so you don't need to worry about compiling and distributing libraries.
On top of that, by using the web as a medium, your games become easier to access and play.

Changelog: Belle 0.5a

#### [Editor]
- Added "New Project" option.
- Added synchronization between resources and cloned objects on scene(s). (not active by default)
- Assets are now exported to a separate file (assets.js).
- Improved usability of condition's text edit.
- Implemented character state in Show action.
- Fixed ChangeState action not loading correctly.
- Set proper detection of animated images.
- Fixed images not showing in add character dialog.
- Fixed issues in Show Action.
- Improved editing of Slide action.
- Fixed object z-order when importing project.
- Fixed opacity in ObjectGroup objects.
- Fixed crash when switching character states.
- Fixed crash when switching to a ChangeBackground action.
- Improved ObjectGroup editing.
- Fixed many (other) bugs.

#### [Engine]
- Major redesign and rewrite.
- Improved pause screen.
- Improved load screen.
- Added support for animated images in canvas.
- Fixed strange behaviour with text baseline due to floating point coordinates.
- Removed stroke when drawing the object's background.
- Fixed drawing bug when hovering a button.
- Added meta tag to force IE to use the correct document mode.
- Improved overall event detection.
- Improved Slide animation.
- Fixed many (other) bugs.

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