v0.6.3

Hello! This release fixes some issues with previewing screensavers. There's also a bunch of code cleanup and housekeeping.

Quick Fix Feb 21

Quick fix to use proper semantic versioning, clean up some other issues with checking for updates, and initial (bad) Linux support.

Sunny Beta

This release includes several fixes and improvements:

• Added code to check for new releases of Before Dawn
• Fixed bug where it took a few keypresses to disable screensaver
• Added native directory chooser for picking path to local screensavers
• Added some exception handling to not crash if a screensaver has bad data
• Cleaned up some of the underlying code to pass parameters to screensavers

I would like to clean up a bunch of rough edges, and I'm sure there are some bugs, but this is pretty close to 100% functional. Enjoy!

Mild Alpha Version

This version fixes some bugs in the prior release, and adds a few tweaks:

• There is an 'auto start' option in the preferences window, which should allow you to toggle autostart on/off
• It should now be impossible to launch two copies of the app (I hope)
• Added a menu to the preferences window with Copy/Paste/etc commands. Not having this prevented copy/paste on OSX :(
• Tweaks to the global JS to support multiple monitors better, and hopefully be a little less CPU intensive

Xtreme Alpha Version

Initial release! This contains the basic screensaver app and some initial screensavers. It's probably buggy! Please try it and report back.

I've only built installers for OSX and Windows so far, and I've only been able to test them out on a few machines. I'll build some packages for Linux as soon as I can.

Documentation on running the app and writing your own screensavers is available from the README. My main focus is on making it easy for people to use Before Dawn to write their own screensavers and hopefully contribute back, so I'll be improving the docs as much as possible. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to open an issue!