Mini Micro version 0.7!

jstrout

I'm pleased to announce that Mini Micro version 0.7 is now out!

This version includes nifty new demos, including Drum Machine and a completed mini text adventure.

It also includes a number of new features for you to use in your code, such as sprite bounds checking, hit testing, and support for HTTP. The Mini Micro Cheat Sheet has been expanded from 2 pages to 3 (not counting the MiniScript Quick Reference appended on the end), both to cover the new features and to allow room for some examples and reference tables.

Some minor changes were made to the APIs; in particular, the File class is now file (all lowercase), because it is a module, like color or displayMode (or the new http module), rather than a class you would use with new. Existing code will have to be updated accordingly.

So check it out and download Mini Micro for your platform now!

jstrout

I'm hoping this will increase Mini Micro's exposure, and for some users, it will give them a bit of increased confidence versus downloading an app from some website they haven't heard of before.

jstrout

A user has just brought to my attention a problem with this release of Mini Micro on Windows 10: out of the box, it boots up to a completely black screen with no way to type or do anything else.

This happens because it's failing to find the user.minidisk file, and that's throwing an exception that interrupts the whole boot process. Oops.

Fortunately there is an easy work-around:

You need to create a folder next to Mini Micro.exe called exactly "user.minidisk".

Once you do that, it should then launch just fine. (You could also place a zip file there, or if you used an older version of Mini Micro, just move your old user.minidisk file into place; but for a new user, creating a folder is the easiest solution.)

Sorry about this trouble, and I'll be sure to get it fixed for the next release!