Mikage alpha release: April 2020
Added 2020-04-23 12:24:43 +0000 UTCUpdate August 2022: Alpha releases are no longer available. The text below is for historical reference, only.
You can now play Super Mario 3D Land on Android! I added lots of updates this month specifically for this game (most of which luckily will benefit other titles, too), as you'll have seen in the gameplay video earlier this month. As usual, the new alpha release is available for patrons in the $10 tier and above at the internal download area.
The list of changes includes these items over the March release:
- Important bugs that affected lots of games have been fixed, notably in the ETC decoder and in the vertex loader.
- Some more pixel pipeline configurations (e.g. the DOT3 combiner operation) are now implemented
- Support for stencil testing has been added
Besides enabling Super Mario 3D Land to work, these changes also fix graphical glitches in other games, such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Cubic Ninja, Steel Diver, and more.
I'm also pleased to announce there will be another major performance boost next month - the code is almost complete, but didn't quite make it in time for this release. I'll keep you updated about further progress in May ;)
