Beyond20 update information

Hello all,

First of all, thank you all for being so patient and understanding with me. As I've worked through the last push to launch my The Forge last week, I'm finally free to finish up the Beyond20 release that I've been working so much on this last month.

I wanted to let you know about some of the progress, if you haven't been following my developer sessions on Twitch. 

I've rewritten the entire Beyond20 to use pure Javascript for its implementation instead of  Rapydscript (a python-like language which was then getting compiled into Javascript with less than optimal results). This was very time consuming but it will be a huge help long term as it helps with cleaning up the code and maintaining it so we can add features more easily.

I've also added Digital Dice support and it integrates really well with it. I'm very happy with the results and can't wait to use it in live sessions. 

I have also changed most of the icons used by Beyond20 to use icons provided by the user "Jerbardo" who did the amazing artwork. These icons look much better at low resolution than what I initially had, making Beyond20 look nicer now than it did before.

The rest of the changes have been bugfixing, and adding some support for various new class features or other small improvements. I've also had two new contributors on this release, Brunhine and Aeristoka, who have submitted changes to Beyond20 and have helped with the development!

My next step is to try and finish as much as possible from the bugs and small features that were requested, and try to do one more big feature : Improve the Discord Integration.

My plan for Discord is to add the ability to specify a whisper channel and to add a channel manager where you can have multiple secret keys added, with a easy-to-remember name assigned to each, and be able to assign a channel for each of your characters, so you don't have to switch between them every time.

I don't know how much of this I'll be able to do, but I'll do my best to finish this within the next couple of days then make a release.

So yeah, you can expect the next Beyond20 release sometime this week, let's cross our fingers and toes and hope nothing delays it further!

Thanks again for being patient with me and keeping me motivated to keep improving this awesome piece of software of which I'm very proud! It's been over a year now since the first release of Beyond20 and it has come a long way (and I have come a long way as well).

I expect to be streaming my dev sessions again on Twitch, probably within the next couple of hours and hoping to make some good progress today, so keep an eye out if you're looking to see me work or chat with me while I do!

Thanks,

KaKaRoTo