• MAJOR FEATURE: the class of parameters and locals can now be asserted using If .. Isa .. allowing general restrictions in parameter restrictions and more specific access (attributes, scripts, containers) with the If-statement
  • FEATURE: Attributes inherited from entity can now be referenced for literals
  • FEATURE: Debugger now has a command to toggle a levels of trace off and on
  • FEATURE: Debugger now lists the programmer name of instances as well as the player name
  • FEATURE: Debugger can now list instances matching a wildcard pattern ("instance a*")
  • FEATURE: Compiler now flags all occurrences of a multiply defined identifier
  • BUGFIX: Out of memory error in interpreter for very large game fixed
  • BUGFIX: sometimes locating a location At itself crashed the interpreter
  • BUGFIX: comparing strings with '<>' did not work
  • BUGFIX: using a location identifier as a direction sometimes caused a compiler crash
  • BUGFIX: A DEBUG message would be printed in some games in some circumstances
  • compilation progress bar added
  • search feature added
  • outline now also presents the Prompt construct
  • outline failed to show anything after a 'Can' keyword appeared in the source code
  • keyword 'Can' is now highlighted
  • error markers are shown on resources in navigator view (and propagated upwards)
  • error markers are shown on editor tabs for opened files
  • new application icon
  • a first version of introductory documentation
  • intro shown once after each update

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What They Say

"[the game] does not represent the real capabilities of the Alan Language but does demonstrate Alan's amazing ability to allow someone who has never done an iota of computer programming of any kind to produce SOMETHING within a few weeks!"

Eric Mayer (on his game HeBGB Horrors)