Some minor internal changes

Improved inaccurate masks of original Castle 1, Castle 1 Night and Inferno Night tilesets

Reworked ModifierHurt event

Updated translations

Fixed AreaEndOfLevel event with JJ2+ parameters

Fixed some player animation glitches

Fixed crash if CPU without CLFLUSHOPT x86 instruction support was used (older than Intel Skylake)

Added Allow Cheats and Overwrite Episode Completion (Always / No Cheats Only / Higher Score Only) to Gameplay options

Added jjmorph cheat

Added shield timer to HUD

Increased number of usable gamepads to 6

Increased Lori's jump distance (if Reforged Gameplay is enabled)

Improved rendering of player shields and some visual effects

Adjusted gamepad rumble

Updated translations

Reworked Linux ARM64 cross-compilation (on GitHub Actions)

Fixed Can't destroy PowerUps with some weapons (Bouncer, Toaster, ...)

Fixed Madder Hatter projectile shouldn't be affected by gravity (if Reforged Gameplay is disabled)

Fixed Upgraded Bouncer does 1 damage instead of 2

Fixed Monkeys can't aim, they just throw bananas at the same curve

Fixed Sparks are always looking the same direction, and chase player constantly in their range

Fixed 2D Spike Balls are indestructible and can't be frozen (applies also to all moving platform types)

Fixed Carrots (+1 HP) don't give short invincibility

Fixed Destructable blocks don't give score on destruction

Fixed Player shields can kill enemies if player touch them, but it shouldn't

Fixed Player can't kill frozen enemies when running into them

Fixed Spaz' sidekick only kills one enemy at a time

Fixed SugarRush is not immune to hurt events

Fixed When player buttstomp a turtle shell, can't move until it bounce back up then fall down

Fixed RF missiles

Fixed input in GLFW backend

Fixed extra gamepad buttons (share button, touchpad, mic mute)

Fixed Menu/Back binding for 2nd player

Fixed gamepad detection

Fixed major crash on Switch

Added local splitscreen co-op support (for up to 4 players)

Added gamepad rumble (can be set to Disabled, Weak or Strong in Controls options, only supported in SDL2 and UWP backends)

Added generic XInput gamepad mapping to all platforms (was Windows only before, should fix Steam Input on Linux)

Added UWP/Mesa build for Xbox Series (untested and highly experimental)

Added fetching gamepad mappings from SDL_­GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG environment variable

Updated French translation by @Mwyann

Updated Polish translation by @Patrxgt

Updated Romanian translation by @1NSH4N3

Updated Turkish translation by @Consul

Improved About section in main menu

Improved logging

Adjusted trigger deadzone and default control bindings

Fixed crash on Android TV

Fixed tilemap rendering

Fixed shooting while pushing into wall

Fixed shooting into a wall with Bouncer and Toaster

Fixed player shield timer

Various other fixes

Added new Android icon reflecting reforged/legacy main menu

Added French translation by @Mwyann

Added ARM64EC build for Windows (x64 libraries are still used there for now)

Added optional PlayStation™ button labels (can be set in Controls section)

Added /log:­file startup parameter to create log file, usually in config directory

Blacklisted every gamepad containing Keyboard and Mouse in name, because it's usually wrongly detected as gamepad on Linux

Adjusted 3D audio panning

Reduced number of files created in Cache directory, single file Source.pak is created instead with decreased size and increased speed

Better exception handling – crash dump is automatically saved to CrashDumps directory for easier troubleshooting on Windows, and stack trace to terminal on some other platforms

Some minor performance improvements on WIndows

Adjusted menu layout for non-16:9 aspect ratios and low resolution screens

Adjusted OpenGL library linkage on Linux

Improved rendering of some menu elements

Updated Italian translation by @Hexaae

Updated Polish translation by @Patrxgt

Updated Romanian translation by @1NSH4N3

Fixed some gamepad mappings

Fixed some player SFXs to be bound to camera

Fixed player buttstomp

Fixed loading of some gamepad mappings

Added Toggle Run to Controls options (you don't have to hold the Run button if enabled)

Added better error messages on crash

Read gamecontrollerdb.txt from parent directory of "Source" directory on Android (or from "Content" directory on other platforms)

Improved internal audio handling and handling of timers

Various internal optimizations and refactoring

Updated dependencies

Fixed minor graphics glitches

Fixed version numbering of experimental builds

Fixed Xbox/UWP version

Added Welcome (first run) menu section to select Legacy/Reforged mode

Added sound effects to intro video (first startup will be without sound, because cache must be recreated first)

Added legacy (purple) main menu background

Change main menu background and music with Reforged Main Menu option without game restart

Added possibility to assign up to 6 assignments (keys, buttons or axes) to any action in Controls section

Added possibility to remap also quick change to weapon 1-10 actions in Controls section

Added possibility to remap controls with touch screen in Controls section

Added /reset-controls startup parameter to force reset all saved controls settings

Rollback food eaten (sugar rush) on checkpoint (if Reforged Gameplay is enabled)

Allow to slightly move left/right while buttstomping

Force collisions every frame even if player doesn't move

Improved player weapon flare and player outline

Improved Reforged HUD

Improved About menu section

Adjusted font letter spacing

Adjusted Turtle Shell

Reworked input handling (and because of this, all controls settings will be reset)

Reworked rendering to be top-left aligned instead of center – it can improve image quality in some cases

Reworked camera smoothing to fix jittering

Various internal performance optimizations

Updated Polish translation by @Patrxgt

Updated Romanian translation by @1NSH4N3

Updated Turkish translation by @Consul

Fixed some internal bugs

Fixed Barrel, Trigger Crate, Fencer, LabRat, MadderHatter, Raven, Queen, Moth

Fixed Don't kill enemies with Pole and PushableBox (if Reforged Gameplay is disabled)

Fixed Remap Controls menu section

Fixed food eaten in saved state

Fixed Windows 7/8 support

Added Flatpak package and published on Flathub

Added player weapon flare

Added Reforged HUD and Reforged Main Menu as separate options

Added jjk cheat

Load gamepad mappings also from config directory if exists

Don't show custom levels that should be hidden

Improved Gameplay Enhancements menu section

Various internal performance optimizations

Fixed Fish and LabRat enemies

Fixed Airboard

Fixed horizontal Spring orientation in some levels

Fixed alignment of some level messages

Fixed crash while rendering a lot of particles

Fixed jumping out of water in some levels

Fixed some cases where symbolic link to file couldn't be used

Added Episode logos/images to episode selection

Added asynchronous loading to custom level selection

Added AppImage packages – all dependencies and Content directory is already in the package (Linux only)

Added support for JJ2+ ammo crates (event 54)

Show upgraded ammo pickup if player has upgraded weapon

Reset current weapon to Blaster if player has no ammo in current weapon on checkpoint

Changed to use "$XDG_­DATA_­HOME/{NCINE_­LINUX_­PACKAGE}/" path for Cache and Source instead of "$XDG_­DATA_­HOME/Jazz² Resurrection/" on Linux ({NCINE_­LINUX_­PACKAGE} is still set to to "Jazz² Resurrection" by default in CMake)

Various internal performance optimizations

Improved some sprites

Improved 3D sound

Improved Sounds section in Options (long press is supported now)

Updated Italian translation by @Hexaae

Updated Polish translation by @Patrxgt

Updated Romanian translation by @1NSH4N3

Adjusted Pinball Bumper

Adjusted Bird's fire rate

Replaced libdeflate with zlib-ng on Windows to fix random crashes (zlib is used everywhere now)

Fixed transition between standing and crouching while shooting

Fixed Fast Fire power up and default fire rate

Fixed Raven enemy

Fixed Bolly boss and Uterus boss

Fixed Pepper explosion

Fixed destructable blocks on Continue

Fixed Esc key in main menu

Added Continue to main menu – to quickly continue from the last checkpoint in the last played level

Added quick resume on the last checkpoint to Android if the game was minimized and then terminated by OS

Added loading screen if the device is too slow

Improved rendering of tile map (added 1px padding to every tile)

Added Unaligned Viewport option to improve rendering on some GPUs

Skipping ambient light transition at the beginning of level

Added new texts to translation files

Adjusted Springs

Adjusted Power up hitbox

Adjusted Monkey hitbox

Reworked Pinball Bumper

Optimized debris/particle rendering

Various other optimizations

Improved menu transitions

Updated Romanian translation by @1NSH4N3

Fixed crash when player shoots while converted to frog by witch

Fixed behaviour when a solid object falls on player

Fixed Lori's lifting animation

Fixed Float Up event

Fixed Copter Ears

Fixed TNT

Fixed Sugar Rush in water

Fixed crash due to critical bug in resource management

Fixed player crouch animation

Fixed blue spring strength (if Reforged Gameplay is disabled)

Added --version startup parameter on Linux

Updated expired UWP certificate

Fixed crash after player morph (using swap/morph power ups)

Fixed some rendering bugs

Updated Italian translation by @Hexaae

Added Brazilian Portuguese translation by @edukara

Added timestamps to log file

Added support for flipping tiles vertically

Added support for tile animation delay jitter

Added shader cache pruning on every game version upgrade

Blacklisted also SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad which was incorrectly detected as gamepad on Linux in some cases

Blacklisted also some devices named Mouse which were incorrectly detected as gamepad on Android

Reworked big boxes/boulders

Reworked binary shader cache

Optimized resource loading

Optimized various parts of the game

Improved log console handling on Windows and macOS

Improved Input Diagnostics menu section

Improved RGB lighting

Fixed possible crash in level loading

Fixed levels using multiple tilesets

Fixed shield deactivation

Fixed blur rendering

Fixed high-performance GPU not chosen automatically on notebooks with Windows

Fixed frozen boulders not sliding after being pushed – #122

Fixed player doesn't duck after jumping – #78

Fixed enemies changing direction unexpectedly – #113

Fixed crash on armeabi-v7a with error code SIGBUS/BUS_­ADRALN – #132

Fixed range of left analog stick of some gamepads on Android – #132

Added Browse "Source" Directory to Options

Source directory can be opened by pressing Enter in main menu (if files are missing) also on macOS

Prune binary shader cache on Refresh cache

Improved font rendering

Updated dependencies

Improved logging on web (Emscripten)

Fixed getting stuck after using some warps – #130

Fixed screen orientation on Android

Fixes for Windows Subsystem for Android™

Fixed minor crash on initialization if bad GPU drivers were used

Fixed incorrect size of glow under Unicode texts in main menu

Added support for Nintendo Switch (with custom firmware)

Added support for FreeBSD

Added /max-fps:­<value> startup parameter

Internal refactoring and MinGW compiler support

Adjusted Spaz' double jump

Adjusted Bilsy and Bolly for different difficulty levels

Optimized download size of web version

Updated dependencies

Fixed controls on NVIDIA Shield TV

Fixed issue that files were not upgraded correctly from the previous version – you should upgrade to this version as soon as possible

Fixed shields fire rate

Fixed Polish translation by @Patrxgt

Added fire, water and lightning shields

Added jjshield cheat

Added Polish translation by @Patrxgt

Updated Turkish translation by @Consul

Improved ice shrapnels

Fixed crash on Linux aarch64 (ARM64) build

Fixed Graphics Quality label

Added 99 lives limit

Added /cheats-lives startup parameter for unlimited lives

Added Input Diagnostics to Options to be able to debug gamepad issues

Updated Italian translation by @Hexaae

Updated Romanian translation by @Akfiz

Fixed issues with GPUs that have smaller MAX_­UNIFORM_­BLOCK_­SIZE than usual

Fixed gamepad detection

Added optional Ammo Count to Weapon Wheel

Added shader cache for faster subsequent startups

Added macOS ARM64 build (for Apple M1/M2 devices)

Added Windows Clang/LLVM build – it can yield different performance characteristics

Updated font

Updated translations

Improved logging

Fixed Robot boss in Legacy mode

Fixed Bird doesn't act as extra life

Fixed player corpse

Fixed Weapon not reverting to base state when ammo runs out

Fixed TNT not breaking stomp blocks

Fixed 1UP Crates

Fixed some hitboxes

Fixed crash during cache refresh on some Android devices

Force use fixed batch size also on PowerVR Rogue GE8320 on Android to avoid missing sprites

Added Graphics Quality option – Low quality should be used on Mali GPUs which can't render water properly

Added better approximation of original physics if Reforged Mode is turned off

Added original HUD if Reforged Mode is turned off

Added original TNT animation and behavior

Added Show Player Trails option

Added full Italian translation by @Hexaae

Added full Turkish translation by Consul

Added Ogg Vorbis audio support – used in some JJ2+ levels

Added JJ2+ tileset palette remapping support

Added Spring delay support

Added idle animation to Bat enemy

Added some JJ2 cheats – see http://deat.tk/jazz2/help#how-to-enable-cheats

Strip binaries on Linux and macOS – smaller binary size on these platforms

Adjusted some lighting parameters and water shader

Adjusted some animations

Improved font rendering

Fixed tilemap rendering

Fixed language selection on Android

Fixed last trimmed character in some messages

Fixed Steam Note

Fixed Bubba boss and possibly other enemies

Fixed app icon of GLFW build on Linux

Multi-language support – using standard .po/.mo files, level texts are translatable too now, original .j2s files are not compatible because of different encoding

Added some JJ2+ (MLLE) features – custom level palette, extra tilesets, additional layers, layer visibility, layer speed model, tinted layer rendering, darkness color, pit type, water level – levels using these additional features should look better now

Added Allow access to external storage on Android 11 or newer – then you can save Source directory to these additional paths: ‹Storage›/Games/Jazz² Resurrection/Source/, ‹Storage›/Download/Jazz² Resurrection/Source/ which is helpful especially on Android 13

Save config file to external storage next to Source directory if possible on Android

Added full Czech translation by @deathkiller

Added full Romanian translation by @1NSH4N3

Added full Russian translation by @MAN-biker

Added partial Italian, Portuguese and Turkish translations – contact me if you want to improve them or add new ones

Added Keep Aspect Ratio In Cinematics to Options

Added Discord Rich Presence also on Linux

Faster scrolling in Custom Level selection screen

Rollback weapons on player death to Checkpoint

Added Holiday Hare '17 and Holiday Hare '18 episodes to Episode selection menu – these levels are still not working properly because of incompatible scripting

Added full macOS support – added application bundle and fixed music playback

Added DEB and RPM packages (Linux only)

Added macOS build and Linux aarch64 (ARM64) build to GitHub Actions

Improved font rendering and added some missing characters

Replaced JSON library by simdjson

Improved path handling on Xbox – added \Games\Jazz2 Resurrection\ as alternative path for external storage

Merged xmas98 episode into xmas99 (internal change to simplify translations)

Reworked destructible tiles

Improved some menu sections

Improved scripting support

Fixed encoding of level texts

Fixed wrong layer positioning

Fixed palettes with emply alpha channel in some tilesets

Fixed wrong translucent alpha value

Fixed Ice Block

Fixed Hurt event

Fixed some enemies and solid objects

Fixed Electro weapon

Fixed Birds shooting in solid walls

Fixed orientation of some horizontal Springs

Fixed TNT blocks in xmas3.j2l level

Fixed Queen boss

Added winter theme to main menu (Holiday Hare '98 or Christmas Chronicles required)

Added Swinging Vine

Added Pole and Pinball Paddle SFX

Added some missing player idle SFX

Added Discord Rich Presence (Windows only)

Added /log startup parameter to show log console (Windows only)

Blacklisted also Razer DeathAdder Mice which were incorrectly detected as gamepad on Linux in some cases

Save config file to external drive if Source is also on external drive on Xbox

Show active external drive indicator in main menu (Xbox only)

Improved Checkpoints

Improved input handling and fixed gamepad support on Android

Reworked input handling on UWP

Optimized shaders and debris

Updated SDL library to v2.26.1

Improved Checkpoint spawning

Fixed high-DPI support

Reorganized and fixed CRT shaders – desired Rescale Mode must be chosen again

Fixed audio popping

Fixed many enemies

Fixed frozen Spring, Ice Block, Rolling Rock

Fixed Freezer weapon

Fixed Devan animation

Fixed Alt+Enter (switch fullscreen) on GLFW and UWP

Fixed numeric keys to switch weapons

Fixed NTFS external drive support (Xbox only)

Fixed Emscripten (web) version on Xbox

Added external (USB) storage support on Xbox (UWP) – the application must be set to Game type, Source directory must be located in \Games\Jazz² Resurrection\Source\ on an external drive, exFAT is recommended or correct read/write permissions must be assigned

Added Scanlines rescale mode

Switch to next weapon on short press instead of weapon wheel

Added Copter SFX

Added gamepad axis normalization on Android

Increased gamepad refresh interval to 2 seconds on Android

Increased gamepad deadzones from 5% to 10%

Changed internal name of UWP package

Blacklisted Razer Keyboards which were incorrectly detected as gamepad on Linux in some cases

Blacklisted fingerprint sensor uinput-fpc which was incorrectly detected as gamepad on Android

Added more verbose diagnostics logging

Improved main menu if no Source found or Shareware Demo is used

Improved weapon wheel

Improved high-resolution icons

Improved Android path handling

Reduced instances array size in shaders

Fixed critical crash on Android

Fixed wrong resolution on UWP

Fixed gamepad triggers on UWP

Fixed poor performance on UWP

Fixed loading of unsupported versions

Fixed player jumping on Springs

Fixed flickering of stuck enemies (Helmut, Demon and LabRat)

Force use fixed batch size on PowerVR Rogue GE8300 on Android to avoid missing sprites

Added automated experimental builds – no need to wait for release to try some new features

Added Play Custom Levels section

Added logging to file on Android – log can be found in /­­Android/­­data/­­jazz2.­­resurrection/­­files/­Jazz2.­log

Content directory is included in APK on Android for easier installation – if you have previous version, just install the newer one and run it

Added /bypass-cache startup parameter to avoid creating Cache directory (advanced use only)

Improved weapon wheel

Improved gamepad support – triggers can be also used now

Better error messages

Reduced application size for Android

Fixed some issues with paths and main menu

Fixed Shareware Demo

Fixed Uterus boss

Fixed spawning of enemies near starting point

Fixed TNT doesn't break "TNT blocks" sometimes

Fixed music sometimes doesn't play

Fixed some gamepad issues

Added Universal Windows Platform build (mainly for Xbox One / Series)

Added Antialiasing – improves image quality when non-integer scale is used

Added /windowed startup parameter

Improved gamepad support

Improved support for high-DPI displays – auto-scaling window when moving between displays with different DPI, switching to fullscreen on current display instead of primary

Improved message in main menu if Source directory is not found

Improved episode selection menu

Fixed all reported issues with paths, especially on Linux

Fixed various hitboxes

Fixed Christmas Chronicles

Fixed coins and gems not rolling back to checkpoint if player died

Fixed Copter visual effect is missing

The game was fully rewritten in C++ with better performance and many improvements. Also Import procedure is not needed anymore – just copy original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 files to Source directory and run the game, see Running the application for more information. Cache is recreated during intro cinematics on the first startup, so it can't be skipped.

Additionally, these is a new web version, which is identical to other versions, to run the game quickly without any installations. Additional episodes can be imported from Jazz Jackrabbit 2 files to unlock full game. But for better performance, it's recommended to use native version for your platform.

Improved collisions, lighting, visual effects, enemies and almost everything

Improved touch controls support on all platforms

Added arbitrary refresh rate support (recommended minimum is 50Hz) – movement should be smoother

Added level scripting support using AngelScript

Added Alt+Enter to switch fullscreen

Added Razer Chroma integration (for keyboards with RGB support)

Improved main menu with true touch support

Uses the same base resolution and shaders on all platforms – it should look better on Android now

Fixed many bugs

Saved state cannot be transfered from previous versions, do NOT use any content from previous versions

Frozen and Copter visual effect is missing (fixed in newer version)

Sometimes music doesn't play for an unknown reason, restarting level fixes it (fixed in newer version)

Swinging vine event is missing (fixed in newer version)

Discord integration is missing (fixed in newer version)

macOS version doesn't play music, because libopenmpt library is missing (fixed in newer version)

No multi-language support in this version, only English, existing translations coming soon (fixed in newer version)

Cheats are missing (fixed in newer version)

Shields are not working yet (fixed in newer version)

No normal maps – previous auto-generated normal maps were wrong anyway (visual-only issue)

Added frozen effect

Fixed Freezer weapon hitbox

Fixed some crashes and corrupted player in-game state

Fixed Weapon Wheel animation

Android: Fixed analog gamepad support

Android: Fixed Weapon Wheel

Android: Fixed Cannot use B button in Controls settings

Added Weapon Wheel to Enhancements settings section – it changes Switch Weapon action on gamepad to Weapon Wheel

Fire action is mapped to right gamepad trigger (as secondary button, cannot be changed)

Default gamepad control scheme was changed

Allow to cancel remapping with Escape key in Controls settings section

If one key/button is used twice in Controls settings section, it will be marked red

Improved Rolling Rock

Use new preferences file format for Desktop release (it will be automatically converted)

Use smaller hitbox for IsOneWay tiles (fixes level Hare Scare)

Removed speed limit in shallow water if player is Lori or Redux Mode is disabled (fixes level Victorian Secret)

Fixed Bubba boss to stay within level bounds (fixes level Frog Stomp) – #39

Fixed possible crash if multiple animation transitions are requested simultaneously

Fixed Enhancements settings screen for wide resolutions

Improved Discord Rich Presence

Android: Removed debug information – APK file is smaller

Added preloading of assets on the start of level to prevent micro-stutters

Added Enhancements section to Settings with Redux Mode (can be changed only in Main Menu) and Ledge Climbing switch

Added import of Afrikaans.j2s, Czech.j2s, Serbian.j2s, Swedish.j2s and Turkish.j2s in-game text translations

Added /skip-intro command line parameter

Cursor is hidden in fullscreen now

In-game text translations will not be overwritten on Import anymore

Menu is correctly recreated when language is changed

Added Portuguese translation by @trigonated – #63

Changed Spaz' double jump speed from 2.0 to 0.6

Changed speed of Bee and Fish enemies

Allow Fish and Lizard enemies fly though walls if Redux Mode is disabled

Allow shoot through Dragon's flame if Redux Mode is disabled

Improved jumping into and out of water

Fixed Bee enemy sound

Fixed switching of weapons if refresh rate > 60 fps

Android: Added "This device is not powerful enough" message

Android: Improved touch button roll-over – #60

Android: Fixed Can't move between virtual dpad buttons – #58

Added automatic import of level translations

Added Italian translation by @Hexaae

Changed default settings path to "Saved Games" on Windows

Reworked Import error messages

Android: Added configurable Controls opacity

Added some JJ2 cheats (see http://deat.tk/jazz2/help#how-to-enable-cheats)

Added Run action on left gamepad trigger

Fixed Boss does not respawn after player death – #36

Fixed Player gets stuck after breaking Morph Monitor – #37

Fixed Devan boss

Fixed Kicking can cause player to stuck – #24

Fixed Gamepad analog input in menu – #32

Fixed public server list

Android: Fixed Android TV support

Android: Added configurable Controls height

Fixed Player gets stuck between two horizontal springs (in Loose Screws and probably some other places)

Fixed Make it possible to keep copter ears by holding the jump button while in mid-air, like in JJ2+

Fixed Make the number keys able to change to their respective weapon

Fixed SchwartzenGuard's walking animation plays too fast

Fixed Spamming the weapon change button sometimes gets the current weapon stuck for a few moments

Fixed While flying towards you, the bats don't look at you, making them fly backwards sometimes

Fixed When grabbing the full life restore carrot, Spaz says "Yummy!"

Fixed Player can buttstomp SchwartzenGuard's mace

Fixed /connect parameter in Multiplayer

Fixed loading of server configuration file in Multiplayer

Android: Removed Android 4.4 support (minimal supported is 5.0)

Multiplayer level is now restarted if goal is reached (or next level is loaded if playlist is active)

Multiplayer server configuration files (with playlist support)

Minimal number of player (configurable) is needed to start multiplayer game

/min-players, /max-players, /unloaded and /config:­<path> server startup parameters

load_­config and next_­level server commands

Server state to info command

Server version update checking

In-game error messages (level cannot be loaded, connection lost, ...)

Shaders are not loaded in server anymore

/output <path> and /demo optional parameters to Import.exe (only for advanced use) – #27

Import.exe tries to use local Shareware Demo files first if exists – #28

Updated translations (mainly added few error messages)

Performance optimizations

Fixed shaders for OpenGL ES 2.0 backend

Added completely reworked Multiplayer – Battle and Race mode is playable now

Multiplayer is also supported on Android and cross-platform play is possible

Whole multiplayer simulation (including collision checking) is running on server

Player sends its state to server to minimize input lag, then it's merged with server-side state

Proper synchronization of animations, collectibles, tilemap, player state and interactions in Multiplayer

Added position interpolation to all remote actors

Destructible tiles automatically regenerate in Multiplayer

Player statistics (hits, kills, deaths, laps, gems) in Multiplayer

Server generates unique player nickname (if empty or already used)

Added server name to Discord Rich Presence

Settings file is saved to %appdata%\Jazz2\Jazz2.settings by default (create .\Jazz2.settings file for portable mode)

Sound effects are paused if in-game menu is shown (pressed Esc key)

Blur is applied to background image if in-game menu is shown (pressed Esc key)

Added show_­message command and improved info and set level command in Multiplayer

Revised Multiplayer server selection screen

Revised HUD for Multiplayer modes

Slightly changed behavior of C# Garbage Collector

Revised codebase

Revised Android shaders – water looks the same as in Desktop version

Reworked all transitions

Various performance optimizations, lower memory usage

Improved event log

Reworked some network packets and adjusted capacity of some packets

Reduced ammo consumption of Thunderbolt weapon

Better compression of game content files

Fixed boss disappears randomly

Fixed various objects don't appear randomly

Fixed various sound effects missing – #16

Fixed minor in-game menu background inconsistency

Fixed cinematics are not imported with Shareware Demo

Fixed some crashes because of missing sound files

Fixed saving of changed settings

Lighting, Bridges, Gem Rings, Airboards, SFX, Seeker and RF weapon doesn't work correctly in Multiplayer

.NET Core 3.0 support – .NET Framework is still main target for Desktop

Server-side object spawning and synchronization in multiplayer

Multiplayer server is responding on all available network interfaces

Logging to Jazz2.log file if no terminal is attached

Reworked multiplayer server discovery

Improved support of various gamepads – default configuration is already prepared for Xbox One Controller

Fixed Bolly boss

Fixed Stomping to spawn hidden gems – #21

Fixed missing copter sound – #16

Fixed multiplayer server list

If player dies, all enemies and collectibles will be reverted back to checkpoint (but tilemap, ammo and upgrades still remain)

Added Score to in-game HUD

Added Discord integration – Rich Presence is shown in Discord client

Added parallax stars in textured background

Added intro and ending videos

Added Swinging Vine event

Added shallow water with water splash and limited movement (Water Block event)

Added some other missing level events

Added Bird fire sound

Added difficulty image transition in main menu

Added lowpass effect to music in in-game menu

All level texts can be translated

Added Turkish translation by Alperen Kitapçı

Added "Installation is not complete!" message to main menu – the game doesn't crash anymore

Added /connect:­<ip>:­<port> startup parameter to connect to multiplayer server by IP address

The game does not crash while loading corrupted levels anymore

Fire key can be used as Action/Confirm key in main menu

Automatic shader reload in DEBUG build

Changed font animation

Reworked lighting – better noise lights and some other adjustments

Reworked collisions

Reworked sounds

Reworked Electro weapon – projectiles can fly through walls

Reworked Freezer weapon – projectiles don't spawn particles underwater

Reworked RF and Seeker weapons – fire-rate is not affected by Fast Fire collectible

Reworked Seeker weapons – missiles don't lock on enemy projectiles anymore

Reworked Toaster weapon – disabled in water, reduced ammo consumption

Reworked TNT weapon – it explodes sooner if it's placed near enemy/object

Reworked sliders in settings

Reworked console input and output in Import.exe and Jazz2.Server.exe

Optimized shaders (mainly lighting-related and water)

Better position interpolation in multiplayer

Adjusted offsets of background layer – difference can be seen in the first levels of Formerly a Prince

Adjusted gunspot used in water

Adjusted Jazz's uppercut – reduced resulting force

Enlarged Turtle Shell hitbox

Reduced gravity and elasticity in water

Tweaked main menu and HUD

Updated translations – some minor corrections in existing translations

Fixed particle spawning

Fixed player movement in water – disabled running in water

Fixed movement of all weapon projectiles

Fixed Bird – only one Bird can be tamed at one time

Fixed Bird Cage – cage can be destroyed only once

Fixed Bolly boss – the boss is fully functional now

Fixed Bridge

Fixed Checkpoint – checkpoint is opened only once

Fixed Gem Ring

Fixed Pole – player no longer jumps through it, Poles can be destroyed by TNT

Fixed Power-up Monitors – it can be destroyed using Blaster too

Fixed Queen boss

Fixed Rolling Rock – implemented better physics

Fixed multiplayer server selection

Removed old incomplete Editor

Linux: Added logo back to Import.exe

Linux: Fixed multiplayer

Added Birds

Added multi-language support

Added custom font with additional characters

Added "Episode Complete" sign in main menu

Added Sugar rush

Added the rest of Frog animations and Eva in Shareware Demo

Added sound for Caterpillar smoke dizziness

Added Frame Rate Limit to Settings

First prototype of Multiplayer

Bugfixes and refactoring

Added Frog (in Shareware Demo episode)

Added Caterpillar smoke dizziness

Adjusted double jump

Adjusted shaking of camera (Queen boss)

Tweaked main menu

Fixed boss music not playing

Android: Better fullscreen support with transparent navigation bar

Android: Better touch buttons and customizable padding

Android: Fixed low-quality sound

Added camera viewport limit transition

Added Rolling Rocks

Added dithering to GB shader

Control bindings are persistent

Better visual effect for Electro weapon

Reduced file size of levels and tilesets

Fixed Carrots (and added circle visual effect)

Fixed player animations

Fixed moving platforms

Fixed Queen boss

Fixed collisions

Fixed bug where player can shoot through tiles

Android: Better support for newer Android versions (and Notch support)

Android: Better Content path search algorithm

Android: Fixed music playback

Added GB rescale shader

Better level exit transition

Updated Settings menu

Android: Added adaptive icon

Android: Fixed touch controls

Android: Removed arm64-v8a and x86_64 ABIs, Jazz2.apk is smaller

Installation on Android is simplified (because a lot of people didn't copy Android-specific files)

Some bugfixes (crash in Loose Screws)

Renamed .dz file to Main.dz

Android: Added welcome screen for incomplete installations

Android: Improved "Application has exited unexpectedly" screen

Added fullscreen mode

Added in-game settings menu

Updated dependencies

Various bugfixes (mostly for Linux)

Android: Crash report is sent automatically to developer

Added better water shader

Added some player idle animations

Added water splash sound

Added menu transition

Added adjustable music and SFX volume

Optimized memory usage

A lot of bugfixes and other changes

Added copters and flying carrots

Added scene transitions

Many optimizations and faster loading

A lot of bugfixes and other changes

Android: Better HUD and touch controls

Android: Enabled ahead-of-time compilation – better performance and bigger app size

Implemented some MLLE features (extra layers, vertically flipped tiles, multiple tilesets, level palette, order of layers)

Optimizations – added dynamic tree for collision checking

Some enemies were adjusted

Fixed order of episodes

A lot of bugfixes and other changes

Added episode images

Added Save & Exit – you can start right from the last level in episode where you exited before

New compressed file format

Configurable control scheme and basic gamepad support

All sprites are affected by tileset palette

Added invisible block above Queen

Turtle shells are changing angle on movement

Spawned Collectibles are automatically destroyed after 90 seconds

Added CRT shader and 4xBRZ shader (can be enabled in Settings, Desktop only)

Some JJ2+ files are automatically downloaded, if missing

Reworked tubes and fixed horizontal springs

Reduced speed of player pushing solid objects

Reduced speed of player on vine

Improved Import.exe user-interface

Better detection of correct orientation for horizontal Springs

Fixed enemies getting stuck in the ground

Fixed glitch of falling enemies

A lot of bugfixes and other changes

Added Gem Ring

Added 3D Spike Boll

Gems have the original colors now

Asynchronous resource loading – it should eliminate lags

True palette-based rendering support, but not used much, because it can't be linearly filtered then

Bosses are deactivated properly when player dies

Particles of dead enemies flys in the direction of bullet

Partially implemented Caterpillars

Added Shield Power-up Monitor, Stopwatch (shields are not implemented yet)

Added boss health bar animation

Updated water shader – water looks better now

Updated textured background shader – textured backgrounds look better now

Reworked Turtle Tube enemy

Reworked Electro weapon

Fixed Springs and Poles ("springs combos" from the original game are now possible) + smaller Spring hitbox

Fixed gluing to walls, smaller Player hitbox and some other physics-related and animations-related fixes

Fixed Robot boss

Fixed Sucker deflating

A lot of bugfixes

Android: Vibrations can be turned off in Settings

Added experimental Thunderbolt weapon (with ammo) – but there is no ammo for it in any level

All retail versions can be imported (even Shareware Demo, with limited functionality)

Shareware Demo can be automatically downloaded and imported by running Import.exe without any parameters

Player can shoot as fast as you can tap the button

Player can shoot up on Hook/Vine

Added a few Player animations (Fire to Idle, FallFire to Fall, HookFire to Hook, CopterFire to Copter)

Added boss health bar

Added fix to Toaster Power-up Monitor to match other monitors

1-up (and all other collectibles) supports illuminate surroundings

Added ability to limit camera view

Added lights to some objects

Missing animations/sound will be skipped instead of crash

Changed internal event numbers

Main menu looks better now

Adjusted animation of Collectibles

Adjusted movement of camera

Reduced vertical pole force and jump distance

Fixed Airboard Generator

Fixed collision detection (partially)

Fixed destructible tiles

Fixed Devan boss

Fixed Queen boss

Fixed particles and tiles

Fixed Pepper weapon

Fixed TNT weapon

Linux: Fixed glitch in main menu

Linux: Fixed issues with filename case-sensitivity

Added some events

Reworked lighting

Fixed enemies

Fixed physics and generators

Linux: Fixed filename case-mismatch

Initial public release of the first prototype with core functionality and semi-playable story