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+[date]: / "2022-02-10 09:23:00"
+[modified]: / "2022-02-10 10:22:00"
+[published]: / "2022-02-10 12:00:00"
+[description]: / "The latest news covering the Haxe community, featuring upcoming talks, the latest HaxeLib releases, game previews and lots more!"
+[contributor]: https://twitter.com/teormech "Alexander Hohlov"
+
+# Haxe Roundup 614
+
+Welcome to the latest edition of the Haxe Roundup. [Haxe](http://haxe.org/?ref=haxe.io) is a high level, strictly typed programming language and cross-compiler.
+
+## Community Updates
+
+### News and Articles
+
+- [Announcing](https://community.haxe.org/t/showcase-work-in-progress-shadowlight-game-in-kha/3451?u=skial) the Shadowlight game created in Kha and accompanying YouTube series.
+- Remoting and how to properly [handle binary responses?](https://community.haxe.org/t/tink-web-remoting-how-to-properly-handle-a-binary-response-i-e-a-pdf-document/3448?u=skial)
+- [Timothy Ian Hely](https://twitter.com/SeiferTim/status/1490755309534654464) is adding new snippets to the HaxeFlixel snippet site and is looking for suggestions.
+- [Mauve](https://twitter.com/mauvecow/status/1489506437675900929) has posted a [development log update](https://mauve.itch.io/addlemoth/devlog/342994/addlemoth-dev-update-january-2022) on January's work for Addlemoth.
+- [Medieval Fantasy City Generator `0.9.1`](https://www.patreon.com/posts/62336213): trees and other visual changes by [Oleg Dolya](https://twitter.com/watawatabou/status/1491482054571266056).
+- [WarTales](https://twitter.com/Wartales_Game/status/1491425839011237891) Community [Update `#2`](https://steamcommunity.com/games/1527950/announcements/detail/3095664859880162024).
+
+##### _In case you missed it_
+
+- New Stage Announcement - January 2022 Fraymakers [Roundup](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcleodgaming/fraymakers-the-infinitely-replayable-indie-platform-fighter/posts/3419199).
+- Fraymakers Progress [Update - `2/2/2022`](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcleodgaming/fraymakers-the-infinitely-replayable-indie-platform-fighter/posts/3420473).
+- ☠️Perilous Shores `1.3.1`: town notes and numbered hexes [article](https://www.patreon.com/posts/61720163) by [Oleg Dolya](https://twitter.com/watawatabou/status/1486771269186039818).
+- [RPG Playground](https://twitter.com/RPGplayground/status/1488174493662998529) has released the early access [premium version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM8e8cMQSew&widget_referrer=haxe.io) of RPG Playground which gets you lots of cool extra features, [with sales](https://twitter.com/RPGplayground/status/1488605655233667072) going better than expected! Made with Kha. :star:
+- Sick Month - DQ2 [Progress Report](https://www.fortressofdoors.com/sick-month/) for January 2022 by Lars Doucet.
+
+### Videos & Music
+
+- Shadowlight Patreon [Introduction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ENOt0X_bA&widget_referrer=haxe.io) by StoryDev.
+- Seriously? Just a Fix, Really! - [Week `#1` Programming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrG8dRLDCgE&widget_referrer=haxe.io) by StoryDev.
+- :memo: _Add a [video](https://github.com/skial/haxe.io/labels/video) related to Haxe_.
+
+##### _In case you missed it_
+
+- Adding physics to a HaxeFlixel game with Echo [part 4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwHY-yqCOA0&widget_referrer=haxe.io) | Polygonal collisions by Richard Oliver Bray.
+- Armory3D - 3rd [Person Controller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOGh3O8eHw8&widget_referrer=haxe.io) by Armory Blender.
+
+### Jobs, Bounties
+
+- :memo: _Add an [available job](https://github.com/skial/haxe.io/labels/jobs) involving Haxe_.
+
+#### Looking for work
+
+- [Rudy Geslin](https://github.com/kLabz) is looking for full-time remote work.
+- [Peter Achberger](https://twitter.com/PeterAchberger/status/1395000255301799936) is available for freelance work.
+- [Andreas Drewke](https://twitter.com/andreas_drewke/status/1388457246275821571) is looking for a freelancer job or part time job.
+
+#### Job listings
+
+- [Shiro Games](https://twitter.com/shirogames/status/1488530669257076745) are looking for a talented [marketing director](https://shirogames.com/jobs/marketing-director/) to join them! :new:
+- ScottPlusPlus is [looking to hire a Haxe developer](https://twitter.com/ScottPlusPlus/status/1485395961304129538), ideally with web experience, to help with consultation and code-reviews for a couple hours per week. :new:
+- ZAVOD Games (Moscow, Russia) are [looking for a Senior Haxe developer](https://hh.ru/vacancy/49549643) to work on Taonga: the Island Farm. :new:
+- Frontend Game Developer [job offer](https://community.haxe.org/t/frontend-game-developer-in-moscow-russia/3354?u=skial) in Moscow, Russia.
+- AS3 to JavaScript (React) via Haxe [job offers](https://community.haxe.org/t/as-3-to-js-react-via-haxe/3337?u=skial).
+- Little team is [looking for a Haxe developer](https://gamedev.ru/job/forum/?id=264871) to work on HTML5 games.
+- Nexters (Moscow, Russia) [are looking for a Haxe developer](http://hh.ru/vacancy/47978869) to work on Hero Wars.
+- Nexters (Moscow, Russia) are [looking for a Haxe developer](https://hh.ru/vacancy/44231541) to work on the web-version of their project [Throne Rush](https://nexters.com/throne-rush).
+- Shiro Games are looking for a [Senior Game Programmer](https://shirogames.com/jobs/senior-game-programmer/).
+- The team behind Forge of Empires at InnoGames is looking for a Haxe developer, feel free to contact [Dan Korostelev](https://twitter.com/nadako/status/1316448129479311360) in case of any questions! More info can be found [at the company's website](https://www.innogames.com/career/detail/job/frontend-developer-haxe-video-game-forge-of-empires/). :recycle:
+
+#### Bounties
+- The team at SoccerTutor are offering a bounty to get this `[cpp]` issue [8400](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/issues/8400) fixed. :new:
+- Basic Platformer Pathfinding AI for HaxeFlixel `$150` [bounty](https://github.com/chosencharacters/squidBounties/issues/5).
+- [Squidly](https://twitter.com/squuuidly/status/1243925472121151488) has opened up [a bounties page](https://github.com/chosencharacters/squidBounties) for HaxeFlixel features.
+
+### Product Releases & Announcements
+
+- [Will Blanton](https://twitter.com/x01010111/status/1491149455210745857) has released :heart: :spades: [millstone](https://01010111.itch.io/millstone) :heart: :spades: available on `itch.io`. A tiny, brutal, web based, free to play card game that tests your memory and willpower, made in HaxeFlixel in 2 days.
+- [Will Blanton](https://twitter.com/x01010111/status/1489747949504679937) has added a Mac version of [Upsquid](https://01010111.itch.io/upsquid).
+- Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea DLC will come [out on mobiles this spring](https://twitter.com/Playdigious/status/1489539234436292608).
+- [JanoGames](https://twitter.com/jano_games/status/1489254590469922818) got a working prototype of Football Skyscrapers available to [play at itch.io](https://janogames.itch.io/soccer-skyscrapers).
+- Via the [Haxe Discord] server, ZwodahS has [released](https://discord.com/channels/162395145352904705/162664383082790912/941236737282285568) `0.3.0` update for [Dice kingdom](https://zwodahs.itch.io/dice-kingdom).
+
+##### _In case you missed it_
+
+- [Lotus Lobo](https://community.openfl.org/t/lotus-lobo-an-online-poster-creation-tool/13349?u=skial.bainn), an online poster creation tool.
+- [A little scared](https://hellolightbulb.itch.io/a-little-scared) by [Hellolightbulb](https://twitter.com/hello_lightbulb/status/1488180993181863941) got 35th overall place in Game Off 2021! :tada:
+
+### Previews & Demos
+
+#### Open Source
+
+##### Community Previews
+
+- [Oleg Dolya](https://twitter.com/watawatabou/status/1490698041329922063) implementing basic trees into their procedural generator.
+- [HaxeUI dialogs styles](https://twitter.com/IanHarrigan1982/status/1489614801127067652) have been updated making them look much more modern and less blocky.
+
+##### _Git Repos_
+
+- [polymod `1.4.2`](https://github.com/larsiusprime/polymod/releases/tag/v1.4.2) has been released.
+- [texter `git`](https://github.com/ShaharMS/texter) - Adding more support for general text input/regular text in multiple libraries such as Flixel, OpenFL and more to be added!
+- _Check out the latest open source Haxe projects over on [GitHub][latest github]_.
+
+#### Closed Source
+
+- HaxeUI is powering ClinTexCTi's new [flagship product OpTex](https://twitter.com/IanHarrigan1982/status/1490334378794307587), a clinical trails data analysis platform. :star2:
+- [Merrak](https://twitter.com/merrak/status/1490215542703243266) shows a _now and then_ comparison between a rooms interior lighting and atmosphere.
+- Make sure to get [your penguins in order](https://twitter.com/squuuidly/status/1489307895577653250) in Renaine.
+- Super Cosmic Heist - [General Azrael Malice Battle](https://twitter.com/FierceTheBandit/status/1489451260659089408) `WIP` by Fierce.
+- ColorLess! [Chapter 3... let's go](https://twitter.com/dylnavas36/status/1490078769243209739) by SavanDev.
+- It's nice [when the numbers match](https://twitter.com/SyoPic/status/1490410000883326977) in Jitter Sandbox by Syo.
+- [A new picture of Rose](https://twitter.com/InyourbooksGame/status/1490035668696903680) from In your books.
+- [Starwing / Starfox remake](https://twitter.com/SnkyGames/status/1490414865936269318) at 120Hz on mobile. The game is being made with Haxe and SnkyGames' own game engine. :star:
+
+##### From the [Haxe Discord] :key: server
+
+- Andrej finally got shader looking the way they want: like the game is being [played on a melted CRT](https://discord.com/channels/162395145352904705/165234904815239168/940810740611297290).
+- ZwodahS is working on creating a ["screenshot-able" victory/gameover screen](https://discord.com/channels/162395145352904705/162664383082790912/939065819290284052). 
+
+### _Some_ Library Releases
+
+- [semver_haxe `1.0.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/semver_haxe)
+- [slick_addons `1.3.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/slick_addons)
+- [webstorage `4.0.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/webstorage)
+- [vector-math `2.4.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/vector-math)
+- [akismet `2.1.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/akismet)
+- [pony `1.8.1`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/pony)
+- [polymod `1.4.2`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/polymod)
+- [free_mobile `1.1.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/free_mobile)
+- [hscript_template `1.2.2`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/hscript_template)
+- [kiss-tools `0.0.0`](https://lib.haxe.org/p/kiss-tools)
+- _Check out the [most recent library releases](https://lib.haxe.org/recent/) on HaxeLib_.
+
+### People & Projects to support
+
+- [Funkin' Crew](https://ninja-muffin24.itch.io/funkin) is making Friday Night Funkin', a cartoon rhythm gaming excellence
+- [Patrick](https://www.patreon.com/gepatto) is creating Raspberry Pi 4 support for Haxe/Lime/OpenFL/HaxeFlixel.
+- [Josh Tynjala](https://github.com/sponsors/joshtynjala) is working on Feathers UI — open source, cross-platform UI components built with OpenFL.
+- [Pavel Alexandrov](https://ko-fi.com/yanrishatum) is primarily contributing to the Heaps engine and is the creator of format-tiled library.
+- [Ian Harrigan](https://github.com/sponsors/ianharrigan) is working on primarily HaxeUI, as well as hxArduino & hxWebSockets.
+- [Kaelan Evans](https://github.com/sponsors/kevansevans) is working on HxDoom, a Haxe adaption of Doom.
+- [Richard Oliver Bray](https://ko-fi.com/richardoliverbray) is teaching people the things he's learnt, like React, Typescript and Haxe.
+- [Alexander Gordeyko](https://www.patreon.com/axgord) is developing [Pony](https://github.com/AxGord/Pony), a Haxe open-cross-library.
+- [Andy Li](https://github.com/users/andyli/sponsorship) is working around the Haxe ecosystem: CI, packaging, docs and learning materials.
+- [Kevin Leung](https://www.patreon.com/kevinresol) is creating open source software libraries.
+- [Robert Konrad](https://www.patreon.com/RobDangerous), the Kha author, is creating Programming Toolkits.
+- [Lubos & contributors](https://armory3d.org/fund) are creating Armory, an open source 3D game engine in Blender.
+- [OpenFL](https://www.patreon.com/openfl) is creating free open source software.
+- [HaxeUI](https://www.patreon.com/haxeui) is creating an open source user interface libraries.
+- [HaxeFlixel](https://www.patreon.com/haxeflixel) is creating an open source, cross platform 2D game engine.
+- [Slava Ra](https://www.patreon.com/slavara) is creating improvements for FlashDevelop and HaxeDevelop.
+- [Mark Knol](https://www.patreon.com/markknol) is working on Haxe and its documentation.
+- [Dan Korostelev](https://www.patreon.com/nadako) is working on the Haxe compiler.
+- [Eric Bishton](https://www.patreon.com/EricBishton) is creating the Haxe plugin for IntelliJ IDEA.
+
+## Updates from the Haxe core
+
+### Current Proposals & Discussions
+
+- Add a type for meaningless values (similar to unit type) [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/95). :new:
+- Add better Overload Support [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/93).
+- Add Static Extension Meta Functions [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/91).
+- Add `enum abstract` over `enum` [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/87), plus [clarification](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/87#issuecomment-935339089).
+- Add Enum abstract instances [proposal](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/86).
+- `[RFC]` Xml Dsl's [discussion](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/issues/60).
+- Add [Default values for enum parameters](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/issues/27).
+- :memo: _Do you have an idea to improve Haxe? Consider [creating a proposal]._
+
+### Core Changes
+
+5~ commits have been made to Haxe compiler in the [last week].
+
+- _Nothing of interest this week_.
+
+You can get started using the latest features by downloading a [nightly build] of Haxe and see the impact the latest changes have on each target by browsing the [benchmarks] site.
+
+Take it easy everyone, stay safe and have a great December & a Happy New Years!
+
+[benchmarks]: https://benchs.haxe.org/
+[nightly build]: http://build.haxe.org
+[creating a proposal]: https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution
+[last week]: https://github.com/search?q=closed:2022-02-03..2022-02-10+org:haxefoundation+is:closed
+[latest github]: https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=created:%22%3E+2022-02-03%22+language:Haxe&s=updated&type=Repositories
+[Haxe Discord]: https://discordapp.com/invite/0uEuWH3spjck73Lo
+[Armory Discord]: https://discord.com/invite/7jDud8R3dE
+[OpenFL Discord]: https://discordapp.com/invite/tDgq8EE
+[FeathersUI Discord]: https://discord.com/invite/SnJBC53