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See Migrating to Flambe 4 for step-by-step instructions to migrating your project.
Added Firefox OS platform target.
Added System.renderer.
Added Texture.subTexture(), Texture.split(), for conveniently working with texture atlases.
Added Library.fromFlipbooks(), for support for non-Flump flipbook animations.
Added Sprite.pointerIn/pointerOut signals.
Added TextSprite.letterSpacing/lineSpacing.
Added Font.lineHeight.
Added flambe.util.Pool.
Added an observable Playback.complete.
Added flambe.script.PlaySound.
Added -D flambe_transparent for transparent canvas backgrounds, HTML only.
Added -D flambe_disable_html_retina to disable canvas DPI scaling.
Right-click events are now passed to the game.
Implemented stage.lockOrientation() in HTML.
HTML asset loader improvements and fixes.
Improved support for Kindle Fire, Microsoft Surface, iOS 7.1.
Newly formatted API documentation.
Minimum Flash version increased to 11.2.
Minimum AIR version increased to 4.0.
Added new code sample: https://github.com/aduros/flambe-demos/tree/master/shmup

Support the new Web Audio spec used by Firefox.
Calls to emit() again while a signal is already dispatching will be queued up for when the dispatch ends instead of asserting.
Lots of little fixes and optimizations to Flump, audio, and rendering.

Added support for using AIR native extensions (ANEs) and SWCs. Just place them in your libs/ directory. See this demo for an example.
Added iOS support to the new build tool.
Added more config options to flambe.yaml: "android", "ios", "extra_paths", "orientation", and "fullscreen". Check the default flambe.yaml for documentation on those.
Fixed the tilted graphics bug on the Android 4 stock browser.
Switched flambe serve port to 7000 so it doesn't conflict with standard Mac tools, thanks Stéphane Le Dorze.
Removed wafl. The flambe command is the only supported build tool.

New and highly improved build tool. The flambe command will replace wafl/Python in a later version. See Migrating to the Flambe command for more info.
Live asset reloading in debug builds. Change an image, sound, or file in the assets/ directory and see the change reflected in the running game, no restart required. Thanks Dion Whitehead Amago.
Web browsers running debug builds will automatically refresh when the game is rebuilt.
Enable remote debugging for AIR debug builds.
AssetPack.getFile now returns a File instead of a String. Call toString() to get at the string data.
Added Sprite.pixelSnapping and default it to true. This avoids image rendering fuzziness in WebGL and Stage3D.
AssetPack, Texture, Image, and File now implement Disposable.
Added support for radial particle emitters, thanks Ali Jaya Meilio Lie.
Added EmitterSprite.numParticles.
Added overdraw visualization for performance testing, toggle it in debug builds by pressing ctrl-O.

Added System.motion, thanks Bradley Baysinger.
Sounds automatically pause when the app is hidden, thanks Kipp Ashford.
Added TextSprite.wrapWidth and align. TextSprite.text now supports newline characters (\n).
Revamped HTML asset loading. Implemented progress event support for all asset types. Stalled downloads are automatically retried.
Added support for WebP and JPEG-XR images, that are conditionally loaded on platforms that support them, similar to audio. In practice, Chrome supports WebP, IE9 and Flash support JPEG-XR.
System.web.openBrowser no longer gets popup blocked in Flash on some browsers.
MoviePlayer.movie is now an observable Value.

Important Flump fixes. If you use Flump, you should upgrade and re-export your assets with the latest Flump version.
Added System.volume for easy global volume control, thanks Kipp Ashford.
Added experimental WebGL renderer, see issue #8 for more info.
Flambe 2.2b: Installer and AIR bug fixes.

Added Sprite.scissor for rectangle masking.
Added Manifest.relativeBasePath/externalBasePath for loading assets from another location (such as a CDN).
Added System.external for interacting with external Javascript.
Added EmitterSprite/EmitterMold for displaying particle systems exported from Particle Designer.
Added optional default value to Storage.get().
Enabled Adobe Scout profiling in debug builds.
IE10 fixes.

This release contains important breaking changes! See Migrating to Flambe 2.0 for details.
Added Texture.graphics for drawing to a texture. Use System.createTexture() to create an empty texture.
Added Texture.readPixels and writePixels for direct pixel access.
Added flambe.script.FirstOf, thanks Santiago V.
Added Keyboard.backButton.
Added MovieSprite.looped.
Added optional append parameter to Entity.addChild.
Added Sprite.render.
Increased minimum Flash version to 11, removed BitmapData renderer.
Tons of polish and optimization to the Stage3D renderer.
Optimizations to core classes (entities and signals).

Switched to more robust pointer event handling. Adding a listener to a parent sprite will now detect clicks on its children.
Added PointerEvent.hit.
Added Sprite.pointerEnabled, getLocalMatrix(), hitTest(), and getBounds().
Added System.time.
Added a rendering inspector to help developers find bugs and performance issues. Press CTRL-I in an HTML debug build to inspect a frame. See this example output from the Flump monster demo, showing all canvas calls and a screenshot after each draw call.
Support for skewing in Flump animations.
Memory and renderer optimizations.
API change: System.logger is now System.createLogger.

Added transitions support to flambe.scene.Director.
Added flambe.SpeedAdjuster for slow motion effects.
Added flambe.util.PackageLog for more convenient logging.
Flump additions: MoviePlayer, PlayMovie, MovieSprite.paused.
Various stability and performance improvements.
API change: Sprite.visible and FillSprite.color are primitives instead of reactive Values.

Haxe 2.10 or higher is now required.
Installing Flambe is even easier: The Android SDK is no longer required to develop for Android.
Added System.mouse, for access to mouse-specific features.
Added System.web, for displaying WebViews over the stage and opening browser tabs.
Support for Web Audio API, in at least Chrome, Safari and iOS 6.
Script.run() returns a Disposable that can be used to stop an action.