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Nostalgia Studio d2025.07.0 was released on July 31, 2025. Release Notes Add sub-command for exporting TileSheets as PNG files. Add ‘Reload Project’ menu item under File. Fix opening a project to mark an unopenable file as closed in the config file on startup. export-tilesheet Given that this is not properly documented anywhere, I suppose I should leave a note on this here. Here is an example of the sub-command: NostalgiaStudio cmd sample_project net.drinkingtea.nostalgia.gfx export-tilesheet -src-path /TileSheets/Logo.nts -dst-path Logo.png -scale 4 -subsheet-path Root Also, simply running NostalgiaStudio cmd sample_project net.drinkingtea.nostalgia.gfx export-tilesheet will cause it to print a usage message: ...

Nostalgia Studio d2025.06.0 was released on June 23, 2025. Release Notes Add ability to remember recent projects in config Add navigation support (back and forward) Fix file deletion to close file even if not active Fix file copy to work when creating a copy with the name of a previously deleted file Fix crash that could occur after switching projects Make file picker popup accept on double click of a file TileSheetEditor: Fix copy/cut/paste enablement when there is no selection TileSheetEditor: Fix manual redo of draw actions, fix drawing to pixel 0, 0 as first action TileSheetEditor: Fix draw command to work on same pixel after switching subsheets PaletteEditor: Add RGB key shortcuts for focusing color channels PaletteEditor: Add color preview to color editor

Nostalgia Studio d2025.05.0 was released on May 10, 2025. Release Notes Add app icon for both window and file Change application font to Roboto Medium Closing application will now confirm with user if any files have unsaved changes. UUID duplicates will now be reported when opening a project Deleting a directory now closes files in that directory Delete key now initiates deletion of selected directory Remove ability to re-order tabs. There were bugs associated with that. Mac: Menu bar shortcuts now say Cmd instead of Ctrl. TileSheetEditor: Fix selection clearing to work when clicking outside image. TileSheetEditor: Fix Delete Tile functionality, which was completely broken TileSheetEditor: Fix Insert Tile functionality, which was completely broken PaletteEditor: Fix color number key range. Previously, pressing A caused the editor to jump to the last color. PaletteEditor: Page rename will now take effect upon pressing enter if the text input has focus Novel Code Changes This section is completely useless for a user, but just highlights some fun internal changes made in this release. ...

Note: this is based on the version of Ox in following revision in the Nostalgia repo : 1b629da8fc658a85f07b5209f2791a5ebdf79fa1 Problem In C++, hash maps are often used with strings as keys. This would typically look something like this. std::unordered_map<std::string, int> ages; ages["Jerry Smith"] = 54; And here is an example of a lookup: int age = ages["Jerry Smith"]; There is a hidden inefficiency here. The lookup operator does not take a std::string_view or a C string. The lookup operator takes a std::string. That means, even though we are passing in a C string that has all the necessary data, we are implicitly calling the std::string constructor, which will allocate space on the heap for the string data, then copy the existing C string into the buffer it allocated. Then, as soon as the lookup call is finished, the temporary std::string is destroyed. ...

It was 20 years ago tonight that the Lord saved me. Early in my life as a Christian, God gave me what was then and has remained one of my favorite hymns: Come Thou Fount. I don’t know if it has ever been my absolute favorite hymn, but of all the hymns that have come and gone from ranking among my favorites, Come Thou Fount has is the only one that has endured from the dawn my Christian life. When God saved me, I knew then that I had received something far too precious to entrust to my own limited fortitude. This song had a line that spoke to the fear within me that I would not have the strength to endure: ...