v2.0 — Licences, Kinematics & Example Scenes
April was the v2.0 major release. The headline change was a complete licensing and authentication overhaul: a LicenseFeaturesManager controls which features are enabled based on the user's plan (Community, Pro, etc.). Spine importer, Photoshop importer, and other premium features gate behind licence checks. Watermarking landed for Community-tier exports — PNG exports get a subtle watermark when you're on the free plan. Example scenes (robot, space shooter, wild west) were added to the welcome screen so new users have something to explore immediately. The v2.0 release also added direct links to all four importer packages from the zStudio menu. The importers themselves received maintenance and refactoring passes across zImporter_PIXI7, zImporter_Phaser, and zImporter_PIXI8.
Highlights
- →v2.0 major release
- →LicenseFeaturesManager — per-plan feature gating
- →Watermark on Community-tier PNG exports
- →Upgrade CTA modal
- →Example scenes on welcome screen
- →zImporter menu links (Phaser, Pixi 7/8, HTML)
- →Production build hardening (obfuscation, bytenode)
- →zImporter_PIXI7, PIXI8, Phaser: maintenance and refactoring updates