<s>
Fenix	B-Language
Project	I-Language
is	O
the	O
codename	O
for	O
a	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
project	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
free	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
a	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
derived	O
from	O
the	O
one	O
created	O
by	O
Hammer	O
Technologies	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
development	O
suite	O
DIV	O
Games	O
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
feature	O
,	O
inherited	O
from	O
DIV	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
pseudo-parallel	O
programming	O
similar	O
to	O
Coroutines	B-Architecture
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
are	O
now	O
based	O
on	O
Simple	B-Operating_System
DirectMedia	I-Operating_System
Layer	I-Operating_System
(	O
SDL	O
)	O
which	O
makes	O
Fenix	O
a	O
very	O
portable	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
include	O
full	O
2D	O
support	O
(	O
scaling	B-Algorithm
,	O
transparencies	O
,	O
blend	O
ops	O
...	O
)	O
,	O
16	O
bpp	O
color	O
,	O
sound	O
(	O
.ogg	O
,	O
.mod	O
,	O
.it	O
,	O
.s3m	O
,	O
.wav	O
)	O
,	O
joystick	O
support	O
,	O
mode7	O
and	O
extensions	O
via	O
libraries	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
old	O
0.84	O
branch	O
—	O
which	O
happened	O
to	O
be	O
quite	O
unstable	O
—	O
was	O
retaken	O
by	O
SplinterGU	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
from	O
Argentina	O
who	O
cleaned	O
of	O
all	O
known	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
a	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
default	O
Automake/Autoconf	O
build	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
increases	O
portability	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
implemented	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
in	O
Fenix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
Fenix	O
0.8	O
developers	O
have	O
started	O
a	O
Fenix	O
2	O
branch	O
,	O
which	O
should	O
feature	O
a	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
core	O
,	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
which	O
users	O
(	O
game	O
developers	O
)	O
may	O
plug	O
the	O
required	O
libraries	B-Library
,	O
thus	O
increasing	O
flexibility	O
and	O
modularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SplinterGU	O
,	O
after	O
publicly	O
showing	O
interest	O
in	O
separating	O
the	O
Fenix	O
core	O
from	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
interpreter	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
disagreements	O
with	O
some	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
decided	O
to	O
fork	O
Fenix	O
into	O
BennuGD	B-Application
and	O
continued	O
working	O
on	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BennuGD	B-Application
has	O
come	O
a	O
long	O
way	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
in	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
advanced	O
and	O
stabilized	O
state	O
than	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Fenix	O
(	O
0.92a	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PixTudio	O
was	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
BennuGD	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
mere	O
custom	O
engine	O
for	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
'	O
eXplosive	O
Dinosaurs	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
