RahiTuber Devlog - itch.io

Update 2026-04-12 (v14!)

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:24:30 GMT

If you've been watching my dev streams lately, you'll see this coming - RahiTuber now has support for phonemes (letter sounds)! I felt this warranted a full version number increment, so here we are at...

Update 2026-03-18 (v13.972)

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:27:06 GMT

Hi! For those of you who reported issues with the sprite alignment after using the new Optimise feature, thank you. I think I've fixed it! There was also an issue some people saw where the cropped ima...

Update 2026-03-15 (v13.97)

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:22:02 GMT

This update brings a powerful new feature: the "Optimise" button! You can find it in the Model Options dialog (which used to be called "Make Portable"). The Optimise function will crop out all the unn...

Update 2026-02-15 (ver 13.965)

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:56:37 GMT

This update is to address the reports of GamePad input being lost when the application is running in the background. This was due to me putting GamePad input processing on a separate thread, which see...

Update 2026-02-12 (Ver 13.964)

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:54:16 GMT

This update comes with a rather embarrassing confession - when I thought I fixed the Make Portable function in the last update, It turns out I didn't. THIS update hopefully fixes that (i did test it),...

Update 2026-01-12 (ver 13.963)

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:07:01 GMT

Very small update to fix the "Make Portable" feature - it had stopped working after a recent bugfix...

Update 2026-01-03 (Version 13.962)

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 21:13:28 GMT

Quick update to fix a bug that 3 or 4 people have told me about. On integrated AMD Radeon GPUs, the menu wasn't displaying. This should now be fixed! If you still don't see a menu, the log might give...

Update 2025-12-11 (v13.961)

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:31:10 GMT

Very quick update to fix the following issue: When using the "Menus" Layer Set UI layout, it was not possible to get past the "Start new Layer Set" confirmation dialog by pressing "Yes"...

Update 2025-12-07 (v13.96)

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:38:40 GMT

Ah, the long-awaited update I was about to release before my PC broke. Changes: "While Held" states can now have a "hold time". This creates a "delayed release" effect, so that when you let go of the...

Update 2025-10-10 (v13.951)

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:34:39 GMT

Just a very small update - with a rather important fix. Several users have complained that a white or black fringe can be seen on the edges of some overlapping sprites when using the Linear scale filt...

Update 2025-09-22 (v13.95)

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:29:47 GMT

Hey folks! We had a few bugs building up so here's a new version to fix them. Changes: Adding scale to the Tracking menu This has a lot more controls than the other options, read the tooltips and expe...

Update 2025-08-02 (v13.94)

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:16:15 GMT

Hi! Working back up to more development with a few bugfixes. Changes: Added an FXAA (anti-aliasing) option to the Advanced menu, on by default Linux version should now work out-of-the-box (hopefully!)...

Update 2025-06-22 (v13.93)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:21:52 GMT

Just another quick bugfix, thanks to the people who reported and tested for me! Fixed an issue where if the names of two or more audio devices matched in the menu, all but the first one would be impos...

Update 2025-05-23 (v13.92)

Fri, 23 May 2025 12:47:22 GMT

Very small update today - Just to fix an annoying bug I noticed while setting up my own V2 model! Fixed an issue where if a layer's motion parent had a "rotation" in the Transforms settings, the child...

Update 2025-05-19 (v13.91)

Mon, 19 May 2025 12:21:59 GMT

Hi folks, If you upgraded to 13.9, I recommend getting this update as well. It fixes a big performance issue with my custom shaders that became much more apparent when I started using them for every l...

Update 2025-05-17 (v13.9)

Sat, 17 May 2025 21:24:10 GMT

Hey folks! Couple of bugfixes and improvements today. Changes: Added the ability to select specific controllers in the Tracking menu. The original behaviour was "First Available". You can now choose "...

Update 2025-04-29 (v13.8)

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:08:19 GMT

Hey folks! Thanks for your appreciation and support for the new Tracking features, it means a lot! This update has one new feature: Gamepad API selection. I've implemented a new method of capturing co...

Update 2025-04-27 (v13.7)

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 19:35:36 GMT

Hi! It turns out that writing automated tests for a program almost entirely based on human input and interactive visuals is Really Hard . As an alternative, I've made a "win-stable" branch on the main...

Update 2025-04-21 (v13.661)

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:39:03 GMT

Hello! I was able to fix the two known issues on the previous build, and I think things should be back to normal. I have had a few reports of RahiTuber crashing when using the "Control states via HTTP...

(BROKEN) Update 2025-04-17 (v13.66)

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:05:22 GMT

KNOWN BUGS: some layers seem to have re-enabled the "blinking" and "talking" sprites when they were previously disabled. This update also seems to have broken the "clip layer" feature. Sorry! Maybe ho...

Update 2025-04-16 (v13.65)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:00:05 GMT

Hi folks! Today's update brings a slightly experimental feature - unloading textures while they're not used. I've done my best to test this on my own system with some fairly intense setups, and on som...

Update 2025-04-13 (v13.641)

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 16:17:22 GMT

Just a small one with a couple of bugfixes. Fixed some instability in the States memory management which was causing crashes for some users when triggering via HTTP. Fixed an issue where layers could...

Update 2025-04-08 (v13.64)

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:42:57 GMT

Another small update, prompted by Thoreee on GitHub submitting our first contribution! I wanted to release that asap, so I did a bunch of extra mini improvements to make it worthwhile. Changes: New vi...

Update 2025-04-07 (v13.63)

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:24:50 GMT

Hi! Just a quick update to fix some bugs and more QOL additions. Changes: Putting layer colours in the various layer selection lists If you colour your layer in the Rename menu, it will now show up in...

Update 2025-04-05 (v13.6)

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:10:49 GMT

Hey everyone! I finally had time to sit down and actually add some new features I've been wanting to do. All it took was streaming it to keep me focused :D (You can watch that here: https://www.twitch...

Update 2025-03-08 (v13.51)

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:44:28 GMT

Normally I'd include a small update like this in the previous devlog, but I wanted to make sure this gets seen. I have seen a few reports of the latest version getting (falsely) flagged as malware. Un...

Update 2025-03-07 (v13.5)

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:19:05 GMT

Changes: Added a "Weight Direction" setting when ignoring pivots. This one requires a bit of explanation. When using Physics settings on the Motion Inherit feature, the Rotation Effect and Stretch fea...

Update 2025-02-19 (v13.4)

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:00:48 GMT

Hey folks! Big thanks to the community recently for providing so much valuable inspiration and feedback. Changes: Added "Stretch" feature to Motion Parent physics settings ( https://i.imgur.com/jh8f4k...

Update 2025-02-16 (v13.3)

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 21:32:06 GMT

Sorry for the 3rd update in as many days. I seem to be hyperfixating on fixing every bug and suggestion right now 😅 Changes: Added a setting for the HTTP Port - more control for you, plus this enab...

Update 2025-02-15 (v13.2)

Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:56:55 GMT

Changes: Added a "Rotate Children" flag to the layer Transforms settings This restores the original behaviour in 12.0 - Existing layer sets will have it enabled by default on any layer without parents...

Update 2025-02-14 (v13.1)

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:23:59 GMT

Changes: New options for Layer Set UI. I saw multiple users were confused or dissatisfied with the original UI so I have added 2 new modes in addition to the original! You can set it in the Advanced m...

Update 2025-02-08 (v13.0)

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 20:14:32 GMT

Update 13.0 is here! (Yes I jumped up a whole version number, because I added so many things!) Changes: UI Change: Individual Motion "Breathing" and "Bouncing" have been moved here, and renamed to "Id...

Update 2025-01-03 (v12.0) - HTTP State triggers!

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 06:28:43 GMT

Hi everyone! Version 12 brings an exciting new feature: States can now be triggered by HTTP messages! What does this mean? It means you can integrate RahiTuber with your streaming bots and automated s...

Bugfix 2024-12-13 (v11.53)

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:06:52 GMT

Fixing an issue which caused crashes or errors while checking for updates. Thanks to those who sent crash reports to help me find the cause!...

Update 2024-11-25 (v11.52)

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 19:22:29 GMT

Changes: Fixed an issue where a layer could get accidentally "dragged" if the mouse was held on a layer and then clicked somewhere else Fixed an issue where duplicating a folder caused some strange co...

Update 2024-11-11 (v11.5) - More customisability!

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:32:34 GMT

Todays update brings a bunch of requested features! Changes: Smooth Tint option: allows a layer to smoothly fade between the Idle and Talk tint colors, based on the talk threshold More Bouncing option...

Linux x64 beta

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:09:10 GMT

Good news! I've managed most of the hard work involved in getting a Linux x64 version built. Unfortunately, some features are unavailable on Linux at the current point: Spout2 only works on windows. T...

Update 2024-10-22

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:06:29 GMT

Changes: Attempted a fix for the known bug where any path containing non-ANSI characters created issues with font and image loading. It works, as far as I can see in my testing, let me know if you see...

Update 2024-10-14

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:46:56 GMT

Changes: Added a toggle to the Advanced menu to enable/disable mouse tracking globally. For when you've set it up on all your layers and don't feel like going through them to disable it! Added a littl...

Update 2024-10-09

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:38:36 GMT

Changes: Spout2 support! - Enable it in the advanced menu to send only the avatar layers (not the menu) to OBS. You'll need the plugin: https://github.com/Off-World-Live/obs-spout2-plugin "Create Mini...

Bugfix 2023-10-04

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:00:14 GMT

Fixed an issue that stopped hotkeys from being recorded while the menu is popped out to a separate window...

Update 2024-09-27

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:42:31 GMT

Sorry (?) for posting two updates in quick succession. Changes: Put loading in a background thread so that the program appears much sooner if you have lots of big layers Rewrote the keyboard / joystic...

Update 2024-09-26

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:45:58 GMT

Changes: Added mouse button support to States Added an option to disable joystick axis input in the States menu (for compatibility with controllers whose axis does not reset to 0) Cleaned up unnecessa...

Update 2024-08-27: Layers improvements!

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:24:27 GMT

Changes: Folders are now a thing! Now you can: Add your layers to folders to keep them organised Hide all the contents of a folder at once with its visibility toggle What you can't do: Put a folder in...

Update 2024-08-23

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:32:37 GMT

Changes: Added the ability to set a negative rotation effect in the Motion Parent physics settings Added a small toggle button to swap the units on the Pivot Point between percentage (%) and pixels (p...

Bugfix 2024-08-11

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:53:21 GMT

Fixing an issue where the animation timer was not reset when restarting, meaning that the "Restart Anims on becoming Visible" option would always result in the first frame getting skipped Fixed the po...

Bugfix 2024-07-12

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:31:09 GMT

Fixed an issue where "While Held" states would not deactivate correctly Fixed an issue where new Layers would appear in existing States as "Hide" instead of "No Change"...

Update 2024-07-02 - Controller support!

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 19:54:02 GMT

Fixed animation info not saving for synced animations, when the idle animation had only 1 frame Added controller support to states Works just the same as the keyboard. Press the "Click to record key"...

Update 2024-06-28: States improvements

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:25:04 GMT

Changes: States can now pass through - previously if multiple states used the same hotkey, only the first would activate. Now you can choose to have them all activate by ticking the "pass through" opt...

Update 2024-04-23

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:32:04 GMT

Changes: A new "Restart on swap" option for talking. Restarts the talking animation when it becomes active. This is different from the "Restart anims on becoming visible" option, which restarts them w...

Update 2024-04-20 - Popout Menu!

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:07:36 GMT

Just a quick update to bring you a rather useful change - the menu can now be popped out to a separate window! Use the new "Popout Menu" button to do it. (A screenshot of the normal docked menu, showi...

Bugfix 2024-04-18

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:21:13 GMT

Fixes a bug with the "Soft Fall" slider always snapping to 1.0 Keyboard Hook is now disabled by default (to hopefully avoid false positives in virus scans). Added a note to the States menu when disabl...

Update 2024-04-14

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 11:07:37 GMT

Changes: Breath motion: Added a "Circular motion" option, this will move the sprite in an ellipse defined by the "Breath Move" values Added a "Breathe whilst talking" option, this will allow the breat...

Update 2023-03-18 - Physics!

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:56:09 GMT

Sorry for updating 2 days running, I finished this feature a lot more quickly than I thought I would! Changes: We have physics options now! See them under the Motion Inherit section. Have a play and s...

Update 2024-03-17

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:22:36 GMT

Fixed an issue where animation info would not get saved if the Frame Count was 1 Added tooltips to all controls Compacted some of the UI now that tooltips are a thing Moved audio-related settings down...

Update 2024-03-11

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:01:35 GMT

Changes: Animated sprites now have the option to play only once instead of looping. A checkbox has been added to layers, which will restart all attached animations when the layer becomes visible (usef...

Bugfix 2024-02-06

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:07:26 GMT

Duplicated layers now copy the sprites instead of just using the same pointer (this was a mistake), so they can be transformed independently now Newly duplicated layer appears just above the original...

Bugfix (version 4.2)

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 09:14:39 GMT

Sorry for uploading multiple updates in quick succession, I found some bugs with the new Motion Delay stuff and had to fix! Please update to this version if you downloaded version 4 or 4.1. Cheers!...

Update 2024-01-31

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:28:27 GMT

Changes: Motion Delay is now in seconds rather than frames Pivot points of sprites can now be modified (in the Transforms section) Breathing options are now much more customisable "Active While Held"...

Bugfix 2024-01-21

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 20:47:12 GMT

Fixed a crash where the program would lose track of its file locations when run as administrator. (Side note - running as admin can catch hotkeys where they otherwise don't work)...

Update 2024-01-12: Scream!

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:14:44 GMT

Changes: Put layer settings into collapsible sections to save space Added new settings for "Screaming" - a second audio threshold which triggers different talking sprites Tweaked audio analysis, and a...

Switched to Butler for build uploads

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:32:51 GMT

Hi! I just switched the project to using itch.io's Butler tool to upload builds. This means that you can install it and get automatic updates through the itch app, and no need to verify downloads any...

Update 2023-11-04 - States!

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 23:20:11 GMT

Changes: The "Hotkeys" menu has been renamed to "States" . States can now be triggered with a schedule, in addition to hotkeys. Added a "Hide with parent" option under the Motion Parent settings. On b...

Bugfix 2023-09-04

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:32:10 GMT

Fixes: Ensured that Global transforms get saved as part of a Layer Set Fixed a bug where motion delays would get reset to 0 Added error messages regarding Layer Set loading, and a message to warn abou...

Bugfix 2023-09-01

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:07:53 GMT

Fixed an issue where the hotkey reset procedure would stop the user from changing layer visibility at all after using a hotkey...

Update 2023-08-28

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:50:02 GMT

Changes: Improved Hotkeys Hotkeys now work simultaneously and their effects will be combined Layers now default to "No Change", and you can set the option to "Hide" or "Show" on activation Hotkeys cre...

Update 2023-08-26

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 21:48:16 GMT

Changes: Fixed some of the blend mode implementations to correctly handle transparent images Changed the font Updated to the latest version of SFML and switched to static-linked libraries...

Update 2023-08-25

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:24:36 GMT

New features: Added Global Settings to allow position/scaling of all layers at once Added Blend Modes Added a "Scale Filter" checkbox (smooths textures when they are scaled) Added a Duplicate button f...

Update 2023-08-22

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:47:42 GMT

Changes: Added a "..." button which opens a file browser, to more easily select a Layer Set to load Added a pack of demo sprites as an optional download (instructions for using these are on the main p...

Update 2023-08-20c

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 14:12:37 GMT

Changes: Added an optional hook to allow hotkeys to continue working while the app isn't in focus It's on by default, you can disable it in the Advanced menu Changed Hotkeys so that Ctrl, Shift and Al...

Update 2023-08-19b

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 21:21:14 GMT

Changes: Added a volume meter to make it easier to see when your voice crosses the threshold Added a "soft fall" option under the Advanced menu Bugfixes: Fixed an issue where blink animations would be...

Bugfix 2023-08-19

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 06:33:46 GMT

Fixed a crash when enabling "sync playback" Fixed the Sprite Sheet FPS being set to 12 each time the dialog opens...

Update 2023-08-18

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:20:38 GMT

Changes: Added a "Sync Playback" option to the animation menu This ensures that all animations are started and progressed in sync with the Idle animation While enabled, framerate can only be set insid...

Update 2023-08-10

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:36:51 GMT

Changes: RahiTuber will no longer automatically be "Always on Top" when transparent, unless the "Always on Top" option is enabled. "Layer Set" option: You can now save and load sets of layers in diffe...

Bugfix 2023-08-07

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 08:49:10 GMT

Fixed an issue where the game would crash if no suitable audio input device could be found. Added a "Menu on startup" option Saved the "Transparency" state so that it resumes with the transparency nex...