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This is a custom build of Kodi by the lead developer for games in Kodi. It is based on the latest v20.3 release, plus some game-related features before they are included in Kodi.

Compared to the "Nexus" 20.3 release, this build includes:

Added features

GSoC 2017, Shaders on Windows (#86)
GSoC 2019, Shaders on OpenGL (#114)
GSoC 2020, Game Metadata for Discord Rich Presence support (xbmc#21286)
GSoC 2021, Achievements (xbmc#22652)
New Player Viewer dialog (xbmc#23548)

Added fixes

Fixed black screen in some games on LibreELEC (report)
Fixed Guide button not working on Windows (xbmc/peripheral.joystick#291)

Add-ons

The build also bundles some game-related add-ons to improve quality of life for testers.

Includes all 76 controller profiles from the controller topology project
Includes VFS add-ons for compressed ROMs
Includes InputStream Adaptive for IAGL
Includes add-on repos for: IAGL, AKL, Steam Launcher, libretro buildbot cores
Includes service.games.discord.richpresence

Discussions and older builds

Forum thread: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=173361

Changelog

Rebased on final v20.3 release
Updated to LibreELEC v11.0.5

Fixes

Fixed "virtual" joysticks showing up on Android (xbmc#24382)
Fixed missing controller icons in Peripheral Dialog on Android (xbmc#24384)
Fixed broken focus for analog sticks in the Player Viewer (xbmc#24513)
Improved tha names of some keyboard keys (kodi-game/controller-topology-project#282)

Additions

Peripheral API v3.0.2: Stable peripheral locations (xbmc#24392)
Game API v3.0.2: Keyboard/mouse support (xbmc#24518)
Added keyboard and mouse to the Player Viewer (xbmc#24406)
Added nearest-neighbor texture scaling support (xbmc#24395)
Added macOS ARM64 support to game add-ons (kodi-game/kodi-game-scripting#121)
Added some buttonmaps for Android and Linux (xbmc/peripheral.joystick#292, xbmc/peripheral.joystick#293)