Stable release: Improvements for Construct Game Services, desktop exports, 9-patch, performance, and lots more.
I totally support retiring deprecated features. I love Construct 3 and want to see it grow.
But I want to share I'm a bit uneasy about the removal of NW.js.
I'm fortunate enough to make a meager living off of my C3 games on Steam, but I just haven't had any luck with the other export options.
You've already written a very transparent blog about the restrictions of webview with Steam's Overlay:
construct.net/en/blogs/ashleys-blog-2/trying-show-steam-overlay-1861
I completely understand this is more of a "Steam" issue than a "Scirra" issue, but it's still unacceptable to a shocking number of players.
Not only that, but I've had so many issues consistently getting achievements to fire with the steamworks plugin. All of it works fine with NW.js.
As for Linux (CEF), I couldn't get that to run on Steam Deck no matter what I tried. I had to make the Steam Deck build run NW.js out of necessity.
I guess my only option is to stop updating for now...
The latest version 1.5 of the Steamworks addon supports the overlay on Windows again. Last I tried both achievements and Steam Deck were working fine - it's hard to say more without seeing something like a bug report with a sample project and steps to reproduce.