diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b229702a..3da889cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [21.4.0](https://github.com/seleb/bitsy-hacks/compare/v21.3.0...v21.4.0) (2023-07-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* update bitsy version to 8.6 ([e1ed1f7](https://github.com/seleb/bitsy-hacks/commit/e1ed1f75bc3bb6d0c82e316f6bb3a258224f4c79))
+
 # [21.3.0](https://github.com/seleb/bitsy-hacks/compare/v21.2.1...v21.3.0) (2023-01-21)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40b4b611..80d57d44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ npm i @bitsy/hecks
 
 A collection of re-usable scripts for [Adam Le Doux](https://twitter.com/adamledoux)'s [Bitsy Game Maker](https://ledoux.itch.io/bitsy). See [Ayolland's Borksy](https://ayolland.itch.io/borksy) for a GUI that allows you to use these hacks with less copy-pasting.
 
-Last tested against Bitsy 8.4
+Last tested against Bitsy 8.6
 
 - [Contents](#contents)
 - [How to use](#how-to-use)
diff --git a/dist/avatar-by-room.js b/dist/avatar-by-room.js
index c7257836..4887156f 100644
--- a/dist/avatar-by-room.js
+++ b/dist/avatar-by-room.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary change the avatar in certain rooms
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -236,11 +236,12 @@ var after = kitsy.after;
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
diff --git a/dist/backdrops.js b/dist/backdrops.js
index 1f7688e7..435df77b 100644
--- a/dist/backdrops.js
+++ b/dist/backdrops.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary makes the game have a backdrop
 @license MIT
 @author Cephalopodunk & Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ var after = kitsy.after;
 @summary makes all sprites have transparent backgrounds (deprecated)
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ before('renderer.SetDrawings', function () {
 @summary makes the game have a transparent background
 @license MIT
 @author Cephalopodunk & Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
diff --git a/dist/basic-sfx.js b/dist/basic-sfx.js
index 20c6797c..fc307918 100644
--- a/dist/basic-sfx.js
+++ b/dist/basic-sfx.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary "walk" and "talk" sound effect support
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -231,11 +231,12 @@ var after = kitsy.after;
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /**
  * @param {number} value number to clamp
  * @param {number} min minimum
diff --git a/dist/bitsymuse.js b/dist/bitsymuse.js
index 89bb7c35..301cc454 100644
--- a/dist/bitsymuse.js
+++ b/dist/bitsymuse.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary A variety of Bitsy sound and music handlers
 @license MIT
 @author David Mowatt
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -224,6 +224,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -261,17 +272,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -363,11 +363,12 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /**
  * Helper for getting room by name or id
  * @param {string} name id or name of room to return
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ function createAudio(id, options) {
 
 
 
+
 var audioElementsById = {};
 var currentMusic;
 var roomMusicFlag = null;
diff --git a/dist/canvas-replacement.js b/dist/canvas-replacement.js
index 153d2e11..7b61e4e7 100644
--- a/dist/canvas-replacement.js
+++ b/dist/canvas-replacement.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary WebGLazy bitsy integration (this one's mostly just for me)
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/character-portraits-animated.js b/dist/character-portraits-animated.js
index 1cfb2f31..6a42e783 100644
--- a/dist/character-portraits-animated.js
+++ b/dist/character-portraits-animated.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary high quality anime gifs
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -967,8 +967,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -989,6 +989,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -1026,17 +1037,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -1080,8 +1080,8 @@ function addDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @summary high quality anime jpegs (or pngs i guess)
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
diff --git a/dist/character-portraits.js b/dist/character-portraits.js
index 59d884d8..02cf6c45 100644
--- a/dist/character-portraits.js
+++ b/dist/character-portraits.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary high quality anime jpegs (or pngs i guess)
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -218,6 +218,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -255,17 +266,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
diff --git a/dist/close-on-ending.js b/dist/close-on-ending.js
index 3ac3e9ce..9bcf9fc7 100644
--- a/dist/close-on-ending.js
+++ b/dist/close-on-ending.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary Prevents from playing past an ending
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/corrupt.js b/dist/corrupt.js
index b21bfcaf..ee6fcf09 100644
--- a/dist/corrupt.js
+++ b/dist/corrupt.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary corrupts gamedata at runtime
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ var hackOptions = {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
@@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ function getImage(name, map) {
 @file edit image at runtime
 @summary API for updating image data at runtime.
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 @description
 Adds API for updating sprite, tile, and item data at runtime.
@@ -291,8 +292,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/custom-exit-effects.js b/dist/custom-exit-effects.js
index 43843d6c..1a767e9e 100644
--- a/dist/custom-exit-effects.js
+++ b/dist/custom-exit-effects.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary make custom exit transition effects
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/custom-text-effect.js b/dist/custom-text-effect.js
index 1de44cad..2f09c138 100644
--- a/dist/custom-text-effect.js
+++ b/dist/custom-text-effect.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary make {custom}text effects{custom}
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/dialog-audio-vocal-synth.js b/dist/dialog-audio-vocal-synth.js
index dc98ed5f..c2385dc8 100644
--- a/dist/dialog-audio-vocal-synth.js
+++ b/dist/dialog-audio-vocal-synth.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary animal crossing-style audio powered by the pink trombone vocal synth
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -880,8 +880,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -902,6 +902,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -939,17 +950,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -993,8 +993,8 @@ function addDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @summary animal crossing-style audio
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -1050,11 +1050,12 @@ before('dialogBuffer.DoNextChar', function () {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /**
  * @param {number} value number to clamp
  * @param {number} min minimum
diff --git a/dist/dialog-audio.js b/dist/dialog-audio.js
index bbaa42b7..169eed76 100644
--- a/dist/dialog-audio.js
+++ b/dist/dialog-audio.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary animal crossing-style audio
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/dialog-box-transition.js b/dist/dialog-box-transition.js
index bb3614df..dc954eb1 100644
--- a/dist/dialog-box-transition.js
+++ b/dist/dialog-box-transition.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary adds an easing transition animation to display the dialog box text
 @license MIT
 @author Delacannon
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ var after = kitsy.after;
 
 
 
+
 function lerp(from, to, by) {
 	return from + (to - from) * by;
 }
diff --git a/dist/dialog-choices.js b/dist/dialog-choices.js
index 0e189f41..d34a8219 100644
--- a/dist/dialog-choices.js
+++ b/dist/dialog-choices.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary dialog choices
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -258,6 +258,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -295,17 +306,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ inject(/(this\.AddLinebreak = )/, 'this.AddParagraphBreak = function() { buffer.
 @summary Adds paragraph breaks to the dialogue parser
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc, David Mowatt
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ NOTE: This uses parentheses "()" instead of curly braces "{}" around function
       code at the end of the editor's `bitsy.js` file. Untested.
 */
 
+
 // Adds the actual dialogue tag. No deferred version is required.
 addDialogTag('p', function (environment, parameters, onReturn) {
 	environment.GetDialogBuffer().AddParagraphBreak();
@@ -450,8 +451,8 @@ addDialogTag('p', function (environment, parameters, onReturn) {
 @summary put more words onscreen
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
diff --git a/dist/dialog-jump.js b/dist/dialog-jump.js
index cf4e6794..b2c764e1 100644
--- a/dist/dialog-jump.js
+++ b/dist/dialog-jump.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary jump from one dialog entry to another
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -229,17 +240,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 
 
 
+
 // jump function
 function jump(targetDialog) {
 	if (!targetDialog) {
diff --git a/dist/dialog-pause.js b/dist/dialog-pause.js
index bf647b8d..0d5373f1 100644
--- a/dist/dialog-pause.js
+++ b/dist/dialog-pause.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary add pauses in between printing text
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -178,6 +178,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -215,17 +226,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
diff --git a/dist/dialog-prompt.js b/dist/dialog-prompt.js
index 6c79e8a7..bea96134 100644
--- a/dist/dialog-prompt.js
+++ b/dist/dialog-prompt.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary prompt the user for text input in dialog
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -252,17 +263,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ inject(/(this\.AddLinebreak = )/, 'this.AddParagraphBreak = function() { buffer.
 @summary Adds paragraph breaks to the dialogue parser
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc, David Mowatt
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ NOTE: This uses parentheses "()" instead of curly braces "{}" around function
       code at the end of the editor's `bitsy.js` file. Untested.
 */
 
+
 // Adds the actual dialogue tag. No deferred version is required.
 addDialogTag('p', function (environment, parameters, onReturn) {
 	environment.GetDialogBuffer().AddParagraphBreak();
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ addDialogTag('p', function (environment, parameters, onReturn) {
 
 
 
+
 var cachedBuffer;
 var prompted = false;
 
diff --git a/dist/direction-in-dialog.js b/dist/direction-in-dialog.js
index 93345c9e..5b703fcb 100644
--- a/dist/direction-in-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/direction-in-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary provides a variable with player direction
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/directional-avatar.js b/dist/directional-avatar.js
index c2f44ede..85a4367b 100644
--- a/dist/directional-avatar.js
+++ b/dist/directional-avatar.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary flips the player's sprite based on directional movement
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ var hackOptions = {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ function getImage(name, map) {
 @file edit image at runtime
 @summary API for updating image data at runtime.
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 @description
 Adds API for updating sprite, tile, and item data at runtime.
@@ -256,8 +257,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/dynamic-background.js b/dist/dynamic-background.js
index 493124c1..897a6d4d 100644
--- a/dist/dynamic-background.js
+++ b/dist/dynamic-background.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary HTML background matching bitsy background
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -229,11 +229,12 @@ var after = kitsy.after;
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /**
  * Helper for getting room by name or id
  * @param {string} name id or name of room to return
diff --git a/dist/edit-dialog-from-dialog.js b/dist/edit-dialog-from-dialog.js
index 3992dc1a..a582ffa3 100644
--- a/dist/edit-dialog-from-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/edit-dialog-from-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary edit dialog from dialog (yes really)
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -187,6 +187,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -224,17 +235,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -288,11 +288,12 @@ function addDeferredDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
diff --git a/dist/edit-image-from-dialog.js b/dist/edit-image-from-dialog.js
index e34f804e..7cf910dc 100644
--- a/dist/edit-image-from-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/edit-image-from-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary edit sprites, items, and tiles from dialog
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ NOTE: This uses parentheses "()" instead of curly braces "{}" around function
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
@@ -90,8 +91,8 @@ function getImage(name, map) {
 @file edit image at runtime
 @summary API for updating image data at runtime.
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 @description
 Adds API for updating sprite, tile, and item data at runtime.
@@ -274,8 +275,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -296,6 +297,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -333,17 +345,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
diff --git a/dist/edit-player-from-dialog.js b/dist/edit-player-from-dialog.js
index 23b2036d..5a3562c7 100644
--- a/dist/edit-player-from-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/edit-player-from-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary change which sprite is controlled by the player
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -191,6 +191,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -228,17 +239,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -330,11 +330,12 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
diff --git a/dist/edit-room-from-dialog.js b/dist/edit-room-from-dialog.js
index df67decb..5940fe01 100644
--- a/dist/edit-room-from-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/edit-room-from-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary modify the content of a room from dialog
 @license MIT
 @author Dana Holdampf
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -308,6 +308,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -345,17 +356,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -447,11 +447,12 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /**
  * Helper for parsing parameters that may be relative to another value
  * e.g.
@@ -484,6 +485,7 @@ function clamp(value, min, max) {
 
 
 
+
 // Draws an Item, Sprite, or Tile at a location in a room
 // {draw "mapId, sourceId, xPos, yPos, roomID"}
 // {drawNow "mapId, sourceId, xPos, yPos, roomID"}
diff --git a/dist/end-from-dialog.js b/dist/end-from-dialog.js
index e69839f4..428afad8 100644
--- a/dist/end-from-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/end-from-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary trigger an ending from dialog, including narration text (deprecated)
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author @mildmojo
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -212,6 +212,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -249,17 +260,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 
 
 
+
 addDualDialogTag('end', function (environment, parameters) {
 	// cleanup current dialog
 	bitsy.dialogBuffer.EndDialog();
diff --git a/dist/exit-from-dialog.js b/dist/exit-from-dialog.js
index e53f9a68..5790f752 100644
--- a/dist/exit-from-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/exit-from-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary exit to another room from dialog, including conditionals
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author @mildmojo
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -212,6 +212,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -249,17 +260,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -351,11 +351,12 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /**
  * Helper for getting room by name or id
  * @param {string} name id or name of room to return
diff --git a/dist/external-game-data.js b/dist/external-game-data.js
index 5d4992f1..ad21416f 100644
--- a/dist/external-game-data.js
+++ b/dist/external-game-data.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary separate Bitsy game data from your (modded) HTML for easier development
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author @mildmojo
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ kitsy.after;
 
 
 
+
 var ERR_MISSING_IMPORT = 1;
 
 before('startExportedGame', function (done) {
diff --git a/dist/favicon-from-sprite.js b/dist/favicon-from-sprite.js
index 0ca745ee..c7f82d6e 100644
--- a/dist/favicon-from-sprite.js
+++ b/dist/favicon-from-sprite.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary generate a browser favicon (tab icon) from a Bitsy sprite, including animation!
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author @mildmojo
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -229,11 +229,12 @@ var after = kitsy.after;
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ function getImage(name, map) {
 
 
 
+
 // CONFIGURATION FOR FAVICON
 
 // END CONFIG
diff --git a/dist/follower.js b/dist/follower.js
index 56557f9e..3a3560d7 100644
--- a/dist/follower.js
+++ b/dist/follower.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary make sprites follow the player
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -211,6 +211,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -248,17 +259,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -350,11 +350,12 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
diff --git a/dist/gamepad-input.js b/dist/gamepad-input.js
index 9d8941b1..448b6033 100644
--- a/dist/gamepad-input.js
+++ b/dist/gamepad-input.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary HTML5 gamepad support
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/gravity.js b/dist/gravity.js
index 2d69632f..8fe4d785 100644
--- a/dist/gravity.js
+++ b/dist/gravity.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary Pseudo-platforming/gravity/physics
 @license MIT
 @author Cole Sea
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -118,11 +118,12 @@ var hackOptions = {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
@@ -145,8 +146,8 @@ function getImage(name, map) {
 @file edit image at runtime
 @summary API for updating image data at runtime.
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 @description
 Adds API for updating sprite, tile, and item data at runtime.
@@ -337,8 +338,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -359,6 +360,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -396,17 +408,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
diff --git a/dist/itsy-bitsy.js b/dist/itsy-bitsy.js
index 8be9a273..9c93418f 100644
--- a/dist/itsy-bitsy.js
+++ b/dist/itsy-bitsy.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary for when bitsy's not small enough
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/javascript-dialog.js b/dist/javascript-dialog.js
index 7b00216e..d84c4597 100644
--- a/dist/javascript-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/javascript-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary execute arbitrary javascript from dialog
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -214,6 +214,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -251,17 +262,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 
 
 
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-eval
 var indirectEval = eval;
 
diff --git a/dist/logic-operators-extended.js b/dist/logic-operators-extended.js
index 23895016..3169f5e7 100644
--- a/dist/logic-operators-extended.js
+++ b/dist/logic-operators-extended.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 @file logic-operators-extended
 @summary adds conditional logic operators
 @author @mildmojo
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ kitsy.after;
 
 
 
+
 var operators = ['!==', '&&', '||', '%'];
 
 function expression(operator) {
diff --git a/dist/long-dialog.js b/dist/long-dialog.js
index 8538485a..24f10f55 100644
--- a/dist/long-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/long-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary put more words onscreen
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -202,6 +202,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -239,17 +250,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ inject(/(this\.AddLinebreak = )/, 'this.AddParagraphBreak = function() { buffer.
 @summary Adds paragraph breaks to the dialogue parser
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc, David Mowatt
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ NOTE: This uses parentheses "()" instead of curly braces "{}" around function
       code at the end of the editor's `bitsy.js` file. Untested.
 */
 
+
 // Adds the actual dialogue tag. No deferred version is required.
 addDialogTag('p', function (environment, parameters, onReturn) {
 	environment.GetDialogBuffer().AddParagraphBreak();
diff --git a/dist/multi-sprite-avatar.js b/dist/multi-sprite-avatar.js
index 6cddc092..a03322b8 100644
--- a/dist/multi-sprite-avatar.js
+++ b/dist/multi-sprite-avatar.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary make the player big
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -219,6 +219,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -256,17 +267,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -358,11 +358,12 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
diff --git a/dist/online.js b/dist/online.js
index ad663be1..c5f85386 100644
--- a/dist/online.js
+++ b/dist/online.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary multiplayer bitsy
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 @description
 Provides the groundwork for running a small online multiplayer bitsy game.
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -200,6 +200,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -237,17 +248,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -339,11 +339,12 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
@@ -368,8 +369,8 @@ function getImage(name, map) {
 @summary edit dialog from dialog (yes really)
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -435,8 +436,8 @@ addDeferredDialogTag('dialog', editDialog);
 @file edit image at runtime
 @summary API for updating image data at runtime.
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 @description
 Adds API for updating sprite, tile, and item data at runtime.
@@ -494,8 +495,8 @@ function setSpriteData(id, frame, newData) {
 @summary edit sprites, items, and tiles from dialog
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -641,8 +642,8 @@ addDualDialogTag('imagePal', editPalette);
 @summary execute arbitrary javascript from dialog
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -692,6 +693,7 @@ NOTE: This uses parentheses "()" instead of curly braces "{}" around function
       code at the end of the editor's `bitsy.js` file. Untested.
 */
 
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-eval
 var indirectEval = eval;
 
diff --git a/dist/opaque-tiles.js b/dist/opaque-tiles.js
index 16419493..e2d9db96 100644
--- a/dist/opaque-tiles.js
+++ b/dist/opaque-tiles.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary tiles which hide the player
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/paragraph-break.js b/dist/paragraph-break.js
index f120f766..d3f14336 100644
--- a/dist/paragraph-break.js
+++ b/dist/paragraph-break.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary Adds paragraph breaks to the dialogue parser
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc, David Mowatt
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -231,17 +242,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ inject(/(this\.AddLinebreak = )/, 'this.AddParagraphBreak = function() { buffer.
 
 
 
+
 // Adds the actual dialogue tag. No deferred version is required.
 addDialogTag('p', function (environment, parameters, onReturn) {
 	environment.GetDialogBuffer().AddParagraphBreak();
diff --git a/dist/permanent-items.js b/dist/permanent-items.js
index f4856711..0507c710 100644
--- a/dist/permanent-items.js
+++ b/dist/permanent-items.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary prevent some items from being picked up
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/push-sprites.js b/dist/push-sprites.js
index 9d9d5340..82eb1554 100644
--- a/dist/push-sprites.js
+++ b/dist/push-sprites.js
@@ -1,37 +1,4 @@
-/**
-➡
-@file push sprites
-@summary sokoban-style sprite pushing
-@license MIT
-@author jan0sc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
-
-
-@description
-Hack to make sprites pushable.
-
-HOW TO USE:
-1. Copy-paste into a script tag after the bitsy source
-2. Edit hackOptions below to specify the push logic, exit handling, target states and whether to flip drawings
-
-PUSH LOGIC:
-functions to determine:
-	1. the sprites that the player can push
-	2. the sprites that a pushed sprite can push
-	3. the items that stop a sprite from moving
-	4. the tiles that stop a sprite from moving
-
-EXIT HANDLING:
-function to determine whether a sprite will be allowed to transit an exit
-
-TARGET STATES:
-object specifying which dialogs to trigger and under what conditions
-
-SPRITE FLIPPING:
-allow or disallow drawing flips when a sprite is pushed
-
-*/
+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
 this.hacks = this.hacks || {};
 (function (exports, bitsy) {
 'use strict';
@@ -194,11 +161,12 @@ var hackOptions = {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper for getting image by name or id
 
@@ -221,8 +189,8 @@ function getImage(name, map) {
 @file edit image at runtime
 @summary API for updating image data at runtime.
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 @description
 Adds API for updating sprite, tile, and item data at runtime.
@@ -413,8 +381,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -527,6 +495,40 @@ function transformSpriteData(spriteData, v, h, rot) {
 	return s;
 }
 
+/**
+➡
+@file push sprites
+@summary sokoban-style sprite pushing
+@license MIT
+@author jan0sc
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
+
+
+@description
+Hack to make sprites pushable.
+
+HOW TO USE:
+1. Copy-paste into a script tag after the bitsy source
+2. Edit hackOptions below to specify the push logic, exit handling, target states and whether to flip drawings
+
+PUSH LOGIC:
+functions to determine:
+	1. the sprites that the player can push
+	2. the sprites that a pushed sprite can push
+	3. the items that stop a sprite from moving
+	4. the tiles that stop a sprite from moving
+
+EXIT HANDLING:
+function to determine whether a sprite will be allowed to transit an exit
+
+TARGET STATES:
+object specifying which dialogs to trigger and under what conditions
+
+SPRITE FLIPPING:
+allow or disallow drawing flips when a sprite is pushed
+
+*/
 
 
 
diff --git a/dist/replace-drawing.js b/dist/replace-drawing.js
index f8db36d4..e5bd5f15 100644
--- a/dist/replace-drawing.js
+++ b/dist/replace-drawing.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary add name-tags to replace drawings when the game is loading
 @license MIT
 @author Elkie Nova
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/save.js b/dist/save.js
index 933c0a55..00e7f0e3 100644
--- a/dist/save.js
+++ b/dist/save.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary save/load your game
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -213,6 +213,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -250,17 +261,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -352,11 +352,12 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /*
 Helper used to replace code in a script tag based on a search regex
 To inject code without erasing original string, using capturing groups; e.g.
diff --git a/dist/solid-items.js b/dist/solid-items.js
index 2162825d..6e8551b3 100644
--- a/dist/solid-items.js
+++ b/dist/solid-items.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary treat some items like sprites that can be placed multiple times
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/stopwatch.js b/dist/stopwatch.js
index 3feab5ae..eaa886b7 100644
--- a/dist/stopwatch.js
+++ b/dist/stopwatch.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary time player actions
 @license MIT
 @author Lenny Magner
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -222,6 +222,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -259,17 +270,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -361,11 +361,12 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 @file utils
 @summary miscellaneous bitsy utilities
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 
+
 /**
  * Helper for printing dialog inside of a dialog function.
  * Intended to be called using the environment + onReturn parameters of the original function;
@@ -387,6 +388,7 @@ function printDialog(environment, text, onReturn) {
 
 
 
+
 function getTimeDifferenceInMs(timer) {
 	return (timer.end || Date.now()) - timer.start;
 }
diff --git a/dist/text-to-speech.js b/dist/text-to-speech.js
index 7fc5fc0b..c728ca59 100644
--- a/dist/text-to-speech.js
+++ b/dist/text-to-speech.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary text-to-speech for bitsy dialog
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -210,6 +210,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -247,17 +258,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ function addDualDialogTag(tag, fn) {
 
 
 
+
 var speaking = false;
 var toSpeak = [];
 var latestUtterance; // we need to maintain a reference to this, or a bug in the GC will prevent events from firing
diff --git a/dist/tracery-processing.js b/dist/tracery-processing.js
index e8a1e370..a2058231 100644
--- a/dist/tracery-processing.js
+++ b/dist/tracery-processing.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary process all dialog text with a tracery grammar
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -1032,8 +1032,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/transitions.js b/dist/transitions.js
index 8facc3e4..962ef9b0 100644
--- a/dist/transitions.js
+++ b/dist/transitions.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary customizable WebGL transitions
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ var after = kitsy.after;
 @summary WebGLazy bitsy integration (this one's mostly just for me)
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
diff --git a/dist/transparent-background.js b/dist/transparent-background.js
index 65a34f56..cf2c6dce 100644
--- a/dist/transparent-background.js
+++ b/dist/transparent-background.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary makes the game have a transparent background
 @license MIT
 @author Cephalopodunk & Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ var after = kitsy.after;
 @summary makes all sprites have transparent backgrounds (deprecated)
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
diff --git a/dist/transparent-dialog.js b/dist/transparent-dialog.js
index 35c24dbb..3085d3f4 100644
--- a/dist/transparent-dialog.js
+++ b/dist/transparent-dialog.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary makes the dialog box have a transparent background
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/transparent-sprites.js b/dist/transparent-sprites.js
index f7d80b7c..5266bbbe 100644
--- a/dist/transparent-sprites.js
+++ b/dist/transparent-sprites.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary makes all sprites have transparent backgrounds (deprecated)
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/dist/twine-bitsy-comms.js b/dist/twine-bitsy-comms.js
index 206c68f0..e997a95b 100644
--- a/dist/twine-bitsy-comms.js
+++ b/dist/twine-bitsy-comms.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary interprocess communication for twine and bitsy
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
@@ -256,6 +256,17 @@ var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
     applyHooks,
 });
 
+// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
+// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
+function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
+	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
+		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
+			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
+		}
+		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
+	});
+}
+
 var hooked = kitsy.hooked;
 if (!hooked) {
 	kitsy.hooked = true;
@@ -293,17 +304,6 @@ var before = kitsy.before;
 /** @see kitsy.after */
 var after = kitsy.after;
 
-// Rewrite custom functions' parentheses to curly braces for Bitsy's
-// interpreter. Unescape escaped parentheticals, too.
-function convertDialogTags(input, tag) {
-	return input.replace(new RegExp('\\\\?\\((' + tag + '(\\s+(".*?"|.+?))?)\\\\?\\)', 'g'), function (match, group) {
-		if (match.substr(0, 1) === '\\') {
-			return '(' + group + ')'; // Rewrite \(tag "..."|...\) to (tag "..."|...)
-		}
-		return '{' + group + '}'; // Rewrite (tag "..."|...) to {tag "..."|...}
-	});
-}
-
 function addDialogFunction(tag, fn) {
 	kitsy.dialogFunctions = kitsy.dialogFunctions || {};
 	if (kitsy.dialogFunctions[tag]) {
diff --git a/dist/unique-items.js b/dist/unique-items.js
index 2abb2d9c..ba3b817c 100644
--- a/dist/unique-items.js
+++ b/dist/unique-items.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 @summary items which, when picked up, remove all other instances of that item from the game
 @license MIT
 @author Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 
 @description
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ function applyHook(root, functionName) {
 @summary Monkey-patching toolkit to make it easier and cleaner to run code before and after functions or to inject new code into script tags
 @license WTFPL (do WTF you want)
 @author Original by mildmojo; modified by Sean S. LeBlanc
-@version 21.3.0
-@requires Bitsy 8.4
+@version 21.4.0
+@requires Bitsy 8.6
 
 */
 var kitsy = (window.kitsy = window.kitsy || {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 505b78ee..279a2928 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "@bitsy/hecks",
-	"version": "21.3.0",
+	"version": "21.4.0",
 	"lockfileVersion": 2,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "@bitsy/hecks",
-			"version": "21.3.0",
+			"version": "21.4.0",
 			"license": "MIT (individual hacks have their own license specified)",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@seansleblanc/pink-trombone": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d42508f..ef3ed349 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 		"hacks"
 	],
 	"main": "index.mjs",
-	"version": "21.3.0",
+	"version": "21.4.0",
 	"bitsyVersion": "8.6",
 	"scripts": {
 		"build": "rollup -c --bundleConfigAsCjs",