Merge pull request #249 from excaliburjs/dev-erik

Merge release candidate for testing before release
Merge pull request #253 from excaliburjs/dev-erik

Fix bug in packaging forcing a version bump
Update README.md
Merge pull request #255 from excaliburjs/dev-erik

Closes #254 Both actors participate now
Merge pull request #258 from excaliburjs/dev-erik

Merge fade and color bug hotfixes into master
Merge pull request #263 from excaliburjs/dev-erik

Closes #261 Fixed label text fade in the plain and spritefont cases
Merge pull request #271 from excaliburjs/dev-erik

Old template update
Fix crosslink
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:eonarheim/Excalibur into dev-erik