- NEW: Tap and hold to pick a color from your drawing or a neighbor! - NEW: New players can tap "Find a spot" to go to a free tile! Press-and-hold eyedropper ------------------------- - NEW: Hold your finger still on your canvas or on a nearby map drawing to pick a color - Drag to preview the color. Release to set it as your brush color. The color also goes into your recent colors - A slow start to a stroke does not open the eyedropper by mistake First doodle ------------ - NEW: The "tap a tile" tip now has a "Find a spot" button. It takes you to the nearest free tile Saving & sharing ---------------- - Saving drawings, timelapses and proof images to Photos works when you allow "Add Photos Only" (iOS) - The Photos permission message only shows when you really denied access - The CHM proof share window shows your Proof ID and a link you can copy or open - Tap the link row to copy the link. A round download button sits next to Share - Exported proof images show the Proof ID under the badge text Fullscreen view --------------- - The fullscreen drawing view scrolls, so you can read all guesses on long guess lists Speed & reliability ------------------- - Profiles, leaderboards and quests load faster - The app sends fewer background requests. This saves battery and data - Drawings still load if your internet provider blocks our image server - We can now send small fixes faster, without a full app update

- NEW: Smudge your art with a finger-smear tool! - NEW: Pinch and pan the canvas with two fingers while any draw tool is selected! Smudge tool ----------- - NEW: Smudge blends paint like a finger smear. Live preview shows the stroke as you drag - Smudge thickness matches your other tools Drawing & canvas ---------------- - Two-finger pinch and pan work with any draw tool selected. You no longer need a separate zoom tool - The eyedropper button now shows your current drawing while minimized - Floating layers sit under the header and prefer the free corner - Timelapse draw time skips idle pauses longer than 15 seconds Map, archive & claiming ----------------------- - Soft-delete keeps your older art in Historic Archive after about one hour. Fresh deletes within an hour still remove the drawing fully - Historic Archive loads art for new viewports when you pan or zoom out, and keeps coverage when you zoom in - Archive replay at 1x speed stays even when few tiles are on screen - Canceling a reservation clears that reserved tile right away - The map grid refreshes after a long time in the background Quests & secrets ---------------- - Completing the secret quest is easier than before (sorry no hints!) - Solo players can now finish territory quests that used to read as squad-only - The Supreme Leader VIP quest shows again Guess Theme & explore --------------------- - Theme guesses now give instant correct or wrong feedback - Explore stats streak defaults to days Looks & polish -------------- - Long Square Details titles scroll sideways so you can read them - Home widget doodles stay until a fresh sync replaces them - Splash waits until drawings on the map and the navbar are ready

NEW: Add an Earthboard Home Screen widget to see your latest doodle, day streak, and new drawings! NEW: VIPs can now draw ANYWHERE in the world! Home Screen widget ------------------ - Open Profile and choose Add home widget for a short how-to tutorial - After your second drawing, Earthboard may invite you to add the widget - Tap the widget to open the app Doodle wrap ----------- - When your monthly wrap is ready, a startup toast and a profile banner help you open it - The wrap montage shows your doodle count, your top percent, and names the month Artwork titles -------------- - Titles stay hidden until the theme is solved - Titles also appear after you use all of your theme guesses - Square Details titles hide while the map camera moves, and you can drag them - Fullscreen rank and milestone banners sit under the drawing Drawing & replay ---------------- - Timelapse strokes stay solid as they play. Short replays no longer blank out before they loop - Brush falloff size stays steady when your stroke hops across a canvas edge - A late second finger no longer cancels the stroke you are drawing - Two-finger undo needs both fingers down at nearly the same time - Soft strokes still block the paint bucket like solid paint - Reaction paint-bucket fills stay inside the circular canvas Map & claiming -------------- - Guest unlock shows the real art under a light gray veil and keeps it on the map after you unlock - Reclaiming an expired square no longer shows a false already-claimed error - Find me a spot! no longer freezes the map or jumps to empty ocean tiles - The first Location Search pick no longer makes the camera bounce - Mutual-follow alerts say Your friend VIP, sign-in & onboarding ------------------------- - VIP Edit Drawing shows how long the claim lasts and asks about revive or extend first - The VIP startup toast shows every other session and stays at the front of the queue - Sign In keeps its loading overlay until auth and your local data finish - Quest progress toasts wait until coachmark onboarding ends - Coachmark Skip no longer ends the whole tour when you continue from Home - Coachmarks and declining a squad invite no longer lock the UI - Music pauses when other apps play audio. It resumes only if you left Earthboard music on - Deleting a drawing lowers your profile doodle count and removes that one drawing only

- NEW: Get a recap of your month in doodles with your doodle wrap! - NEW: VIP owners can Edit Drawing and keep favorites, guesses, and reactions Drawing actions --------------- - NEW: Owners can Delete drawing from Square Details and fullscreen - Deleted drawings cannot be recovered - Double-tap a drawing to upvote. A single tap still starts replay after a short pause - The play button starts replay right away Map & claiming -------------- - Claiming rules now has Find me a spot! and pans to a tile you can actually claim - Historical Archive opens without crashing - Artist profiles from search load instead of staying stuck - Squares being drawn show the person drawing them now Reactions & squads ------------------ - You get a notice when someone uses a custom reaction you made (same Art Reactions setting) - After you accept a squad invite, the card clears and My Squad updates right away Look & polish ------------- - A correct Guess Theme no longer crashes at the end on large phones - The Square Details menu sits flush, with no extra outline - Edit and Extend share the action row evenly

Drawing tools ------------- - NEW: Two-finger tap Undo while drawing - NEW: Eyedropper remembers your last neighbor-color tab for that drawing session Map & Square Details -------------------- - FIX: Digging into a drawing no longer flickers or blanks the map (including Guess Theme) - Complex drawings appear on the map after save again - Square Details opens reliably even if you tap quickly - Landmarks row hides on smaller phones so the sheet stays usable - Loading splash holds until first drawings can paint so the map looks ready Squads & saves -------------- - NEW: Squad invite links open the app and auto-join for existing users - Guest saves keep backups; no false success at the 1-drawing limit - Expired doodles stay expired; clearer alert when you have zero hourglasses for Revive Leaderboards & Explore ---------------------- - Reaction ranks count unique fans (total uses break ties) - Upvote ties prefer newer drawings - Guest drawings waiting to publish stay out of Explore Recent - Explore drawing stats match milestone ordinals with clearer copy Look & polish ------------- - Fresh app logo and splash branding - VIP avatar decorations show in the fullscreen image modal - Palette icons and charge badge layout look cleaner - VIP gift code entry stays on the initial supporter screen only - Notification count badges stay on one line even with large fonts

Saving your drawing ------------------- - NEW: Major map loading optimization - NEW: Rotating humorous messages play while your doodle uploads - Save sound starts when the timelapse replay appears on the save screen - Save overlay uses a white spinner and preloaded animations for a smoother wait Drawing tools ------------- - Long brush strokes stay as one path instead of splitting mid-stroke - Mid-stroke segment joins look continuous again - FIX: Soft brush and eraser no longer leave a faint 1px line down the center Timelapse & map --------------- - FIX: Timelapse no longer wipes mid-replay on complex drawings - Drawings on the map look sharper right after you save - Less flicker when you pan, zoom, or select a drawing on the map - Continue-drawing startup pans and zooms to your reserved square - Map no longer flashes New York before jumping to your home view - FIX: Map auto-reloads if it crashes instead of staying broken Theme reroll ------------ - NEW badge on theme reroll sits beside the icon without clipping off-screen - Reroll no longer repeats theme words already shown on that square - Dice animation preloads when you open the reroll confirm Squads, reactions & polish --------------------------- - FIX: Squad invites accept reliably again - Long squad territory names clip cleanly in highlight toasts - Custom reaction timestamps show the correct time again - Contest details open correctly on all drawings - Navbar badge counts stay hidden until the bounce animation on cold load - Close X on expired Draw Here replace confirm

Human verified exports -------------------- - NEW: Download a shareable human-made proof image of your drawing with QR code and badge by selecting a drawing in your profile - NEW: Share short proof links from the CHM proof share modal - On your own drawings, open verified export from the Square Details kebab menu - Proofs show the artist profile, draw time, and when the drawing was made - Photo backgrounds classify as mixed media instead of 100% human made Other artists' doodle milestones -------------------------------- - NEW: On Square Details, you can see another artist's personal doodle milestones on the pill above their drawing - Follow an artist to see milestones every 25 doodles; everyone else shows every 100 - Personal doodle and pair-streak pills can show together when they do not share the same slot Fullscreen draw time & Live Activities -------------------------------------- - When you watch a timelapse in fullscreen, the draw-time pill appears so you can see how long the artist spent - Live Activities stop or move to the next countdown when they reach 0:00 - When it is your turn to draw, Live Activity reminds you to keep the streak going Reactions --------- - Fix: Tapping a reaction plays the sound right away, including the default bloop when there is no custom clip - Custom reaction carousels open faster and no longer jump during the fade-in Squads & streaks ---------------- - FIX: Squad streak totals update correctly again after the server upgrade - Squad streak turn badges show the right counts - Duplicate streak turn notifications no longer stack up Explore, quests & claims ------------------------ - Explore new-drawings badge count skips your own saves and matches across telescope and tab - Quest cards no longer appear to redeem twice if you double-tap Themes & events --------------- - Theme guess reveals feel faster after a correct guess - Mr. Worldwide waits until you finish Theme Detective (10 correct guesses) before it counts countries - Doodles with no theme do not count toward country-guess totals - If you close Theme Selection without drawing, your prepaid reservation cancels so the spot does not stay held - Double Theme event runs through the end of September 2026 - During maintenance, streak countdowns pause and app pushes stay quiet Map & polish ------------ - FIX: Map no longer whitescreens on iOS after the app sits in the background - FIX: Grid squares no longer stay empty after rapid map pans - Map settles faster after you pan, with less spinner flicker - VIP palette recharge message shows the correct 20 minute wait - Expired square reservations clear so spots open up again

Other artists' doodle milestones -------------------------------- - NEW: On Square Details, you can see another artist's personal doodle milestones above their drawing - Follow an artist to see milestones every 25 doodles; everyone else shows every 100 Fullscreen draw time & Live Activities -------------------------------------- - When you watch a timelapse in fullscreen, the draw-time pill appears so you can see how long the artist spent - The duration pill and rank banner sit flush with the artwork (no gap or clip) - Live Activities stop or move to the next countdown when they reach 0:00 Themes, quests & claims ----------------------- - Theme guess reveals feel faster after a correct guess - Mr. Worldwide waits until you finish Theme Detective (10 correct guesses) before it counts countries - Doodles with no theme do not count toward country-guess totals - If you close Theme Selection without drawing, your prepaid reservation cancels so the spot does not stay held - During maintenance, streak countdowns pause and app pushes stay quiet - FIX: Quest hourglass rewards no longer jump to huge wrong balances Map & polish ------------ - Critical fix for new user onboarding where a significant number of users drawings were not saving to the map - Major map optimizations should make drawings load 2x faster in the map - Opening Search or Settings keeps the map more responsive - Onboarding Day 1 vs Day 100 artist chips use a plain circular profile picture

Draw before you sign up ----------------------- - NEW: Browse the map and draw your first doodle as a guest before you create an account - After you save, your spot stays reserved for 1 hour while you finish signup and publish - Guests get a NYC spotlight intro plus clearer tutorial for drawing tools and map controls - An unlock celebration plays when you convert to a full account - Live drawers show as New User Earthbear effort check ---------------------- - NEW: Earthbear asks for about a minute of real drawing time before you publish a map doodle - If you try again too soon, a large countdown shows how many seconds of effort remain - Neighbor draw time can appear as a challenge when someone nearby put in serious work Drawing tools & zoom -------------------- - Brush size stays true to the canvas as you zoom, with a smoother size slider curve - Pinch on the canvas shows a one-time tip that spotlights the Zoom tool - Pan/zoom reset only appears when the Zoom tool is selected - Paint bucket fills seal tiny gaps under 3px so color does not leak through - Eyedropper preview stays above your finger; eraser preview no longer sticks after release - Hard brush color chips drop the faint gray outline; drawing save sound is a bit quieter - Critical bug fix related to undo operations that wiped nearly the whole canvas after going back enough times in your undo Country Guessing & themes ------------------------- - Country Guessing unlocks after you finish the Theme Detective quest (10 correct guesses) - A coachmark and NEW badge help you find it right after unlock - Double Theme letter reveals now start on the secret 2nd word - Theme picker closes only with the X so a tap outside does not dismiss it by accident Onboarding, map & polish ------------------------ - Map tour order is Explore, leaderboard, Map Toggle, then Historic Archive, with Home and Geo steps after unlock - Timelapse stops immediately when you leave Square Details - Photos access is requested before save, with a path to Settings if access was denied earlier - Performance Mode can turn on automatically when drawing frames stall - Far-zoom map views no longer false-trigger critical memory warnings - Invite first-claim freedom and post-signup green tint behave correctly again - If the app was down during an outage, streaks can get a short recovery window - A maintenance screen appears when the servers cannot be reached

Double Theme Event ------------------ - NEW: Monthly Double Theme Event lets you pick a 2nd theme after your first word - Your first theme word stays visible to guessers; the 2nd word is the secret they must guess - Correct guesses on the secret word double the usual lifespan extension - An explainer shows the rules with an event countdown, and 2nd-theme options persist until you reroll or the hourly reset Reservation extend ------------------ - NEW: When under 5 minutes remain on a drawing reservation, spend 1 hourglass to add +1 hour - Standard accounts get 1 extension per doodle; VIP can extend unlimited times while under 5 minutes Brush Memory & drawing tools ---------------------------- - NEW: Brush Memory (on by default) restores size, softness, and other brush settings when you tap a recent color - Turn Brush Memory off in Brush Options if you prefer one set of settings across colors - Pan and zoom go about 50% deeper for fine detail, and live brush width stays true while zoomed - Brush Options always shows the main size slider - Eyedropper cancels if you drag off the image - Layer drag reorder no longer sticks after a hop, and merge confirm opens more smoothly Celebrations & milestones ------------------------- - NEW: Streak leaderboard - Significant doodle milestones celebrate with trophy overlays, victory sound, and confetti - Milestone markers include 75 and every 25 after 100 - Streak and pair milestone prompts are clearer for both partners - Followed-artist toasts use the celebration style and no longer stack duplicates for the same friend Timelapse, map & polish ----------------------- - Timelapse playback shows how long the artist spent drawing - Timelapse loops reset cleanly, keep the final paint-bucket fill, and hold the finished frame briefly - The drawing you are focused on loads at full resolution; map zoom is capped so over-zoom no longer whitescreens - Adjacent drawing alerts say New Neighbor - Reacting to drawings now gives +1 hour of protection per reaction, up to 2 hours. - Profile gallery no longer opens empty the first time after you leave the tab - Modal close buttons use a clearer X style, and tab badge counts can peek above the navbar

Layers & drawing ---------------- - NEW: Merge a layer down into the one below, with a preview of the result before you confirm - NEW: Eraser opacity slider for partial erase strength, like brush opacity - You can use up to 6 drawing layers - Dragging layers to reorder works across multiple slots in one continuous drag - Soft eraser softness and falloff bake correctly, and soft erasers no longer punch holes in timelapse replay backgrounds - Accidental palm or multi-touch contacts no longer streak into your active stroke - Undo and Redo are taller, and round icon buttons on phone stay circular on narrow screens - Crash backups keep soft stroke look and merged layers more reliably, and undo after restore behaves better Recent colors & toolbar ----------------------- - Tap a recent color to leave the eraser and select the brush with that color - The recent colors strip peeks and sizes more cleanly on phones and tablets, without a resize flash when it appears - Narrow phones show fewer swatches so each color stays larger Map & loading ------------- - Panning the map feels smoother, with fuller square coverage when zoomed out - A spinner appears when a far pan leaves most loaded squares off-screen, and stays hidden while theme or guessing modals are open - Live drawings appear and leave with their grid squares instead of lingering or vanishing oddly - Leaving Map, Squads, Quests, or Profile cancels in-flight loading and resumes cleanly when you return - Country-guess mode only hides archive and palettes Reactions, profiles & more -------------------------- - Reacting to someone else's doodle can extend its lifetime, with an upvote-style +hours count-up - Report users from artist profiles - Streak toasts open Draw here for that streak partner - When your reservation timer hits zero, drawings with content auto-save - Timelapse replay has a larger tap area to pause - Bottom tabs give clearer press feedback - Explore back uses a left chevron; the map coachmark tour includes the Squads tab - Collapsed reference reveal button no longer shows an outline stroke - Custom theme confirmation shows correctly and stays centered

Earthboard Supporter (VIP) -------------------------- - NEW: Become an Earthboard Supporter & get VIP perks! - Support Earthboards mission to stay ads-free and AI-free while unlocking theme overrides, 2x palette regeneration, 3x visibility, VIP quests, expired drawing revivals, profile flair, and a custom website link - Lifetime includes a free one-month VIP gift for a friend with a new account; share it by link or code during signup or from the Supporter screen - Unclaimed gifts stay available from the map crown, with gift-opening celebrations, aura, and fairy-dust sounds - Day 1 and First 100 Lifetime supporters lock in launch pricing and earn special founder frames on their avatars - VIP crowns and badges appear on avatars and profiles, with a clearer membership, restore, and cancel flow Doodle streaks -------------- - NEW: Build a personal doodle streak by drawing each day; milestones celebrate with fire effects and hourglasses - Your streak sits beside your name on profiles, with a countdown when time is running low - Squads share a doodle streak, show when a partner is drawing to keep it going, and surface day and favorite counts Onboarding & map tips --------------------- - NEW: Onboarding walks you through the 100 Day Challenge, your daily doodle goal, telling a friend, and notification preferences - Create your signature during signup; returning players can Sign In from the welcome screen - A short map tour introduces key controls for new players and returning veterans Themes & drawing ---------------- - NEW: Reroll your theme choices before drawing by spending hourglasses - Each reroll costs one more hourglass and offers more surprising themes; the cost resets after you post a drawing - Dice, sound, trophy, haptic, and confetti celebrations make theme rerolls and correct guesses more satisfying - Undo, soft strokes, and timelapse replay are more reliable, and looping timelapses pause briefly on the final frame - Timelapse replays no longer wipe the drawing mid-playback, with smoother hard and stamp stroke playback - When you run out of palettes, Draw Here still opens palette info with a live recharge countdown Profiles, reactions & social ---------------------------- - NEW: Add TikTok to your social links - VIP artists can place a custom website link above their social links - Profiles show bio, completed quests, Drawing now, doodle streaks, leaderboard streaks, and Follow Back when appropriate - See a creator's top custom reactions on their profile, play them, open details, and browse drawings where they were used - Cancel a pending squad invite from an artist's profile, and Visit Location from Originally Used On fullscreen views Map, Explore & inbox -------------------- - NEW: The Final Quest: complete every standard quest for 1000 hourglasses and a profile badge - Get a toast when someone you follow draws on the map, and a startup tip when new drawings are waiting in Explore - Leaderboard streaks celebrate artists who hold top positions for multiple days - Key map stats can stay on top while you browse, with clearer controls over every map style - Archived drawings appear in profile galleries with status indicators; overwritten drawings no longer offer Visit Location - Players with no active adjacent drawings can claim a new starting point instead of getting stranded - Inbox updates refresh reliably and stay until you open or dismiss them

Brush falloff & spacing ----------------------- - NEW: Falloff slider in Brush Options tapers stroke size along the stroke - NEW: Spacing slider for stamp brushes controls how often the tip repeats - Live brush preview shows falloff and spacing before you draw - Falloff and spacing save and replay correctly in timelapse - Brush toolbar shows a NEW badge until you open Brush Options again for these controls Explore Stats & podium ---------------------- - NEW: Podium button on the map opens Explore Stats with artist leaderboards - Switch between Popular (likes) and Prolific (drawings) rankings by period - NEW: Reactions leaderboard ranks custom reactions by uses in the selected timeframe - Personal rank banners call out your placement with a looping sheen for top 3 - Unread ! badges light up on tabs when you crack the top 10 and clear when you view them - Digest push when you place in the top 10 (artists, or reactions with enough uses) - New Record flags highlight fresh highs for artists and drawings Map & presence -------------- - NEW: Drawings from the last 24 hours get a looping sheen on the map (paused during History replay) - Artists drawing nearby show map avatars with a pen badge when you zoom in - Flag icon marks squares you have reserved - Gray pencil icons show when you cannot draw on a square - Active now badges use real last-seen presence - Privacy setting: show online to Everyone, Squads only, or Off - Map controls use darker icon chips so they stay readable on light tiles Fullscreen & profiles --------------------- - Creator card shows place name plus Expires or Expired timing - Tap a creator avatar to view their photo fullscreen - Bigger Follow buttons; open the profile directly when you already follow them - Following count still shows when Followers is zero Drawing polish & notifications ------------------------------ - Save reveal uses the finished timelapse frame with smoother loading - Paint bucket fills restore more reliably after crash recovery - Reactions are now larger and can be pulled up to grow significantly for easier viewing - Upvotes and reactions sit on the real square instead of a rough screen guess - Streak push copy uses accurate streak labels instead of a generic day count

New followers ------------- - NEW: Get an inbox alert and push when someone follows you - Multiple new follows stack into one unread inbox row - Squad auto-follows stay quiet (you already get the squad-joined notice) Notifications ------------- - Drawing expiring alerts now default to Off Explore & stats --------------- - NEW callout highlights the Leaderboard entry on Explore - Drawing counts on leaderboards show full numbers instead of 1k-style abbreviations Profiles -------- - Follower and following counts hidden when they are zero Drawing ------- - Strokes that start just outside the canvas are picked up when you drag in - Major optimizations to drawing with less hitching on long strokes (& much less crashing) - Custom reaction sound recordings keep more of your take - Layer thumbnails appear as soon as your drawing loads

Follow artists -------------- - NEW: Follow artists from their profile or avatar on a square - Optionally turn on the bell to get notified when they post new drawings - Filter Explore Recent to only Artists you follow - Open Followers and Following lists from an artist's profile - Joining a squad auto-follows your squad mates Search ------ - Search bar now lets you search for users as well as places Community Stats & Explore ------------------------- - NEW: Community Stats on Explore shows rolling New Drawings for today, this week, and this month - New Record labels call out when a period hits a new high - Pin, expand, or minimize Community Stats above the Explore tab bar - See all Stats opens a Leaderboard & Stats modal with Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and All time - Switch between Countries and Users leaderboards for the selected period - Country views show activity and all-time completion; tap Visit country to jump on the map - Users leaderboard ranks artists by drawings in that period with avatars you can tap for their profile - Explore header back arrow returns you to the map - Profile stats sit in a single scrollable row Map & UI polish --------------- - Empty-tile draw button reveals with a short delay like the streak pill - Squad member cards open upward so they stay on screen - Choosing a square from an artist profile dismisses square details so pan and zoom select cleanly - Stronger haptic feedback when you toggle map controls Drawing & quests ---------------- - Background color choices save correctly into timelapse (I hope and pray) - Quest reward redemption is safer so a retry cannot double-claim or get stuck

Art Fight event --------------- - NEW: Art Fight is on Earthboard! - Draw someone's OC doing an Attack, Block, or Dodge right here on the map - Take it back to Art Fight as your official submission - Choose Attack, Block, or Dodge when picking a theme for your drawing - Live countdown shows how much time is left until the event ends August 1st 18:00 UTC Brush tips & textures --------------------- - NEW: Pick from textured brush tips like Pencil, Charcoal, Dry brush, Watercolor, Ink, Marker, Flat, and Spray - Open Brush Options to switch brush types and see a live preview of each stroke style - Brush toolbar shows a NEW badge until you try a textured brush for the first time

Map & territory --------------- - Empty tiles show a drawing button centered on the tile - New drawings appear reliably on the map at every zoom level instead of showing blank tiles - Fixed an iPhone issue where recently saved drawings failed to appear on the map even though the full image loaded elsewhere Reactions --------- - Add reaction button cycles through animated custom reaction icons so it is easier to spot Drawing & timelapse ------------------- - Timelapse replay button fades in smoothly and pulses gently in history overlay and fullscreen views

Squads & invites ---------------- - Squad invite screen now shows an animated showcase & a slideshow of squad benefits - Swipe through cards explaining realtime collaboration, streak bonuses, and the +100 hourglass referral reward - After your first drawing save, the app review prompt comes first and then invites you to invite friends to your squad Drawing & timelapse ------------------- - Your first background color choice now appears correctly in timelapse replay instead of staying transparent - Saved drawings export more reliably when strokes are still active on the canvas - Fixed a rare crashing issue that occurs on complex drawings - Drawing backup system works reliably after crash recovery - Tap anywhere on the drawing square to pause timelapse replay instead of using a button Hourglasses & quests -------------------- - Hourglass balance count-up animation works correctly again on streak overlays and quest reward animations - Theme guessing results load much faster after submitting a correct guess Map & territory --------------- - Territory names with special characters (like Quebec) display correctly instead of garbled text UI & modals ----------- - Native modals position correctly across different screen sizes and devices

Pair streak milestones ---------------------- - NEW: Watch a recap of your best streak from Squads page! - Every 10th drawing in a pair streak unlocks a milestone celebration that rewinds the map and replays your streak journey - Watch a recap with partner avatars, streak stats, and a Watch Replay button before the animated replay begins - The map pans and zooms between each contribution starting from your first drawing - A floating banner on milestone squares lets you replay the milestone anytime - A banner nudges you to continue or start a streak when you select a square adjacent to a squad member Historic archive ---------------- - History archive responds instantly when you press play instead of waiting on a delay - A loading progress bar shows while longer ranges fetch data - Playback speed controls work reliably again for historic replays - Scrubbing preloads frames more smoothly and avoids rate-limit stumbles on big timelines - Replay runs faster on the first pass, with smoother tint reveals and less flicker - Drawings in archive replay now get a yellow tint reveal effect (it makes the archive replay 10x cooler, trust) Squads & notifications ---------------------- - Squad streak turn reminders arrive more reliably instead of getting stuck in the notification queue - Squads Draw button opens the map faster again (was going super slow for far away squares before) Audio & effects --------------- - Default sound mix lowers background music and raises sound effects so UI sounds are more prominent - Animated count-up numbers on all upvotes, reactions, that look super cool Profiles & drawing ------------------ - Artist profile modal shows the creator's profile photo and no longer reopens if you tap their name again - Signature drawings hide the photo background picker, same as reaction drawings

Squads & streaks ---------------- - Squad member cards show a badge with how many times you and your partner have drawn next to each other - Tap streak reminder or adjacent-drawing notifications to jump straight to the relevant square on the map Sign-in & loading ----------------- - Returning users stay signed in on cold launch Drawing layers -------------- - New layers are added above the layer you selected instead of always stacking on top Drawing & save -------------- - Drawing save reveal now properly resets the zoom before showing the timelapse replay and reveal animation Custom reaction sounds ---------------------- - Fixed the error on fullscreen reaction modal - Custom reaction sound replay is more reliable when you preview or reuse a clip - Background music mutes automatically while you record a reaction sound

History archive --------------- - History archive replay works correctly again (was broken in 2.1.0) - Header hides during history archive playback for a cleaner view App loading ----------- - Loading screen waits for the map grid to finish loading before fading out, so you land on a ready map Timelapse --------- - Timelapse replay now includes your first background color selection instead of skipping it Drawing -------- Unsplash photo backgrounds now working again Map & squads ------------ - Hourglass reward display no longer fades out early when you dismiss a correct guess quickly - Fixed squad territory slideshow jumping automatically when it should not Custom reactions ---------------- - Notifications for hand-drawn custom reactions use clearer messaging separate from emoji reactions - Custom reaction sounds keep a little more audio at the start and end so clips feel less cut off

Drawing layers -------------- - NEW: Drawing layers let you work on up to 5 separate layers, reorder, hide, or delete them! - Paint bucket now includes option to fill using all layers Contests -------- - Contest drawings now save backups so you can continue after a crash or accidental close - Leaving a contest drawing shows a clearer confirmation before you exit - Contest save reveal hides map UI so the focus stays on your artwork - Contest placeholder on the map swaps smoothly after you finish a contest entry - App review prompt no longer interrupts the save reveal animation Photo backgrounds & credits --------------------------- - Unsplash stock photos load correctly again - Photo credits link you to the correct stock photo page Square details & location ------------------------- - Square location labels show country or region names instead of confusing region codes - Long location titles drop parenthetical clutter for cleaner reading Map & explore ------------- - Drawings stay visible when you tap a square instead of briefly disappearing - Fullscreen upvote heart turns red when you upvote, with cleaner styling and no heavy shadows - Squad invite toast is suppressed when you are continuing an interrupted drawing session Custom reaction sounds ---------------------- - iOS custom reaction recordings trim leading and trailing silence more reliably - Android reaction sound trimming no longer errors when processing clips Reactions --------- - Fixed incorrect duplicate-reaction warning when sending custom reactions

Explore ------- - You can upvote drawings from Leaderboard and Recent galleries on the Explore page Timelapse & drawing ------------------- - Long timelapse replays now show every stroke instead of skipping strokes on longer drawings - Saved drawings appear reliably at all zoom levels after upload, including photo backgrounds - The map now consistently unlocks correctly after saving a second drawing in the same session Reactions --------- - When making a reaction image, the eyedropper now lets you samples colors from the drawing you are reacting to - Custom Reaction sound recording is working again (and with better audio auto-clipping silence) - You can send custom reactions without sounds again Contests -------- - Contests button on the map has a shining star animation so it is easier to spot Hourglasses ----------- - Your hourglass balance now updates live during streaks and theme guessing when you earn more Theme guessing -------------- - Celebration confetti in the theme guess modal loops smoothly again instead of stopping early

Custom reaction sounds ---------------------- - Custom reaction sounds can now be up to 3 seconds long (was 2 seconds) - Preview playback shows a progress wheel so you can see how much of your clip remains - Custom reaction circles no longer show a dark background behind transparent artwork (whoops) - Fullscreen reaction view credits the correct creator for custom reactions saved before creator tracking Timelapse & drawing ------------------- - Color picker backgrounds now appear from the start of timelapse replay instead of only at the end - Eyedropper on your in-progress drawing now samples colors from your live background (photo or color), not just strokes Contests -------- - Active Contest trophy image on the map loads reliably at every zoom level - Contest placeholder shine effect aligns better on the map Reactions --------- - Reaction picker opens with less memory use, which helps on older devices - Reactions you reported no longer count toward your 5-reaction limit on that drawing

Contests are back! We're celebrating pride month in style -------- - Contest winner and in-progress contest squares sparkle on the map so they stand out - Contest winners can browse past entries after voting closes (read-only, from the winner card or status row) - Winning entry upvotes stay correct when the winner is featured on the map - Explore Recent feed sorts contest entries by when the drawing was created - Reported contest entries now properly can be reported like other drawings - Reported drawings hide the voting section until review is complete - Contest details styling and button colors polished Reporting --------- - Report artwork from the menu on fullscreen drawing views - Report custom reactions; reactions under review are hidden from the reactions panel until resolved Timelapse & photo backgrounds ----------------------------- - Timelapse replays show photo and color backgrounds at the moment you picked them, not when you left the tool or saved - Browsing photos in the carousel no longer writes fake background changes into your timelapse - Fixed backgrounds sometimes missing from timelapse recordings after certain save flows - Repaired timelapse exports use full-resolution photo backgrounds instead of thumbnails - Photo backgrounds load at canvas resolution for sharper saves and exports - Photo picker carousel upgrades to a higher-res preview after you pause on a photo for a moment - Drawing reveal pen animation layers correctly above timelapse replay again Custom reactions ---------------- - Recorded reaction sounds automatically trim leading and trailing silence (plus a short tail cut when you tap Stop) - Custom reaction circles use a cleaner edge trim across the picker, panel, and send animation Squads ------ - Squads list re-orders correctly when you pull to refresh Reactions --------- - Fixed missing reaction preview image when opening the reaction drawing modal from square details