Font and minor UI updates

The "Tap to Skip" feature for in-battle animations has been re-enabled. Rewards Addressed and fixed a display issue that was causing event rewards to appear incorrectly. Resolved an issue where unclaimed rewards might not be granted when an event ends. Edit Deck Resolved an issue where adding a new deck did not save correctly. Corrected an issue where the "Add New Deck" function did not validate the currently edited deck before proceeding. UI Updated instances where "Orbs" were referenced to now correctly display as "Combo Points." Player Health We have updated the costs of +1 Health in the Armory. The new values make the health more accessible to purchase even with lower rank placement. Previously purchased Max Health upgrades have been refunded due to a price reduction and can now be re-purchased at the reduced cost.

Resolved an issue where using Balm to remove a debuff caused the game to freeze.

Battle Updates -Adjusted the animation speed of status effect icons to align with the selected 2x or 4x battle speed (previously fixed at 1x). -Updated card draw animations to match the chosen 2x or 4x speed setting (previously fixed at 1x). UI -The combo info popup now displays the level of your highest-level owned card if you have multiple copies, rather than defaulting to level 1 for all cards. This update ensures the resulting combo card shown in the popup more accurately reflects what you can create during battles based on your card library. -Various UI elements have been updated and standardized. -The pack purchasing experience in the Shop has been improved. Glossary -The "Capture" and "Warm-Up" abilities have been removed from the glossary as they are no longer in use.

**First Time User Experience** - Popup prompts for ‘Go to Research,’ ‘Go to Upgrade,’ and ‘Go to Recycle’ have been removed. **Shop** - Resolved the issue causing the “New” shop badge to reappear after a restart. **UI** - Added a speed dial to adjust battle speed and a concede button to allow players to forfeit a match directly from the Battle Screen. **Combat Combo Card Adjustments (for more information about these please see Discord)** - **Scaling Updates:** The stat scaling of combo cards will be adjusted to better align with that of Champion and Action cards. - **Level Bonus Removal:** Level bonuses will no longer apply to Gold and Diamond outputs. - **Attribute Balancing:** Key Combo cards will have their base Attack and attributes rebalanced to maintain their strength while ensuring an enjoyable gameplay experience. **Combat** - Resolved an issue where purchased max health was not functioning correctly in Adventure Mode. Healing powers now properly account for the player’s max life when it exceeds 30. **Energy** - Reduced the cost to refill Adventure Mode Energy from 100 gems to 30. **Other** - Support for upcoming events has been added.

**Adventure Mode** - Resolved an issue where combo points were incorrectly drained from opponents. **Arena** - Resolved an issue where arena opponents were not being saved correctly. - Health boosts you purchase now apply to all battles, not just arena battles. **Events** - Added compatibility for the upcoming event. **Post Battle** - When you receive the post-battle card with the option to "optimize this card," it now tailors the optimization to the deck you're currently using. - Enhanced visuals for post-battle tiles. **Shop** - A shop badge now displays on the main menu shop button when new or free items are available. - A shop tag now appears on shop section tabs to highlight new items. **UI** - Fixed a bug where the fusion UI could become unresponsive, preventing proper viewing of elements. - When viewing a card pack, higher rarity cards now appear at the front, showcasing the most valuable cards in the pack first. - Addressed and fixed several UI bugs in the new user experience.

We’ve implemented backend updates to improve performance, reliability, and overall system stability.

We have resolved an issue where some players could log out with fewer than 20 cards in their deck, causing an error upon logging back in.

**UI** - The recommended card animation now triggers when the "Threaten" power is enabled. - You can now click on cards in the Shop to view their details. - All decks will now require the player to have a minimum of 5 Action cards - Fixed an issue where the combat math displayed was visually inaccurate - Introduced a new “Optimize” suggestion in the Post-Battle screen. - Resolved a visual issue where cards in the deck editor would sometimes slide behind other cards. - Added a red visual indicator in the deck editor when the card count falls below 20. - Resolved an issue for some players where they couldn’t recycle the "Two Scared Newsmen" or "Hall Monitor" cards. - Resolved an issue where cards sometimes displayed the wrong rarity glow during the card reveal sequence. - Sorting by "Newest" now displays the most recently acquired cards. - The redraw button no longer appears if you hold a power card and have sufficient combo points to activate it. - Eliminated the need to tap to proceed on the Arena Post-Battle screen. **Abilities** We're increasing the frequency of Rush on select cards.  All Warmed Up and Capture cards have been replaced by the Rush ability. - Using a card with Rush will gain additional Combo Points for that turn - An animation has been added for the Rush Ability **Anomaly** - The spawn timer for Anomalies is now set to 23 hours after they are defeated. - A push notification has been added to alert players when an anomaly has respawned, allowing you to jump back into action as soon as it’s available.

We're temporarily removing journal entries from the adventure screen.

Bug Fix - Combo Card visuals will now display accurately according to the card level.

Welcome to Nickelodeon Card Clash! Prepare for epic card battles with your favorite Nickelodeon characters like SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Avatar: The Last Airbender! Collect iconic characters, build your deck, and dominate the competition! Challenge players worldwide, climb leaderboards, and enjoy exciting events with exclusive rewards. With stunning visuals, community connections, and endless rewards, the ultimate Nickelodeon adventure is here—start clashing now!

General - Implemented extra logging to address occasional animation freezes. - We streamlined the new player experience for greater simplicity. - We eliminated the Adventure dialogue. - Resolved the issue with the research filter not resetting under certain conditions. Deck Edit - We've introduced a new deck optimizer! - Enhanced the deck editor for a cleaner look and removed the Champion formula. - Our previous deck optimizer relied on a formula that we have since removed. The older version before this one wasn’t very effective either. - The new Deck Optimizer analyzes the average combo results of the cards in your collection to select the recommended cards to include in your deck. UI / UX - General UI polish, including font sizes and text sizes. - You can now upgrade your card by multiple levels at once, up to the Fusion point.

**General** - Increased the number of combos available for each champion, with most now having nearly 40. These combos are distributed across common, uncommon, rare, and diamond tiers for research. - Adjusted the XP values for all campaign bosses, resulting in an overall reduction in most cases. - Updated Boss cards to prevent DoodleBob from appearing in early campaign battles. - Addressed a hang issue in the tutorial.

Resolved an issue causing some players to become stuck on the initialization screen.

Card Level and Card Fusion - Action and final form cards can now be upgraded to level 10 from level 5 - Action and Final Forms now require fusing two cards at levels 4, 7, and 10, similar to the existing process for fusing Champions. - Final form powers (e.g., “What percent of the card's damage is applied to Powerful Strike”) now scale at fused levels 4, 7, and 10, rather than being based on card rarity. Combat Stats - The method for calculating the resulting attack and defense on cards has been updated. Now, combining a high-level Champion with a lower-level Action should yield a more favorable outcome. - If you combine a champion with an action, the outcome will always be the highest rarity of the two cards, unless the combination produces a card of an even higher rarity. - For example, a gold champion will always have a combo result that is at least a gold. - The difficulty of many bosses has been adjusted. General UI Polish: - The new player experience in the arena has been improved to better explain the concepts of seasons and weeks. - Various UI updates have been made to enhance understanding of the Arena. - To assist players, if no card is selected within a few seconds, the game will automatically recommend a card for the player to use. - In the upgrade screen, the champion card is always positioned on the left, while the action card is always on the right. General - Fixed an issue where some players' games would freeze when fast-tapping with a dodge card in play. - The minimum deck size has been increased from 15 to 20. - As a result, we’ve had to add cards to every deck, so be sure to check your decks before you start gameplay. - Starter decks have also been expanded to 20 cards - If you originally received or purchased the starter deck, you have been granted these extra cards and combos.

**Research** - Enhanced card management on the research screen with improved filtering and sorting option **Art** - Introduced new backgrounds for Avatar: The Last Airbender, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and battlegrounds - Revamped the artwork for numerous items in the Shop - Updated the artwork on the boss selection screen **General** - Enhanced the overall flow of the shop experience - Updated the final form names on many combo cards - You can now tap to accelerate ability animations

We've restructured the data and made some changes that require a data wipe. This means that all current progress, data, and player accounts will be reset to ensure a fresh start for everyone. This step is crucial for testing new features, balancing gameplay, and fixing any remaining bugs. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we work to make the experience the best it can be. Stay tuned for more updates and thank you for your continued support! **Player Progression** - We've updated player progression with a smoother level curve, removing the hard level wall at level 20. We've also enhanced experience gains, rewards per level, and loot pools. **UI** - Enhanced UI for pack purchases, now displaying the drop chance of cards and which cards are in the pack - The combo info tab in Edit Deck now displays the resulting stats of a combo based on the cards' levels - Battle UI enhancements **Adventure** - We've expanded the adventure map to include a second map with four additional locations. **Decks** - We now offer starter decks for each IP, complete with their base research **General** - Coins earned upon completing a battle will now be counted more quickly - Enhanced the visuals for card scaling. - Improved the new player experience - Card art update. **Shop** - We will be enabling the option to purchase gems, which will be available in the Shop

Resolved an issue that allowed some players to access the debug menu.

**Arena** - Adjusted arena difficulty for new players - Added the arena armory as a tab in the shop **UI** - Expanded the ability to sort, search, and filter cards in your collection - Updated the deck autofill feature to work better with champion formulas - Updated tooltips to show power effect numbers instead of percentages where possible - Improved the appearance of the game on a wider selection of devices - Adjusted backgrounds on champions and final forms to be more consistent **Other** - Updated and added new card art - Player names now must be unique upon creation or change - Improved adventure mode boss progression and balance - And many more small bug fixes and improvements!