Meet at a table in the refreshed Gomoku Party lobby. See both players' photos, ratings and tiers; hosts can adjust rules and rating limits. On phones, open Tables, Rapfi and Party Code quickly, with tournaments and learning close by. Find online players and challenge anyone when allowed, with blocking respected. Daily Puzzle avoids repeated positions and verifies correct alternatives more reliably. Board photo imports retain partial boards with clear placement guidance.

Faster scrolling and navigation across the home screen, leaderboards, friends, tournaments, settings and profiles. Lists build only the visible rows while keeping every entry accessible. Refined Puzzle Battle waiting and Rush results layouts. Taraguchi–10 is now available for online Renju games, with color swaps, ten fifth-move proposals, clear opening guidance, and a separate rating. Reconnects, rematches, replays and SGF exports retain the opening correctly.

Add your real name, a short biography and one external profile link. Profile changes are moderated before publication. Discord invitations now stay up to date. This release also improves play and study navigation, ratings charts, and phone and tablet layouts.

A refreshed design throughout Gomoku Party, with layered cards, clearer controls and a calm, static background. The improved mobile home screen makes starting a game, changing settings and finding practice modes easier.

Important sign-in update: this version connects Apple, Google and Facebook sign-in directly to Gomoku Party. Please update to continue signing in.

More with an account Keep playing as a guest, or connect an account to compete, learn and stay in touch. Engine analysis / Game review: Sign in with Apple, Google or Facebook to use this feature. Analysis and review are for finished games. They remain unavailable during your live tournament game.

A new atmosphere for every match. • Futuristic animated Gomoku backgrounds with glowing stones and calm motion. • Refined menus, buttons and board layouts for phones and tablets. • Clearer online-player indicators and more reliable sign-in restoration. • Improved tournament browsing, puzzles and match replays. Supports light and dark appearance and Reduced Motion.

Gomoku Party 3.2 brings a smoother way to find a match and keep playing. • Refreshed quick matchmaking and easier browsing of open challenges. • Improved game boards and clearer Puzzle Battle, Rush and Survival screens. • More reliable results and rematches, even across several consecutive games. • Country flags on leaderboards and clearer player progress. • Better startup recovery, notifications and overall stability. Important: native 2.0 Game Center profiles, ratings, friends, achievements, match history, settings, and local players are not imported into 3.x.

Gomoku Party is now a Flutter 3.x app with a new cross-platform multiplayer service. • Play as a guest or sign in with Apple or Google. • Use private party, friend, game, replay, and tournament links. • Enjoy server-authoritative games, rankings, history, and notifications across platforms. Important: native 2.0 Game Center profiles, ratings, friends, achievements, match history, settings, and local players are not imported into 3.x.

What’s New in Version 2.0: • A completely refreshed Neural Goban board with richer stone, grid, and winning-line visuals. • A redesigned victory celebration and sharper end-of-game presentation. • Refined online lobby, leaderboards, profiles, and friends screens. • Faster, smoother board rendering and gameplay interactions.

What’s New in Version 1.5: • New Home Screen widget (available in 15 languages) showing rank, win rate, and 30-day ELO trend. • Refreshed Online and Friends screens with clearer layout and faster challenge actions. • More reliable match history with improved CloudKit conflict handling. • Improved board default zoom and visual polish on iPhone and iPad.

What’s New in Version 1.5: • New Home Screen widget (available in 15 languages) showing rank, win rate, and 30-day ELO trend. • Refreshed Online and Friends screens with clearer layout and faster challenge actions. • More reliable match history with improved CloudKit conflict handling. • Improved board default zoom and visual polish on iPhone and iPad.

Version 1.3 adds iOS 15 support, a new animated title screen, refreshed sound effects, and stability improvements with multiple bug fixes.

Version 1.2 includes general improvements and bug fixes.

What's New in This Version (Updates since February 4, 2026) - Improved online match stability and reconnect behavior to prevent stuck or duplicate match states. - Added direct friend challenges from profiles/leaderboard, with a cleaner in-app invite experience. - Unified player ratings so the same score is shown consistently across match view, profile, and leaderboard. - Upgraded notifications for turn updates and cleaned up stale badge/notification behavior. - Refined game UI/UX with smoother animations, clearer highlights, and polish across lobby and match screens. - Improved match history browsing with better filtering/search, plus expanded history access for Pro users. - Added a live trend chart on player profiles to track rating progression over time. - Added emoji reactions and in-game emoji sending to make matches more interactive and fun.