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Changelog

Current version: v2.5.0

v2.5.02026-07-05Current

Environments — Deep Space

  • New arena: Deep Space 🚀 — twinkling starfield, nebulae and a ringed planet on the horizon
  • Theme picker in the menu and in Settings; your choice is remembered
  • Arenas are cosmetic only: identical physics everywhere, so leaderboards stay fair
  • Rebranded to Bubblesplitz to match our home at bubblesplitz.com
v2.4.02026-07-05

The Depth Update — Perfect Pops & Rush Waves

  • PERFECT pops: hit a bubble dead-center for 1.5x points, a bell chime and a gold popup — aim beats mashing
  • RUSH waves: every 12-18 seconds a 5-second surge doubles the spawn pressure, announced with a sting and banner
  • Floating score popups (+points) on every pop; bombs show the full chain total
  • Run statistics on the game over screen: bubbles popped, max combo, perfect hits
  • Tutorial now teaches split steering: hit the edge of a bubble to aim where the halves fly
  • Fixed split particles spawning in the wrong corner since 1.0
v2.3.12026-07-05

Stability & Sound Hotfix

  • Fixed the game freezing at game over from the second round onwards
  • Fixed audio distortion during intense play (master-bus limiter — no more clipping)
  • Leaderboard Retry now retries instead of reloading the whole game
  • Game over card scrolls on small screens instead of overflowing
v2.3.02026-07-05

Daily Challenge, Achievements & Fair Play

  • Daily Challenge: the same bubble sequence for every player, with its own leaderboard that resets at midnight UTC
  • 8 achievements to unlock, with toasts on the game over screen and an overview in the menu
  • Daily play streak: play every day to grow your 🔥 streak
  • Server-validated scores: signed game sessions and plausibility checks keep the leaderboards honest
  • Moved to bubblesplitz.com with privacy-friendly visit analytics (Besökskollen)
v2.2.02026-07-05

Skill & Balance Update

  • Rebalanced scoring: combined multiplier capped at 8x, gold economy tamed — skill now beats mashing
  • A missed tap breaks your combo, so precision matters
  • Difficulty ramps up within each round, with countdown ticks in the final seconds
  • Bigger touch targets on mobile: taps snap to the nearest bubble within a grace radius
  • New player onboarding: how-to-play card and a Get Ready countdown
  • New Settings screen: sound, haptics, reduced motion, FPS counter and color blind modes
  • Multiplayer lobby shows a "server waking up" status instead of a dead spinner
  • Game feel polish: lighter hit-stop, bubble spawn-in animation, crisper pop sound, notch-safe HUD
v2.1.02026-07-05

Pre-Launch Fixes

  • Pausing no longer eats your game time — the clock stops with you
  • Fixed a rendering error that spammed the console every match
  • Fixed highscores being saved to the wrong game mode when switching modes
  • Real share preview images: links now show a proper card on X, Discord and iMessage
  • Removed 16 console errors from missing announcer sound files
  • Cleaned up the project surface (README, leftover template files)
v2.0.32026-06-08

Launch Hardening — Security & Scale

  • Locked down internal debug endpoints behind a secret token (raw data dump and leaderboard cleanup are no longer publicly reachable)
  • Nickname uniqueness now uses an O(1) index instead of scanning every leaderboard entry — instant availability checks and far lower database cost at scale
  • Hardened score rate limiting so a transient error can never block an IP indefinitely
  • Added site-wide security headers (content-type, framing, referrer, permissions policy)
  • Stopped exposing your private recovery code through sharing — the profile page no longer prints it and the Share button now links to the game instead of your profile URL
  • Removed noisy per-request debug logging from the leaderboard API
  • Minor multiplayer cleanup: correct timer teardown when leaving a match
v2.0.22026-04-11

Multiplayer Stability & Performance

  • Fixed game crash during intense matches with 30+ bubbles
  • Capped physics iterations per frame to prevent death spiral under load
  • Dynamic state update frequency — reduces bandwidth when many bubbles active
  • Limited synced bubble snapshots to 40 max to prevent network overload
  • Fixed ball teleporting caused by collision push-apart cap
  • Simplified opponent view rendering for reliable bubble positions
  • Smooth bubble physics — removed overly aggressive collision damping
  • Fixed transfer ping-pong with spawn offset and invulnerability cooldown
  • Added error handling for WebSocket message sending
v2.0.12026-04-11

Mobile & Cross-Device

  • Responsive bubble scaling — adapts to screen size for mobile/desktop parity
  • Mobile-optimized UI across lobby, HUD, game over, and menus
  • Compact stats overlay on mobile (7B 3p format)
  • iOS input zoom prevention and touch optimizations
  • Truncated long nicknames on small screens
v2.0.02026-04-11

Colyseus Multiplayer Migration

  • Complete multiplayer rewrite from HTTP polling to Colyseus WebSocket
  • Replaced Vercel KV match system with dedicated game server on Render.com
  • Real-time room creation & joining with 6-character match codes
  • Support for 2-4 player matches with configurable duration
  • Bubble Tennis mode — pop bubbles to transfer them to opponents
  • Live opponent view with synchronized bubble snapshots
  • Deterministic gameplay with seeded PRNG for fair multiplayer
  • Server-side validation for scores, transfers, and player actions
  • Fixed instant disconnect when creating a match (useEffect cleanup bug)
  • Fixed host assignment bug where both players became host
  • Fixed server race condition allowing multiple game starts
  • Fixed memory leaks from uncleared timers and game engine cleanup
  • Tie-breaking in winner determination using score as tiebreaker
  • Nickname now persists across sessions via localStorage
v1.3.02025-01-13

Gold Streak & Announcer Update

  • Gold Streak system - collect gold bubbles to build streaks (5/10/15)
  • FEVER mode at 5x gold streak - 1.5x all points for 5 seconds
  • BONANZA mode at 10x gold streak - 2x all points for 10 seconds
  • ULTRA COMBO at 15x gold streak - 3x all points for 15 seconds
  • Combo announcer - "Double!", "Triple!", "Monster Combo!", "Unstoppable!", "Godlike!"
  • HUD streak indicator with animated bonus display
  • XS bubble click rewards - click tiny bubbles for 30% chance to spawn gold!
  • Dynamic gold spawn rate - more gold spawns during active streaks
  • Doubled spawn rates in Standard & Blitz for more action
  • Increased spawn rate in Marathon mode
  • Zen mode removed from leaderboard (stress-free mode)
  • Reordered game modes: Standard, Blitz, Marathon, Zen (last)
  • Fixed game freezing bug on all modes (improved error handling)
  • Fixed NEW BEST badge showing incorrectly before server confirmation
v1.2.02025-01-11

Leaderboard & Nickname Update

  • Unique nicknames - each player must have a distinct name
  • Real-time nickname availability checking when submitting scores
  • View Leaderboard button on main menu
  • Mode tabs in leaderboard to switch between all 4 game modes
  • Improved recovery code documentation with multi-device sync info
  • Show profile details (nickname, games, best score) after restoring
  • Fixed nickname not pre-filling after profile restore
  • Fixed mobile scroll lock - menu now scrollable on all devices
v1.1.02025-01-11

Profile & Identity Update

  • Added recovery codes to protect your profile
  • Show "Playing as [nickname]" on landing page and menu
  • Added Help page with gameplay guide
  • Added Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and AI Policy pages
  • Improved footer with links to all policy pages
  • Fixed scrolling on policy pages
  • One entry per player on leaderboards (best score only)
  • Personal best tracking with "New personal best!" feedback
v1.0.02025-01-10

Official Launch

  • Initial release of Bubblesplitz
  • Four game modes: Standard, Blitz, Zen, Marathon
  • Global leaderboards with country flags
  • Player profiles with shareable URLs
  • Procedural sound effects using Web Audio API
  • Haptic feedback on mobile devices
  • PWA support - installable on mobile
  • Combo system with up to 5x multiplier

Bubblesplitz launched on 2025-01-10

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