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Patch notes

Alpha 12 — June 2026

Big drop this round. Overhauled mascot art, a brand-new fitting tool, the Pro upgrade screen, and the new Reserve Ember system. Notes below.

🚀 New

  • O.B. sprite overhaul. Completely revamped mascot art from the ground up. Royalty-free, fully ours.
  • Fit Editor in the Fitting Room. You can now drag accessories to the perfect spot on O.B., resize them (within reason!), rotate them, and pick the layer they render on — in front, behind the body, behind auras, etc.
  • Editing toggle for the Fit Editor. Lock the preview so scrolling through the accessory tiles doesn’t accidentally yank things around. Defaults to locked on entry so a quick browse stays a quick browse.
  • Reserve Embers — a new resource that softens long missed-question runs. Capped at 10 (free) / 20 (Pro). Only spent after normal embers hit zero. Recharges when normal embers stay at max for 24 hours, then once every 24 hours after that (every 12 hours on Pro). Both timings subject to change based on feedback.
  • Skill-based ember rewards during lessons! Get 3 questions correct in a row → +1 ember (capped at max). Get 7 in a row → +1 ember AND +5 crystals. Finish a lesson without missing a question → embers refill to max. Wrong answers reset the streak. Missed runs hurt less; clean runs feel earned.
  • Currency packs in the Shop. New CRYSTAL and CORE sections at the top of the Shop with three pack sizes each. Pay in real money, get the in-game currency; Pro gets the 15% discount on top.
  • Insights is now a main tab (visible when Pro is active). Lives between Wardrobe and Profile so it’s a single tap from anywhere. Tabbed instead of buried in Settings so the Pro perk reads as a real feature, not an afterthought.
  • Upgrade to Pro screen, reachable from the Shop banner and the Profile screen. Monthly subscription, yearly (discounted), or lifetime founder purchase. Perks include:
    • Faster Ember refill
    • Flow protection — a free streak freeze every week
    • Advanced Insights tab (unlocks as a main tab when active)
    • Weekly cosmetic-currency credit
    • 15% global shop discount (in-game currency AND real money)
    • Priority beta access — including a badge on your profile
  • New achievements for the new systems:
    • Skill streaks: Hot Streak (3 in a row), Flow State (7 in a row), Flawless (perfect lesson), Still Burning, Overcharged
    • Volume + collection: Centurion (1k questions), Marathon (5k), Crystal Tycoon (5k crystals), Wardrobe Curator (5 morphs), Hat Trick (three perfect lessons in a row)
    • Pro-only badges with a “PRO” pill so you can see them in the gallery before subscribing: First Subscription, Stockpile (reserves to cap), Bottomless (reserves above 30)
    • Locked tiles now show the actual badge art (dimmed) with a small “LOCKED” pill in the corner — instead of swapping to a padlock icon — so you can recognize the badges you’re working toward.
  • Dedicated art for the new Hot Streak, Flow State, Crystal Collector, Overcharged, and Stockpile badges so the gallery doesn’t reuse generic icons.

🔧 Tuning

  • Curriculum — targeted question + answer improvements across multiple modules.
  • Font size selector in Settings → Display. Affects subtext sites throughout the app where the default sizes were hard to read:
    • Default (1.0×)
    • Larger (+20%)
    • Largest (+35%)
    • X-Large (+50%) Headers and large display text stay at designed size — the pixel-arcade typeface was authored for specific sizes and scaling the chunky glyphs just makes them look soft.

🐛 Fixed + polished

  • Wardrobe and Fitting Room sounds now play on Android (the previous release had four WAV files with an unusual header that Android’s audio decoder couldn’t handle).
  • Profile avatar uses the pixel-art chamfered frame to match the rest of the UI instead of rounded corners.
  • Fit Editor’s TARGET row now stretches edge-to-edge instead of stopping short of the right margin.
  • General UI sweeps across multiple screens.
  • New Third-party licenses page covers the Noto Emoji attributions (SIL Open Font License 1.1 / Apache 2.0) and the modifications we made when downscaling them into pixel art for the achievement gallery and UI icons. Linked from the docs home page.

📝 Notes

  • Reserve ember recharge timings are tuned based on best guess. If they feel too generous (Pro perks vanish quickly) or too tight (free tier grinds), drop a note via Settings → Send feedback.
  • Headers and large display text don’t scale with the font selector — the pixel-arcade typeface is designed for specific sizes.