Release notes,
in plain text.

Highlights

• Cube Dash, aa, Paddle Ball, Sling Monkey, Hop Kingdom and Snake now have short action sounds: a jump, a hit, a thud, a pop, a crash
• Sound is off until you turn it on with the Sound button above the game, and one switch covers every game on your device
• There's no music: only the sound of what just happened in the game
• On phones, crashes and big hits give a short buzz while sound is on

Highlights

• Share result in Cube Dash, aa, Paddle Ball, Sling Monkey, Hop Kingdom and Snake now shares how your run went (your height, round, score or track) instead of just the game
• In Paddle Ball the computer now serves by itself, so you're not left pressing a key to start its point
• In aa the wheel fires the moment you press it, not when you lift your finger, so your timing lands where you meant it

Fixes

• Sling Monkey: a tap just after losing no longer restarts the run before the end card shows; your height now counts the highest branch you actually grabbed, not how high a missed fling flew; letting go of the sling while paused no longer fires a shot when you resume; and difficulty can't be changed mid-run
• Cube Dash: your best and your attempt count are saved on every crash, not only when you clear a track; switching windows while holding a key no longer leaves the cube jumping by itself
• aa: holding Space or Enter fires one pin instead of a stream; Try again replays the same wheel instead of a new one
• Snake: each difficulty keeps its own best score; you can change difficulty straight after a game ends; a won board no longer shows an apple under the head
• Paddle Ball: win streaks are kept per difficulty, and changing difficulty or quitting a match part-way ends the current streak; the ball no longer leaves a streak across the court after a point
• Hop Kingdom: the hero no longer keeps running after you resume if a thumb was on a button when the game paused; the level picker is locked mid-run so it can't throw away your run, and coins from a restarted run still count

Highlights

• The top bar now links to All games and Request a game on wider screens, and has a menu on phones and tablets with every category, Surprise me and Request a game
• The top bar's button now drops you into a random game, instead of scrolling to the list the main button already scrolls to
• The home page has one-click links to each kind of game right under the main buttons
• Today's puzzle, trending games, the most played, the newest and your picks now share one strip at the top of the home page, so the full game list starts much sooner
• Request a game is now in search: it shows up when you open search, and when a search only finds near misses you can ask for that game in one click
• The home page, the full games list and each category page offer a link to request a game
• Categories now go by the same names everywhere, like Word games and Logic puzzles

Fixes

• The full games list and the category pages now open on their heading, with the ad placed under the introduction instead of above it
• Removed the thin loading bar along the top of the page when moving between pages

Highlights

• Every game's end screen now has a share button that sends the game's link along with your result
• Word Groups shares a grid of coloured squares showing how your guesses went, without giving away a single word
• Queen Zones and Mini Crossword share your time and how many hints or reveals you used
• Links to a game now preview with a wide card showing the game's art, name and one-line description, so they look right in chats and on social networks

Highlights

• Adds a strategy guide to every game page, below the questions: openings, core techniques, a worked example on the real board, common mistakes and how to practise
• Game addresses now match game names, so Word Guess lives at /games/word-guess and Four in a Row at /games/four-in-a-row. Old links redirect, and your progress, recent games and popularity counts carry over

Fixes

• Corrects the difficulty details in the Unblock, Hex and Bubble Shooter questions to match how the games actually play
• The Quad Words keyboard answer now describes the four-corner key colours, and Theme Words names the spangram's colour consistently
• Arrows Escape no longer calls its generated boards hand-crafted

Fixes

• The contact email across the site is now support@404skill.com