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Maze: Phone controls may take some time adjusting to, but I just broke 2000 on my fourth try on phone and I suck at comps so that's saying something 🤣 I'll keep Starfall: Easier on phone and pc now. Playstyle is a little more fun - slightly more stars will spawn now for each star you score. Words: is back. If you really need it, here's a list of words for you to memorise https://kovaze.com/blog/3359 It's 4am, good night for now! :)

Making the website prettier will be one of the next priorities. Would we be opposed to transitioning to a Dark Mode as a default? (Pic included). There wouldn't be an option to turn it back to light mode - not yet at least. I feel like there's a lot more that can be done in terms of design with this colour palette, and the website's accents will really have an opportunity to shine. On the other hand, avatars will no longer blend into the background. What do we think? (This is just a mockup)

In celebration of the Kovlympics coming in december (hosted by our amazing events team), Curling and Weightlifting are now live! A special shoutout to Bagel for creating Weightlifting. I had so much fun play testing it! And remember to sign up to the Kovlympics!

Hey all, you may have noticed an increase in updates the past few days. As of Monday, I quit my job to run Kovaze full time. For the past few months, I've been coming home from my 9-5 and spending what few hours I had to work on the site. In the past few weeks, it's become increasingly evident that the site required more attention than I was able to give it. I had to choose between the site and my job, and the choice was quite clear. I love the site, the community we've built, and everything I believe it can become. I also believe the reason the other sites failed is the developers didn't believe in their platforms enough to go all in. Despite being told that I'm making a mistake by almost everybody, I have zero doubt in my vision for Kovaze. A little backstory to how we got here: I got into web dev at 9 by making Wix sites for my friends at school. By 15, I’d already learned half a dozen programming languages. At 18, I started development on what would later become Kovaze. A year later In 2020, I launched Blindsyde, the predecessor to Kovaze. It had Blogs, Shops, and Frenzy (which didn’t even have a POV yet). The 3-4 of you who were on it will remember how incomplete the website was. I shut it down a week later to focus on uni and work. I updated the code here and there, but as the years passed, the project began to collect dust. I always knew I'd come back to it one day with a clearer vision. Here’s a prehistoric screenshot I found of Harajuku’s account: And that brings me to something important - Kovaze has always been, and will always be free to play. That’s something I refuse to compromise on. I didn’t quit my job to turn it into a paywall, rather because I believe in building something special with the community, not above it. That said, the truth is that the site survives because of the people who choose to support it. Whether it’s buying Koinz, Diamonds, or just sharing the site with friends, every tiny bit keeps the lights on and lets me work on Kovaze full-time. I’m insanely grateful to everyone who’s made Kovaze what it is, and what it will become. The next few months are going to be huge. I’m excited. I hope you are too.

- Private Messages button added to games - In race, when you check the "private message" box, it'll automatically select your teammate as the default option. - You can now see your partner's scores and transportation in Race

Starfall has been changed so that the playstyle on phone is identical to that of PC. This is because it was never intended for it to be so much easier on phone. This means it will feel slightly harder on phone now given the advantage has been taken away. This change is *not* a part of the rework, it's a temporary bandaid whilst we rework the comp. The Starfall rework is being worked on and should provide a more fun and fluid experience on both PC and Phone.

Hi all, in lieu of all the reworked comps being released on a single date, we will do a gradual rollout starting now. This is to minimise any bugs that may arise in the process. Keep in mind that for most comps, the main change will be migrating from Canvas to Pixi.js which will hopefully offer a much smoother experience across devices. Some comps will have their gameplay reworked. At 22:00 KVT, the following reworks will go live: - Holey: Migrating from Canvas to Pixi.js. Game should remain exactly the same, physics may feel slightly more realistic. - Guitar: Migrating from Canvas to Pixi.js. Game should remain exactly the same, this may fix the bug of button presses not registering on phone, otherwise this bug will need to be investigated further. - Words: Migrating from Canvas to Pixi.js. This will hopefully fix the zooming in bug. The gameplay of Words has also been reworked. Correct letters will offer 200 points instead of 10, and incorrect letters will deduct 250 points instead of 3. This will disincentivise the spamming meta in the current version of words, and reward players for "solving the word". After some play testing, I'm confident that this change will push a more enjoyable gameplay. Regarding Starfall (Has not been reworked yet, but had some changes): https://kovaze.com/blog/26378

that the # of stocks for public shops was increased from 30 to 40. 30 stock x 12 shops = 360 stock per week 40 stock x 10 shops = 400 stock per week

# of Public shops is decreasing from 12 to 10. Gifting Shops will remain at 6.

on the shops page. https://www.kovaze.com/shops_game

3454 mushrooms were found in total. Thanks for foraging!

then, prizes for the mushroom event will be distributed.

anyone still experiencing them as of the last 12 hours?

What are some tiny changes you would like to see added in the next hour?

Put your questions in the comments on this blog https://www.twitch.tv/serpzentina

Answering whatever questions / suggestions you have regarding the website while I play league https://www.twitch.tv/serpzentina

live stream Q&A?

https://hang.fm/da/kovaze-musis-party-4253

"Most generous" added to the Fashion rankings!