Hi, 8 months ago, I notified the owner of an A.I knock-off site that Luna and JesseM were on their platform, to no avail. Luna (Lola) is now allegedly on the friends list of their *official* account (their equivalent of the Kovaze account): Usage of that website will now be considered a safety concern and result in a permanent ban. You are free to use their platform, but you will no longer be welcome here. For this reason, Nenalala's 30 day ban has been extended to a permanent one. We know this only applies to ~2 of you, as the vast majority of this community does not entertain, enable, or associate with these individuals. Lastly, I want to give a huge round of applause to this community for always coming together to remove individuals like these. It might not seem like it, because other communities don't care to make it a big deal like we do, but you have truly made Kovaze one of the safest communities on the internet. We will never let these users think they have a place here. 🩵💛🩵💛

Hey everyone, Hope you've been enjoying some of the anniversary updates, we've loved seeing your creative profiles and we can't wait to bring more life to them in the future 🐠 We've got a few more tricks in the updates bag, but we need a liiittle more time getting things ready, so I'm here today to announce the roadmap for the coming days, and weeks. Without further ado, here is the Oct/Nov 2026 Roadmap for Kovaze! --------------- • Account Level, Missions, & Achievements When the site launched, flames were intended to be the symbol of progress. Flames have since become a cosmetic feature, so we're introducing levels to the website. Gain XP by completing daily/weekly missions, through games, or just through regular use of the site. This will level up your account, unlocking new prizes (and new features around the site!). Don't worry, you'll keep your current ing power :). Achievements will also be coming, so you can show off on your profile that you're a 200-time Race Winner, or a 500k-in-sales shop owner! Expect these to drop this week. • Avatar Presets Saved avatar presets will be released with the Account Levels update. Preset slots will be unlockable by levelling up your account! • [NEW SLOW GAME] The Carnival I'm very pleased to announce that The Carnival will be arriving to Kovaze as its newest slow game. It's coming very soon, so I won't spoil much until the time is right, but you can expect a game that you can play with ALL of your friends (or by yourself, it'll be a great way to meet new people!), where every time you play will be a new, crazy experience. This game will not be comp-heavy (if that's more your style, keep reading the blog). It's going to be spooky, kooky, and crazy as hell. October truly is upon us! 👻 • Halloween Event/Shop The Halloween Event will commence later this week - if you enjoyed our Easter Event, you're going to love this one! Expect another dedicated announcement on this in the coming days. But remember one thing - Kovaze takes Halloween very seriously 👻🎃🍬 • [NEW FAST GAME] Takeover This has secretly been in development for a month now, and the reviews so far have been very positive. It's going to be a fast-paced and extremely thrilling game. No freezes, no waiting for others to play - just pure adrenaline for 20 minutes. We're focusing on keeping queue times short so you can finish a game and start a new one within 5 minutes, no matter the time of day. This game will also feature a matchmaking queue (and potentially a ranked system) to ensure you play against similar skill levels, that way non-comp beasts can also enjoy this just as much! This will be one of the later releases on this list, but a lot of work is being put into it and it will be worth the wait! • Game Show Host Now that we have the Game Show room, we'll be getting a game show host to throw some game shows on a scheduled program. Stay tuned for an announcement from them. Can you guess who they are? • Rooms Rooms will be deprecated in favour of a new feature that serves the same purpose but does it much better. Users who purchased furniture will be refunded. Rooms may come back sometime in the future, but our focus is now on an even better idea currently being designed. • Race Tournament 3 It has been 6 months since AngieKStan and her team took home the trophy at the last tourney, which means the 3rd Biannual Race Tournament is almost upon us! Remember to sharpen those race skills, the Race Tourney never ends! We'll be looking for a team of volunteers like we did last time - stay tuned for a blog from myself or the events team on that. I've got a couple more things in the early works for a November release, including an idea born out of that site-wide discussion on Boutiques we had a month ago. I'll update you all when development on that starts moving along. You'll hear from me a lot in the coming days/weeks! Sin

We're always in favour of giving the events team more options and freedom when hosting games, so I'm excited to share with you Gameshows! The host is able to set trivia questions, make people spin a giant wheel, and even set competitions! It even tells you when someone clicks off the page (by making their podium go grey) so that the host knows when someone isn't ready. Isn't that just fabulous?! As you can see, I hosted a 20 person murder trivia earlier 😱 (Congratulations Ven!) Can't wait for all the fun events this will bring for us 💞

I know that a lot of you have been asking for Boutiques to return. I hear you. When they were removed in February, I briefly touched on what led to that decision, but I want to paint the full picture in detail. Something important to note is the role that designs play in the core gameplay loop of the site. Designs serve as the reward for playing and doing well in games. When a user wants a design but can't afford it, they join a game. Their other main option is to purchase Koinz. When Boutiques were introduced, it added a third option: simply trade an old design for a new one. As innocent as that sounds, it resulted in a lot of behind-the-scenes damage to the site. As mentioned before, the incentive to join games dropped, but there were a few other major impacts that I haven't touched on. Shops. The Shops Game has a fixed scarcity imposed on it. It pumps out 1,064 designs a week for our ~500 daily users. This means the average user earns ~2.1 designs a week. This is a sweet spot. It's attainable enough for casual players to feel rewarded, but not too abundant that designs hold no value. Boutiques removed this fixed scarcity because everyone could sell a design, not just shop owners. The result was a plummeting economy, and designs lost over 80% of their value. The biggest consequence of a broken Kovaze economy, and one I seldom discuss, is the impact on the site's revenue. Designs generate almost all of the site's revenue. They allow us to keep the site free to play while still covering server costs, marketing, development, freelancers when we need them, and the work required to keep the site running and growing. It's why I'm always cautious with shops update - because it always has a direct impact on how much Kovaze earns and is able to spend on itself for the next month. As much as I love Boutiques as a developer, they're quite risky from a business standpoint, and it's equally my job to ensure this business, our website, thrives. Does that mean Boutiques are never coming back? Not necessarily! It just means that if they did come back, they wouldn't be exactly as they were before, and that changes to Boutiques and Shops (which are coming!) need to be very carefully risk-assessed. I'm hoping this blog was able to provide some useful insight, and I really want to do more of these in the future (even though it took me 4 hours to write this lol). I firmly believe that transparency with the community is crucial to sparking meaningful feedback and discussions. I can't expect you suggest how something can be solved when I haven't told you what the issue is! Can't wait to hear from all of you!

Feel free to submit your rankings of the comps/games by ranking them from your most to least favourite: Games: https://strawpoll.com/poy9kJ94DgJ Comps: https://strawpoll.com/6QnMQGM8one It only takes a couple of minutes and will give us a clear idea of what needs improving :) Thanks

- Blocking users no longer shows them on your recently mentioned - Designs can now be filtered by type on the designs page - Events staff can now force a certain comp for the whole game (no more having to wait for it to be manually changed every round) - Celebrities 11 (All rookies, random cast) will commence in 4 days. Raffle tickets have been refunded, please rejoin the raffle if you want to play! - Moving on in Shops will be removed in Cycle #113. More updates to shops will be revealed in the coming days. Under Sinvestigation: - Memory (iPhone) Also, Kovaze's 1st anniversary is on September 27. Your calendars have been marked, and we're planning for fun!! 💃

- Complete 3 puzzles by dragging your pieces onto the grid in the position you want. - A puzzle is completed once all 5 pieces are placed. - Boards are randomly generated - no two puzzles will ever be the same! - Every puzzle has a solution. This has been tested thoroughly. - You can remove a piece by clicking on it. SCORING: - 200 per puzzle Time Bonus, similar to Relics (to break ties). - So if everyone finishes only 2/3 puzzles, the person who finished their second one first wins. Happy Puzzlering!

Move around the map to find the shape. Each square will teleport you to the corresponding letter. The game will conclude once all 5 letters have been found. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive so far. The comp gets a lot easier once you play it a few times and understand it. For the next hour 2 hours, games will be RELICS ONLY. We will hold another Relics Only session tonight.

Starfall has felt like a luck comp at times and thus has been de-randomised. It will play exactly the same, more stars will still spawn the more accurate you are, but it will no longer feel different from game to game. The maths behind the update (for those interested): Respawn chance for missed star: 65% ----> Every 4/6 stars (66.6%) Respawn chance for collected star: 85% ----> Every 8/9 stars (88.9%) An additional star will still spawn every 0.5 seconds. You should see slightly more stars, but the game will be consistent and entirely skill-reliant :)

The word on every Kovazian's lips. What are we getting for Summer of 2026? I'm here to answer those questions for you. Before that I just wanted to give a Kopology. A few months ago, I briefly mentioned I was going through a personal loss. It was actually the loss of a close family member. I know I've been a little bit distracted recently but I'm back and focused on delivering some great updates for the summer. Here are some things that are on the way. 𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗔𝗭𝗘 𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗪𝗔𝗬 Designs are the reward for playing games on here. And yet as of now, they serve no more than a cosmetic purpose. We're introducing a new weekly fashion game where you can submit a look according to a theme, and then walk down the runway for all of Kovaze to witness. Be the best dressed and your look will be forever displayed in the KOVAZE MAGAZINE. 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗦 There has been some concern regarding the price of gifting shops, and they’re a little higher than we would want. A solution will be implemented to keep the shops game fair and soften prices up for gifting shop owners. Expect some updates to all areas of shops. 𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 Achievements and trophies are coming to Kovaze this summer. Show off your craziest achievements on the website, or show off trophies that you've won in special events! 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 (𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡) New game modes (multiple!!) will be introduced this summer, with a daily game rotation to help keep games filling! Why a game rotation? -- As we can already see, certain game modes fill a lot less frequently. The aim is to pick that momentum up, by having a lot of fun different formats that are rotating on the daily, so that there always is something new to experience, and your day on Kovaze starts feeling more unique rather than expected! In terms of new game modes, I'm currently looking into a lot of different options. Fast Outcasted, Cutthroat, Fast Rookies, Endurance Ranked, Big Brother, there's a lot. I'm excited to hear a lot of your ideas! If you have any suggestions for game formats, please tag your blog with #SummerSuggestions and I'll be sure to see it! 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗦 The goal right now is to bring back some of the older minigames, whilst also creating some new ones. Since we're bringing back some rather competitive old competitions, the focus for the next few minigames will be to create something that's a little more fun and less stressful to play. Think less time-based, more decision-based! 𝗥𝗢𝗬𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 Royale and Royale Item related updates are still being worked on, if you have any Royale Suggestions, please blog them and tag your blog with #RoyaleSuggestions ! - Thank you all, I also want to give a very special shout out to the brilliant Kovazians @o_o Tisha Connor Mel for their contributions in this new era of Mod and Events personnel. Wonderful!!! P.S PenguinOwen126 I have seen your blogs about wanting Celebrities be automatic, and I think it's a great suggestion, and something that can tie in very will with the Kovaze Magazine as mentioned previously! It's time for Celebrities to be taken to the next level! See you soon and remember, to use the hashtag #SummerSuggestions on your blog to send in your suggestions! - Sin

so I'm taking the day to rest up but I've read your concerns about payouts, shops, and will make some adjustments soon (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

Correct answers now award 12 points, and incorrect answers now deduct 4 points, instead of 10/-3. This means 25% accuracy (the expected accuracy from random guessing) now results in a net point gain of 0. Scores on the leaderboard have been replayed and all autoclicked instances have been removed.

We have a variety of different games, but I think one thing that's missing is a slow Big Brother style game. This is something we've wanted since October. We tested out the "Sharks" game in December, and it just didn't meet our standards, so it was back to the drawing board. In regards to Castings, I'm not in favour of adding it, but I've been listening to the castings crowd and what they love about it: easy entry for new players and the chance to meet new people. I want to incorporate those elements into a fully fleshed out Big Brother style game instead. What I know so far is that enrolment will occur at the same time each week for everyone. Anyone who signs up during the week will be randomly divided into a house/game. Think Survivor enrolment, but happening automatically every week. The idea here is that as the player pool grows, you're less likely to end up in a game with people you've just played with, which is a key focus of this format. At the same time, I still want it to stay true to the Big Brother inspired experience, that's the identity of the site at the end of the day. The goal is to capture the essence of Big Brother ORGs while offering it in a more casual, accessible, and unintimidating way. Let me know your thoughts and ideas!

Hi all, I'm looking to give group owners a bit more reach with their members and I'm seeking feedback. I'd like to give group owners the ability to send an alert to all members of their group (on a ~1day? cooldown so it's not abused). Would you rather this alert come in the form of a mail, or a notification? Of course you'll have the option to opt out, but which would you prefer? :)

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going to start upping the aesthetics of the site to be more attractive for new users as we begin launching social media ads very soon :) #beautiful