Patch-Notes 1.2.0

Patch 1.2.0 is now live!

This patch contains improvements and new features from a variety of domains. The complete list of changes can be found at the bottom of this post. Let's dive into the most important changes of this patch:

Toolbar

We changed some important aspects of our beloved toolbar.

Until now you could select between three different sizes of the same brush. We changed this to a single brush. Having only a single brush and changing its size with the scrollbar should be a much more intuitive and easy way to change the brush size.

As you can see **filled shapes ** made a comeback. We had these a while back but removed them. By popular demand from the community we added them back to the toolbar!

We also changed the color palette. We removed some colors and added some others. We also finally found some bugs that were causing problems when selecting the color resulting in the player having to click multiple times to change the color.

Now you might ask yourself...wait, where is the color wheel? Fear not it is still there. We wanted to make accessing the most important tools faster. The color palette surely is very important in a drawing game. While the color wheel allows for a more individual selection of colors it is most often used when there is more time at hand. This is why you can now switch between the two like this:

You can see we also added another feature that has been lost but not forgotten....welcome back opacity! We would love to hear feedback regarding this change from you!

But not only that, we also simplified using shapes. Not using any modifier keys will now result in a simple upright shape. For the more experienced users we added an option to create equilateral shapes as you can see in the animation above. You can change the key bindings for this in the options menu.

Invite Codes

Another much requested feature has been added to the game. From now on other players can join you via invite code. At the bottom of the player list you can now find a button which lets you copy the invite code. The copy symbol can be clicked to copy the code without showing it in case you are a streamer and don't want to leak the code. You can also click on the text to see the actual code.

To join a game via invite code simply go to the main menu, press "Play" and enter the code in the text field at bottom of the screen.

Game Mode Filter

It is now possible to search for specific game modes. Enjoy!

Various Quality of Life Changes

We implemented a way to hide the canvas buttons which are sometimes an annoying obstacle when drawing. The default binding for this is Shift+T but you can customize this in the options menu.

We also added the option to hide the display of the current tool on top of the cursor when drawing. Another change we made is that the game now flashes in the task bar when an action is required. This should minimize the times you miss your turn in the future.

Below you can find the complete list of changes. As always we encourage you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord server or on Twitter!

Patch-Notes:

• Migrated sessions to EOS

• Added invite code

• Added game mode filter to Quick Play search

• Simplified brushes

• Re-introduced filled shape tools

• Re-introduced opacity selector

• Reworked color palette

• Rotation of shapes is now optional and can be activated by holding down Control

• Added option to disable tools shown on cursor

• Added option to toggle buttons on canvas

• Decreased score for drawing player based on player amount

• Improved default hotkeys for brush, eraser and fill tool

• Shape modifier keys are now configurable

• Removed friends only lobby visibility

• Removed 1s emote send limit

• Steam connection status is now shown in menu

• Improved word package editor checks for minimum required words

• Duplicated words are now automatically removed in the word package editor

• Streaming settings are now in a separate tab in options menu

• Game now flashes in task bar when action is required

• Added bug report button

• Added Vietnamese translation

• Added Hebrew as possible word package language

• Ș and Ț can now be written as S and T

Bugfixes:

• Fixed players which haven't drawn are also rated

• Fixed equilateral shapes not properly sized

• Fixed mouse get stuck when going out of canvas on the left side

• Fixed mouse get stuck in color selection triangle

• Fixed œ could be written as ae instead of oe

• Fixed language selection is not shown properly in Quick Play menu

• Fixed words with ’ or ‘ were hard to solved

• Fixed double whitespace were required in some words

• Fixed pop-up animation are under action bar

• Fixed crash when leaving game session