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News and updates

Every release, new feature and fix across all of our games, newest first. Each game's page has its own full changelog.

November 2026

Kawaii Draw 1.0.0

  • 50 step-by-step drawing lessons in 10 chapters, from Shape Warm-ups to Dino & Dragon.
  • Pastel Crayon, Puffy Clay and Soft Pencil brushes, with stylus pressure and tilt.
  • Magnetic Assist, undo and redo, and gentle feedback with no error sounds.
  • Paper Mode: a lightbox for drawing each step on real paper.
  • Color Bakery, Scribble Sprint, Art Detective and the Cozy Sticker Room.
  • Character Maker: invent a kawaii buddy and learn to draw it.
  • A sketchbook with time-lapse replays and GIF export.
  • Available in English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Kawaii Frets 1.0.0

  • First version: 61 lessons in 6 chapters, from holding the guitar to the F barre.
  • A tuner for steel-string, nylon and electric guitars.
  • A Chord Trainer that listens through the microphone and checks every string.
  • 54 songs as scrolling tab and as strum-alongs, plus your own MIDI and MusicXML files, with Guitar Pro tab kept.
  • Strum Quest, Fret Runner, Fretboard Flashcards, Ear Quest and six guitars to collect.

Kawaii Keys 1.0.0

  • 17 new songs, 36 in all: Canon in D, Bach's Prelude in C, Mozart's Symphony No. 40, Swan Lake, Silent Night, Greensleeves and more.
  • Every song now has a full arrangement with verses, new left-hand parts and real endings.
  • A first-time setup to choose how you play, measure your room and test middle C.
  • Landscape keyboard: turn your phone sideways during a lesson for up to three octaves of keys.
  • The microphone now works on iPhone, with a clearer setup screen and room calibration.
  • Add your own MIDI and MusicXML songs through the Files app on iPhone.
  • Kawaii Keys Plus: every song and chapter, your own songs and no ads.

Gomo 0.1.0

  • First test build: seven sanctuaries with their own soundscapes and scenery
  • Shared breathing ring and synchronised strikes, silent arrivals and departures
  • Soundscape mixer, offerings, 3D diorama and 2D eco mode, Dim, ten languages

Kawaii Keys 0.1.0

  • First version: 22 lessons in 3 chapters, 19 songs, falling notes and sheet music.
  • Real-time feedback from the microphone, a MIDI keyboard or the touch keys.
  • Rhythm Arcade, Ear Quest, note flashcards, trophies and the Costume & Sound Shop.

Clay Bubble Tower 1.0.0

  • First release of the browser version.
  • Six chapters of 15 stages, from Peach Grove to Cocoa Canyon, with a boss tower ending each chapter.
  • Endless Survival with wave milestones every 10 rows.
  • Prism, Bomb, Fireball and Spin Fan boosters, the daily Lucky Box, and four clay skins and four cannons in the Toy Bazaar.

Origami Pop 3D 0.1.0

  • First build: thirty origami models in three worlds, layered paper flaps, the wooden tray and match-three pops.
  • Golden clips and ribbons, boss models, endless cycles and a 3D Origami Museum of clay, golden, Crystal, Metallic and Neon sculptures.
  • Matches need the same colour and motif, the tray shrinks from seven slots to five, and locked flaps show a dotted crease line.
  • A new Daily Challenge every day, the daily spin, star chests, paper skins and twelve origami avatars.

RubiCute 0.1.0

  • First release: Camera Scan, Manual Input and a two-phase solver that works offline.
  • Step-by-step 3D solution player with arrows, speed control, camera follow and spoken moves.
  • Cube Academy with nine lessons, Move Library, Free Play and a speedcubing timer.

Clay Clash 1.0.0

  • Online play now connects to a fixed game server, with automatic restarts if it ever goes down.
  • Fixed the spectator Clean view, which had no way to bring the HUD back.

Glacier Gliders 1.1.0

  • Online play now connects to a fixed game server, with automatic restarts if it ever goes down.

Neon Overdrive 0.1.0

  • Online rooms now connect to a fixed game server, with automatic restarts if it ever goes down.

Splash Smash 0.1.0

  • Encore: after stage 75, endless cycles of the five worlds, a little harder each time, with remixed bosses.
  • A new world map with candy stage buttons, crowned mini-bosses and world boss medallions.
  • World 5, the Candy Forest finale: stages 61 to 75 and the Candy Queen's Castle boss.

Swarm Vector 0.1.0

  • The online arena now connects to a fixed game server, with automatic restarts if it ever goes down.

October 2026

Clay Tower Pop 1.0.0

  • New ring rules: towers of two or three rings where the outer rings hide the tiles inside, and a tile needs an open side to be picked.
  • Structural gravity: tiles above a gap fall and settle, with framed doorways so the tower never locks shut.
  • Relic Ruins stone blocks, mystery tiles, and boss towers whose inner rings turn every six picks.
  • A six-slot tray from Candy Land on, star chests at 15, 30 and 45 stars per chapter, and 12 crafter avatars.
  • Fixed tiles that could turn invisible on some Android phones, and added optional Star Coin packs in the Android app.

Dominor 1.0.0

  • Release on Google Play and the web.
  • Four modes, four arenas, online quick match, private rooms with a four-digit code and daily challenges.
  • Dragging on a Trophy Road or Style card now scrolls the list instead of being ignored.
  • On Android, the back button closes the top window or goes back a screen instead of quitting.

Dual Pulse: Orbital Link 1.0.0

  • First release in the browser, with a download about half the size of the first build.
  • Eight sectors, eight bosses and endless survival, 2-player local co-op, five pod skins and Hangar upgrades.
  • Fixed pods starting off-screen in the first co-op run, and the pause screen in landscape.

Cue Master 3D 1.0.0

  • Online 3-Cushion, private tables you join with a PIN, and a public table if no match is found within 10 seconds.
  • A new online lobby with Quick Match, Create Table and Join Table.
  • Edit your name and avatar; online opponents now see the avatar you picked.
  • Sharper remaining-ball icons in the HUD.

Orbit Hop 1.1

  • Fixed a loading problem at startup.
  • Fixed a crash when the app was swiped closed (mobile).

Chrono Glass 1.2.0

  • Chapters 6 to 10: 60 new sequences with lifts, phase walls, catwalks over the void, moving glass cover, jump pads and portals.
  • Agents get slightly faster with each new chapter.
  • Fixed landings on jump pads and made portal exits safe.

Chrono Glass 1.1.0

  • Five chapters of 12 sequences, each with its own arena colours.
  • New agents: riot shields, snipers, volatile agents and the boss Chronos Prime.
  • Katana and shard dagger melee weapons, and glass panes that block sight until broken.

Chrono Glass 1.0.0

  • First release: time that moves only when you move, glass agents that shatter, weapon throws and catches, and the real-time replay.

Cue Master 3D 0.1.0

  • First release: online 8-Ball matched by rating, four VS AI halls with 8-Ball and 3-Cushion, Quick Play, Play Solo, 20 trickshot stages, six cues and the Daily Spin.

Clay Crush 0.1.0

  • First release on the web and Google Play.
  • 150 levels across 10 candy worlds, with 15 hand-made tutorial levels.
  • Striped, wrapped and Rainbow Donut specials and all their combos.
  • Meringue frosting, spreading chocolate, licorice locks, pink dough and portals.
  • Hammer, Rainbow, Roller and Glove boosters, win streak rewards and the daily Lucky Spin.

Clay Tower Pop 0.1.0

  • First release: a 3D clay tile tower, the 7-slot tray, Mallet, Fan and Undo boosters, the daily Lucky Box and four clay skins.

Tropicana Water War 1.0.0

  • Online play: FIND MATCH queues for real players, with bots filling empty seats and an offline fallback.
  • Private rooms with a five-letter code, and the new Tiki Duel 1v1 mode.

Tropicana Water War 1.0.0

  • Each Tiki mask now recolours its whole wood and paint.
  • Aim assist is now the Tiki Scope, a piece of gear you can switch on in Settings once you own it.
  • Touch scrolling that follows your finger on every list, and reward animations for coins and pearls.

Clay Clash 0.1.0

  • Scrolling a menu no longer presses the button under your finger.
  • Menus and the HUD now lay out correctly after turning a phone or tablet between portrait and landscape.

Glacier Gliders 1.1.0

  • A new, fully animated Seal Pup with idle, run, jump and dive animations, and victory poses.
  • Eight fur colours in a new Fur tab in the Workshop.
  • Scrolling a menu no longer presses the button under your finger, and long names no longer widen the page.
  • Menus and the HUD lay out correctly after turning the device between portrait and landscape.

Echo Blade: Zero Frame 1.3.0

  • A new, fully animated Zero Frame model and katana for the player, the Echo Clone, the menus and the Zero Override boss.
  • The boss stage panel on the Sector Map no longer overflows on narrow phones.

Clay Clash 0.1.0

  • First release: Splat 1v1, Royal and Sculpt-Off, four arenas, desk hazards, Chaos Mutators, friend rooms, the league ladder and a global leaderboard.

Neon Overdrive 0.1.0

  • First release: eight-pilot matches on the two-tier GRID ZERO arena, ribbon cut-offs and loop traps, four power-ups and online rooms.
  • A robot rider on every cycle and an over-the-shoulder RIDER camera.
  • Objective guidance: an arrow, beacons and a radar marker that point at the next target.
  • Faster respawns: tap to respawn after half a second.

Swarm Vector 0.1.0

  • Smoother scrolling, a steadier cockpit camera and eight-character callsigns.
  • A gentler void collapse and round SURGE and HOP buttons.

Swarm Vector 0.1.0

  • The cockpit view: a camera behind your Core Drone with relative steering and a heading-up radar.
  • Arenas are 1.5 times larger, and only Tight Stream can slice trails.

Tether Runner 0.1.0

  • First release: endless sectors of grapple swinging, three speed tiers, four kinds of anchor, Charge and combos, the Tether Rig upgrades and the Wardrobe.
  • Three sector guardians: The Warden, the Hive Spire and the Zero Wraith.
  • A new ninja model based on the design sheet.

Grid Breaker 1.0.0

  • First release on Google Play and the web.
  • Endless waves with row, column, ring, grid and loop formations, Core Nodes and chain reactions.
  • Overdrive, shielded boss Cores every fifth wave, and Splitters, hot links and Pulsers in the late game.
  • First-run training, a how-to-play manual, a Threat Index and a one-thumb control layout.

Loot & Slime 1.1.0

  • A brand-new look for every screen.
  • Bonus badges on monsters: LUCKY, MEGA, +1 SHOT and BOUNTY.
  • Boss chests, player levels and XP, and a daily challenge floor.
  • After a win, the next floor starts by itself; tap to stay on the Victory screen.

Echo Blade: Zero Frame 1.1.0

  • New drones: Bulwark, Splitter, Phaser and Echo Hunter, with one-time intel banners.
  • Elite modifiers: Overclocked, Armored, Volatile and Cloaked.
  • Three sector guardian bosses with warning screens and three-phase health bars.

Echo Blade: Zero Frame 1.0.1

  • Fixed runs restarting by accident, and made the Bot Dojo clearer.

Echo Blade: Zero Frame 1.0.0

  • First release: the dash-slash and Echo Clone, three sectors of three stages, the Neural Spec Tree, the Armory and the Bot Dojo.

Loot & Slime 1.0.0

  • First release: an endless tower of fling battles, six gear slots, the Forge, Split and Acid Bomb, combos, Lucky Orbs, slime skins and four themes.

Orbit Hop 1.1

  • A new look for planets, ships, aliens and items, plus new Boost, Storm and Volcano planet art. Pick the theme in Settings.
  • New background music, with sound effects mixed lower underneath it.
  • A new Solar System intro screen.

Orbit Hop 1.0

  • First release: one-tap orbit hopping, an endless universe, the Red Giant, special planets, Super Mode and Alien Defense.