New modes, features, skins, balance changes, and fixes — newest first.
0.62.1Distraction-free play
UI / UXThe account bar is now hidden during games so nothing crowds the board.
0.62.0Powerup Skins
CosmeticPowerup skins are here — reskin your bombs, line-clears, and healing potions. Voltage wraps them in humming battery cells; Arsenal turns them into crated military munitions.
CosmeticEquip a powerup skin in the Codex and it shows up live on your board, in duels, and for spectators.
0.61.0Changelog
NewAdded this changelog — track every new mode, feature, skin, balance tweak, and fix in one place.
0.60.0Share & Discover
NewSharing a match, profile, or page link now produces a rich preview card on social and chat apps.
UI / UXConsistent page titles across the whole app, plus a search-engine sitemap so Swap: Arena is discoverable.
UI / UXAccessibility pass — added screen-reader labels and keyboard-friendly buttons throughout the UI.
FixLobby rows now show each player’s real tier, ELO, and stats instead of placeholder data.
0.59.0Weekly Tournament
NewWeekly Tournament — an 8-player Combat Bo3 single-elimination bracket every Saturday at 18:00 UTC. Sign up any time during the week.
NewGold (5,000) and Silver (3,500) coin prizes plus dated medal collectibles for your profile trophy case.
UI / UXLive bracket view at /tournament and a tournament card on the homepage.
0.56.0Ranked Mode
ModeRanked Mode is live — a 6-tier competitive ladder (Recruit → Duelist → Gladiator → Champion → Conqueror → Legend) with ELO matchmaking at /ranked.
NewRanked Seasons — quarterly resets with 5 placement matches, end-of-season rewards (coins + exclusive season banners), and a season-recap screen.
NewRanked leaderboard with top-100 and around-me views.
UI / UXAnimated tier badges now appear on your profile, the top bar, lobbies, and the friends list.
CosmeticFruits piece skin added to the shop (1,500 coins).
0.53.0Account & Speed
NewAccount settings redesign — identity, security, privacy, and display sections with a sidebar and sticky save bar.
NewPrivacy controls — set profile visibility, hide your match history, opt out of handle search, gate friend requests, and toggle online status.
UI / UXReduce-motion toggle that quiets both UI animation and in-game camera shake and particles.
UI / UXInstant navigation — pages paint skeleton placeholders immediately and back/forward is snappy.
CosmeticThe board background now reacts to your equipped board skin on every page, not just in-game.
0.49.0Duels Grow Up
NewBest-of-X duels — choose Bo1, Bo3, or Bo5 when you create a lobby. Series count as one win or loss on the leaderboard.
NewSpectator mode — watch any live duel with a round-aware, read-only view.
CosmeticBanner skins — 8 themes to personalize your profile header.
UI / UXLobby create modal now exposes the move budget and a friend-invite, plus a "Return to duel" banner when you have a match in progress.
0.44.0Cosmetics & The Codex
CosmeticBoard skins — buy, equip, and play on themed boards.
CosmeticPiece skins — swap the default neon shapes for sets like Critters.
CosmeticHUD skins — 6 themes that retheme the in-game HUD, score screens, and overlays.
NewThe Codex at /inventory — a sticker-book to browse and equip everything you own.
UI / UXBlitz now has an ESC pause menu and an END RUN button.
0.39.0Daily Quests & Coins
NewDaily Quests — four quests per day (two anchors plus an easy and a hard) that pay coins, with live progress on the in-game HUD strip.
NewCoin wallet — earn coins from quests and tournaments to spend on cosmetics.
UI / UXHomepage redesign — a "Mission Briefing" layout grouping Multiplayer and Solo with daily-challenge and quests cards.
BalanceEased the Endless reshuffle quest from 5 reshuffles to 1 — the original was too grindy.
FixCombo-swap powerups now count toward powerup quests.
0.34.0Combat, Fog of War & Daily Challenge
ModeCombat Duel — 100 HP each, chip and spike damage, a quad-damage buff on quest completion, and healing-potion pieces. First to 0 HP loses.
ModeFog of War daily variant — pieces stay hidden until a failed swap reveals them; survive on a limited swap budget.
NewDaily Challenge — a rotating variant every day at 00:00 UTC with a shared seed for all players and unlimited retries.
UI / UXLogin and signup redesign ("claim a handle" / "welcome back").
BalanceFog of War tuning — lowered the pass threshold and widened the reveal fan after playtest.
0.30.0Endless & Score Screens
ModeEndless solo mode — a count-up clock with no levels or blocks; the board reshuffles when it stalls.
ModeSurvivor and Outbreak daily variants.
NewUnified Run Complete and Duel Results score screens with variant-aware stat tiles.
0.21.0Lobby & Multiplayer Polish
NewUnified lobby — waiting and ready-up now share one rich layout, with in-lobby chat between the two players.
NewA persistent "back to lobby" pill so you can resume a match from any page.
NewPer-account playtime tracking.
CosmeticNeon shape-per-color piece sprites replaced the old coin pieces.
UI / UXHomepage merges the daily card and leaderboard into one card with a real top-5.