Release Notes

What's new, improved, and fixed in Wordagio. Current version: v0.2.0-beta.20260321.2beee7e

v0.2.0-beta

New

  • Wordagio Scramble — a new daily phrase puzzle! Swap tiles to unscramble a hidden phrase tied to today's date
  • Play hub — choose between Classic and Scramble from a single "Play" page
  • Tile swapping on the Classic stage — tap a selected tile, then tap another to swap their positions
  • Tile swap animations on both Classic and Scramble
  • Release notes page with version history
  • Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages
  • Auto-versioning — build version now includes timestamp for traceability

Improved

  • Daily boards and Scramble puzzles are now pre-generated for tomorrow so there's never a gap at midnight
  • Board archives only show today and past boards (no future boards)
  • Board stats page has a First Try / All Tries toggle on the leaderboard
  • Share text updated with Wordle-style emoji word-length visualization
  • Admin WOTD panel — deactivate, promote, and swap the Word of the Day in one click
  • Home page tagline updated: "The daily word game that pays you back."

Fixed

  • Credits and XP were not persisting after game completion
  • Nav bar credit/XP display broke for balances over 999
  • Anonymous-to-registered account promotion was silently failing
  • Active game session from yesterday was loading instead of today's board
  • Game completion credits and XP now require 3+ words to prevent concede-farming
  • Replays of Classic boards now cost 10 credits (first try is always free)
  • Bot detection expanded and applied to the API anonymous auth endpoint
  • Stale anonymous accounts are automatically cleaned up after 7 days
v0.1.0-beta

New

  • Wordagio is live! Happy St. Patrick's Day!
  • Daily boards — everyone plays the same 50 tiles each day
  • 5×5 grid with tile placement, gravity, and left/right shifting
  • Word validation with adjacency rules and real-time fragment feedback
  • Scoring with letter multipliers (3x, 4x, 5x) and word multipliers (2x)
  • Wild tiles that can represent any letter
  • Word discovery, claiming, and O.G. status
  • Seasonal claim economy with royalties
  • Credits, XP, and leveling system
  • Player profiles, match history, and career stats
  • Leaderboards — scores, word length, claims, streaks, and first-try masters
  • Dictionary with definitions, generational usage examples, and play stats
  • Board archives with per-board leaderboards
  • Google sign-in and anonymous play
  • Seamless account promotion — play anonymously first, then register or sign in with Google to keep all your games, scores, claims, credits, XP, and streaks
  • Theme shop with cosmetic customization
  • Badge system
  • Day streak tracking with milestone rewards
  • Bug report system