Wordvoyance

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Changelog

Version 1.0.3 (Current Version)

GENERAL

UPGRADE: Wordvoyance now uses the NWL2023 dictionary from NASPA.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Adjusted the resign game logic following user reports.

Version 1.0.2

GENERAL

ADDED: Resigning now cancels a game if one player has yet to take a turn. No stats will be awarded for canceled games.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Added additional sanitization to data retrieved by Google Firebase. This has the added benefit of being a security improvement.
BUG FIX: Fixed non-breaking errors when handling board state data on game over.
BUG FIX: Fixed win/loss tracking when both clients attempt to save a game in the same millisecond.

Version 1.0.1

GENERAL

ADDED: Game Overview (experimental). Allows braille displays to show the board lines at a time. Shortcut: 0 (Zero) key on the number row.
ADDED: Support functions for upcoming Amazon app.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Fixed an issue where the game would try to force a vowel to be drawn from the bag if there were no vowels left in the bag.

Version 1.0.0

GENERAL

Wordvoyance Global Launch.

Version 0.9.3b

GENERAL

CHANGE: Wins and losses by default, such as resigning, are now explicitly tracked. While you were always properly credited for these wins and losses, the completed game display and match suggestions would incorrectly imply otherwise based on the final score. Now, games are marked accordingly in these areas. Please note this will only affect future games, and not any games already completed.

FIXES

BUG FIX: A game-ending turn will no longer result in two notifications.
BUG FIX: The tile drawing algorithm has been adjusted. Previously, a logic error would ensure a consonant was drawn if the user already had too many vowels. Now, it just draws tiles randomly if that condition is met. This should result, RNG willing, in a reduction of both too many consonants mid-game and too many vowels late-game.

Version 0.9.3a

GENERAL

NEW: The rack status line will now indicate when no words can be played for the current rack.
CHANGE: We have disabled the "User has started a game with you" notification for now.
CHANGE: Google and Apple login now use a popup login method. This should enable browsers to use this feature on iOS 16.4 and above.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Ending a game by consecutive passes will now correctly notify you of a game over via push and email.
BUG FIX: Viewing the Turn History via the Go To menu now correctly focuses the close button on the Turn History modal.
BUG FIX: Using the Go To options no longer falsely displays the board cursor in the wrong place.
BUG FIX: In-game notifications on the main menu now automatically close as intended.

Version 0.9.3

GENERAL

NEW: Tutorial. You can find it in the New Game menu under Single Player.
NEW: Single Player. Start a new game against a bot. They come in four difficulty options: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert, and Cheater.
NEW: Game suggestions. Below the Load Game button are two rotating match suggestions.
NEW: Wordvoyance Enthusiasts. After you've won fifty games of Wordvoyance, you may add yourself as an Enthusiast via a button in the user stats screen. As an enthusiast, so long as you're recently active, you will be randomly featured in match suggestions on the main menu. You can leave and rejoin at any time.
NEW: Added activity indicators for your friends list.
CHANGE: Custom landmarks are now saved across reloads.
CHANGE: The most recently played tiles are now a pleasant Themis Games purple.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Dark mode now displays the game type badges as intended.
BUG FIX: Added a missing word validity check on drag and drop.
BUG FIX: Screen readers should now announce the correct tile placed from sparse tile racks.
BUG FIX: Rack tiles should now always describe their score values in screen readers after activation.

Version 0.9.2c

GENERAL

NEW: Guest Login. You can try Wordvoyance without creating an account! Your first game as a guest will not count toward anyone's free game limit, though we will ask you to make a free account if you wish to play a second one.
NEW: Added a Reddit link to the main menu.
NEW: Added haptic feedback to the edges of the game board.
CHANGE: Simplified and condensed the readback of game entries in the Load Game menu.
CHANGE: The Load Game button now immediately identifies how many games are ready for you, even if there are none. It will also inform those of you with gold medal 100-yard dash fingers when the games list is still loading.
CHANGE: Game entries in the Load Game menu now show a badge to denote Pro or Guest games. This should make it easier to identify the free game you must complete before starting a new one. As a reminder, Pro games do not count toward anyone's free game limit.
CHANGE: The list of games where it's your opponent's turn is now sorted by most recent activity.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Shuffling the rack no longer removes the score from rack tile descriptions.
BUG FIX: Changing your username should now immediately reflect the change on the main menu.
BUG FIX: Re-focusing the login page should no longer cause an error.
BUG FIX: VoiceOver should now wait to read the initial focus until after a page has loaded.
BUG FIX: Disabled multitouch for dragging tiles.
BUG FIX: Fixed an issue where you could finagle your way back into your archived account before it gets deleted.

HOTFIXES

HOTFIX: Fixed a regression with the ability to add friends. Thanks, LunarEchoes!
HOTFIX: Refined the method of hiding the announcer element from the UI.

Version 0.9.1b

GENERAL

CANADIAN SOFT LAUNCH: Good to see ya, buddy!
We now enforce our free game limit for non-subscribers. Thank you for participating in our beta! Your existing games will not count toward your free game limit.
Added pinch-to-zoom for the game board.
You can now poke an opponent once per turn, if the opponent has been inactive for long enough.
You can now resign a game for no penalty if your opponent abandons his turn for 24 hours.
Game entries in the Load Game scene are now sorted by oldest first.
Friends in your friends list are now sorted alphabetically.
Keyboard players can now jump between the starts of played words with ctrl+left and ctrl+right.
The aria announcement upon entering a game has been shortened to say only "Wordvoyance".
Theme toggle now also sets the UIBar / Notification header themes in the Wordvoyance apps for iOS and Android (when updated to version 0.3).
The red focus indicator is now only active for keyboard or gamepad navigation.
The login screen now fits better on small phones.
Added haptics to buttons and interactible objects throughout the app.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Additional CSS accommodations made for iOS 16.4. Navigation should be more reliable now.
BUG FIX: Only show one network connection warning for the Wordvoyance apps.
BUG FIX: Dismissing the Blank Tile Selection dialog via whitespace no longer leaves the blank tile on the board unset.
BUG FIX: Rack status will no longer show a duplicate message for tiles not being placed in a line.
HOTFIX: Added a way for the Wordvoyance app to detect outdated game caches.
HOTFIX: Worked around a softlock that occurred when game creation gets interrupted. Sorry about that!
HOTFIX: Further adjusted the login page for clarity, ease of use, and those of you using tiny iPhones in zoomed mode. YOU know who you are.

Version 0.9.0f

GENERAL

Hotfix release.
Added a confirmation modal prior to starting a new game.
Added account deletion option and terms of service.
Turns will now be labelled with the word that used the most rack tiles during a given play.
The Play button is now colored a pleasant Themis Purple so as to draw the attention of new players.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Removed :after pseudo-elements and filters from gameboard and action buttons to account for a VoiceOver bug that prevented vertical navigation.
BUG FIX: Fixed a word validity check in the bottom of the board.
BUG FIX: Recall tiles should now recall all tiles reliably.
BUG FIX: Recalled tiles should always be seen in proper rack order by screen readers.
BUG FIX: Users of iOS 16.4 should once again be able to see buttons in high contrast mode.

Version 0.8.9

GENERAL

Implemented push notifications for the Wordvoyance apps (once updated).
The main menu now has a button at the top for viewing your account information. Therein now lives the log-out button.
You can now create games with friends from the Friends page in the main menu.
The loading modal now appears instantly when creating a new game.
Win / Loss ratios in your profile are now calculated to the international standard. Ties are considered half a win, and half a loss.
View Profile actions no longer takes you out of the game.
You can now also access profole information by tapping each player's score at the top of the game scene.
Back Button added to game scene at the top left. Returns to the main menu.
The tile rack status line will now remind you when it's not your turn while theorycrafting.
The Themis Games shop is now linked from the game's main menu, containing information and links about subscribing to our Pro feature set.
Backend setup for subscriptions. More information to come soon.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Fixed an issue where the tile placement check would fail if the first turn was a pass. (Thanks, Flitchard!)
BUG FIX: Game Finished modal adjusted for small screens and keyboard controls.
BUG FIX: Player profiles with no completed games should display correctly now.
BUG FIX: The login form input caret should now display properly in the iOS app.
BUG FIX: Stereo audio panning has been restored to the iOS App version 0.2.
BUG FIX: Stored cursor positions per game now persist until the game is concluded.
BUG FIX: User options will now revert immediately upon closing the options menu without saving.

Version 0.8.8

FIXES

BUG FIX: Fixed a race condition that could cause a turn history entry to show as blank or out of sync.
BUG FIX: Update loop and shuffle function would reset the rack status line.
BUG FIX: Escape Gesture from iOS App would return multiple tiles. Be aware, this fix disables the escape key event from keyboards through the iOS App. We are working on a more permanent workaround.
BUG FIX: Better "time ago" text for game entries.

Version 0.8.7

GENERAL

REWORK: The menu scene has been given a new coat of paint, as well as some navigation fixes for VoiceOver compatibility and extra functions used by the iOS app.
CHANGE: Shuffling the tile rack will now immediately announce the new rack order.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Shuffling the tile rack will now correctly update the rack status indicator's aria label with the new rack order.

Version 0.8.6

GENERAL

CHANGE: Added guardrails to the code responsible for updating games. This should prevent most, and hopefully all, issues where the game would not update after being left idle for a while.
CHANGE: Resign Game now uses a modal confirmation dialog instead of a browser alert, increasing compatibility with more browsers.
NEW: Wordvoyance iOS App! This is coming in the near future. A link to the app in TestFlight will be provided in our Discord once it is available.
iOS App: NEW: Add a modal controls reference for new VoiceOver users.
iOS App: NEW: Support VoiceOver's Magic Tap and Escape Gesture for quick confirm and Close/Undo respectively. Due to limitations in Safari, these gestures are not supported outside of the app at this time.
iOS App: NEW: Word Landmark Navigation mode. On by default. Scroll left and right (three finger swipe) to hop between the beginnings of words on the board. Three finger swipe up switches to Custom Landmark Navigation mode. Due to limitations in Safari, these gestures are not supported outside of the app at this time.
iOS App: NEW: Custom Landmark Navigation mode. Three finger swipe down to set custom landmarks. Scroll left and right (three finger swipe) to hop between your custom landmarks. Three finger swipe up switches to Word Landmark Navigation mode. Due to limitations in Safari, these gestures are not supported outside of the app at this time.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Fixed an issue that prevented the valid word check in the bottom right corner of the game board.
BUG FIX: The Ready Menu will now tell you why a word can't be played when it's supposed to.
BUG FIX: The Ready Menu will now correctly hide itself from the navigation tree after playing a word.
BUG FIX: Added a slight delay to Go To menu activations. This ensures certain devices have enough time to process the navigation tree changes before setting your focus point.

Version 0.8.5

GENERAL

CHANGE: The default focus upon opening some modal dialogs is now at the top of the dialog. The original implementation set default focus to the close button. As a compromise, activating a dialog window's title will close the dialog.

FIXES

BUG FIX: Made sure more aria labels are correctly truncated during Drag and Drop.
BUG FIX: Made sure more aria labels are refreshed when your opponent plays a word. Sorry about that.
BUG FIX: Playing a letter in the top left corner will no longer softlock the game.

Version 0.8.4

GENERAL

This update represents a massive restructure and optimization pass of the game's code. Please report any regressions to our Discord.
NEW: The game now supports VoiceOver's rotor jumplist for headings. When navigating by heading, you will be taken between the game status, the cursor location on the board, the tile rack status, and the action buttons, in that order.
NEW: Enhanced support for dragging and dropping tiles with a screen reader. Aria will read the tile beneath the drop point while you drag the tile.
NEW: Your board cursor position will be remembered between refreshes. Note: This does not remember any tiles placed on the board.
CHANGE: The game announcer using Aria-Live has been set to "assertive" from "polite". According to the specification, this is intended to make the announcer interrupt itself and other voice playback. In practice, it prevents the announcement queue from piling up. If you find this detrimental to your experience, please let us know.

FIXES

PERFORMANCE: The game's graphics have been optimized to avoid slowdown, especially on iOS devices. Specifically, outlines and shadows are now baked.
PERFORMANCE: Refreshing of Aria labels has been optimized to avoid slowdown, especially on iOS devices.
PERFORMANCE: Drag and Drop logic has been optimized to avoid slowdown, even without a screen reader active.
BUG FIX: Repeat announcements should now play correctly on iOS. Note: It is possible that iPads updated to recent versions of iOS and running the game with Safari will still not correctly read repeat announcements. This is because iPads no longer declare themselves as mobile devices.
BUG FIX: Fixed two regressions which caused Swap Tiles to fail under certain conditions.
BUG FIX: Added more checks to ensure rack tiles form a contiguous word before being played.
BUG FIX: Keyboard entry for tiles will now ignore modifier keys.
UI: Tile animation has been disabled on drag and drop, making for a more instant interaction response.

Version 0.8.3

FIXES

Non-standard tile positions on your rack should once again be saved and used in game logic.

Version 0.8.2

FIXES

Blank tiles should once again be navigable after trying to place it on an invalid spot.

Version 0.8.1

GENERAL

A Forgot Password link has been added to the sign in window for if you forgot your password.
Updated the email notifications for Wordvoyance to all have the name, now showing "Wordvoyance Notification".
Adding a user as a friend will now send them an email notification if they have notifications enabled.
There is now a Wordvoyance Landing Page that is separate from the main menu of the game. If you've bookmarked the game, you may need to update your bookmark.
Added a few share buttons in the game. One is on main menu at the bottom, one is on the Add Friend page, and one is when you complete a game.
Blocked users should no longer be matched against you when you queue up.
Email notifications will now list the other user's username so you know how started the game or took their turn.
Email notification links will now take you directly to the game instead of the menu.

FIXES

Adding a friend should now show them on the page after a couple of seconds without the need to go back to the main menu and back into the friends menu.
The Load Game menu should now longer have the "time ago" labels overlapping at the top of the screen.
New Game menu should no longer list duplicate friends.
The game should no longer occasionally lock up when trying to press "Next Game"
Fixed an error spamming issue when there are no tiles placed on the board yet.
If you happen to open a menu quickly after a game ends, the screen will no longer split trying to display two windows.
When using VoiceOver (or similar programs), swiping to "next element" will now skip over the rack spaces where the tile is placed. These are still targetable on the board itself.
Going to a different window and back should no longer cause the login page to no longer respond to the Tab key.

Version 0.8.0

GENERAL

Wordvoyance now uses the NSW20 dictionary, from the North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA). Themis Games thanks NASPA for allowing us the privilege of using your amazing word list.
Added a new Rack Status line above the tile rack, just below the game board. This displays the number of remaining tiles, links to the new Remaining Tile dialog, and displays valid words as they are formed on the game board.
Board spaces now have the number of additional nearby tiles added to the ends of their descriptions, not including any crosswords at each space as they are already acknowledged.
Reworked the action button bar at the bottom of the page. Swap Tiles is now a dedicated action button. Settings has now been consolidated into the More Actions menu.
Replaced the Speak Rack button. There is now a status indicator above the tile rack that indicates valid words, the number of tiles remaining, and for screen readers, reads the rack in a line.
Added a link in More Actions to quickly switch to your next active game.
Added a link in More Actions to view your opponent's profile.
Added a Remaining Tiles dialog. You can access it from the More Actions menu, or by activating the new Rack Status line.
Blank tile letter selection is now instant, instead of requiring you to navigate to a confirmation button.
Added a timestamp to the Load Games menu to mark each game's last activity.
Turn History now has the turn number next to each entry.
Email notifications, when enabled, will now inform you when an opponent ends a game. Understand that these emails are fairly generic, and we plan to improve them with player and score info in the future.
Keyboard input: You may now directly type to select the letter for a blank tile, or when choosing letters to swap.
Keyboard input: You may now use numbers 1 through 7 to interact with rack tiles
Keyboard input: You may now use the home, end, and page up and down keys to quickly navigate menus and the game scene.
Keyboard input: Control + Enter has also been added as a universal shortcut for confirming plays and dialog windows.

FIXES

Turn History is now scrollable via touch.
The New Game menu should no longer list friends you recently removed.
When certain errors occur during account creation, the button to try again should no longer lock up.
Shuffling your rack should no longer pull tiles from the board and instead just shuffle what's left on your rack.
Some browsers didn't support direct changes to Aria labels and so wouldn't read them. All browsers should now read all element labels the same.
Keyboard input: Your focus position will now be saved as your cursor crawls the game board. This allows you to use tab and shift + tab to quickly move between the board and tile rack while forming words.
Drag and Drop: Dragging a tile to an unused rack space no longer activates that tile. It also doesn't move that tile to that rack position, but we'll work on that in the future.
The rack sorting object responsible for Aria announcements during tile placement should now match your locally saved rack order when resuming a game.
Fixed an issue where certain browsers would not read Aria announcements at all.
Fixed the swap tile dialog elements not having useful aria labels.

Version 0.7.0

GENERAL

Changed the Random Opponent system to a queue system that pairs you against other players who are also ready to play.
Added an option to opt-in for Email notifications when it is your turn in a game.
Added a button to Add a Friend from the New Game page.
Improved the High Constrast option.
Added a Dark Mode. Dark Mode comes with a High Constrast option as well.
Resigning games should no longer result in a '-1' score for the resigning player.
Three consecutive passes in a row will now end the game instead of four.

FIXES

The game status box at the top should now properly tell you the total number of points your opponent earned in their turn instead of just the points of the word they played.
Updated some aria labels on the menu to hopefully help with some clarity of the menus.
Spacebar should work as expected again.
When confirming blank tiles, the cursor should no longer get lost and become unusable.
Potentially fixed the JS timeout issue that occured in some browsers after extended inactivity.
Fixed several keyboard navigation issues around the game
Backspace to remove letters from the board should now be more reliable.
Hitting Escape while the Blank Tile Selection window is open should no longer cause the game to stop responding.
Players can no longer play two words separated by making sure at least one is connected.
Various other minor gameplay fixes.

Version 0.6.5

GENERAL

Removed the inactive window screen. Looking into other solutions for timeouts that occur in Safari.

Version 0.6.4

GENERAL

Added Options support to the main menu.
The loading screen will now show a little longer while it waits for the dictionary to load.
Improved announcements when the game ends.
Updated the aria labels for the score section for each player.
Added an 'inactive window' that pops up 1 minute after a user is inactive. Tapping on the game screen should make this go away.
Added a viewable changelog.

FIXES

Certain browsers should no longer run into an issue where the game over screen doesn't show up when the other user takes the last turn.
Tile rack locations should now longer reset when switching back to your turn.
Fixed a scoring issue that could occur when placing, then removing, blank tiles.
Notification badge should no longer appear behind the buttons.
Backspace on Firefox should no longer navigate to the previous page.
Load Games should no longer cause a huge loading hangup for VoiceOver.

Version 0.6.1

FIXES

You should once again be able to add friends.
The Load Games button should no longer try to dance with you.

Version 0.6.0

GENERAL

Added the Themis Games contact link to the Manual.
Added a Browser Support section to the Manual.
Added the number of friends you have to the top of the Friends menu.
Added the number of games you have active to the top of the Load Games menu.
Added the ability to see recently completed games on the Load Games menu.
Added the ability to view the final game board when the game is over.
Removed 'Spacebar' from being an action key. 'Enter' is used instead. This should also fix the 'Spacebar' issues with Blank Tiles.
Your rack tile positions will now save every time you do just about anything in the game to localStorage and just run checks against your tiles stored on the server.

FIXES

Firefox should be operational.
You can now recall tiles from the board when it is not your turn.
Safari should now be able to see the requested format when inputting an invalid username to add as friend.
Backspace should now longer skip the final letter of your word if you press it against a wall.
Games on the Load Game page should now properly be sorted by the most recent time a turn was taken at the top.
You should no longer need to refresh the page after verifying your email.
Backspace will now properly skip over existing letters to remove letters before them that you may have placed. NOTE: Backspace is intentionally only supposed to delete letters from the row/column you're backspacing in because people may plan multiple words when considering what to play.

Version 0.5.1

GENERAL

You can now use your keyboard to type words, as long as the letter you press is present on your rack. When using a blank tile, you can use Space, '.', or '?'. The following letter you press will be placed after the blank tile window opens up.
Your rack will now save every 5 seconds. This allows you to rearrange your tiles in your rack without needing to worry about it resetting when leaving the game and coming back.
Opening on the profile page from the game now opens in a new window.
On the Load Game page, your score will no longer be listed on the left side of all games. Instead, the person that started the game will have their score on the left.

FIXES

The game should no longer fail to start updating if you put your phone into sleep mode and then wake it back up.
Drag and dropping tiles should no longer make the cursor aim random directions.
Blank Tiles should no longer appear lower than other tiles when swapping tiles.
You should now be able to swap tiles on your rack with empty spots.

Version 0.5.0

GENERAL

Drag and Drop support implemented for players with VoiceOver turned off (sighted players).
Blank Tiles have been implemented.
Made some adjustments to what letters are in the Bag.
Made some adjustments to how tiles are drawn for better feeling racks.

FIXES

Turns not properly switching every turn should be fixed now.
Players should no longer draw more than 7 tiles.
Removed the constant full refresh of data.
Fixed occasional Resign Game crashes.
Made some improvements to VoiceOver control.
Variety of other bug fixes implemented.

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