WHAT'S NEW

Hints you can actually use

• › The third hint now gives you keywords like “Horror · Survival · First person” instead of the development studio. Nobody could do anything with “2K Boston” — even though that is BioShock.
• › New button below the input: “No idea · give me a hint”. If you draw a blank, you no longer have to invent a guess just to move on.
• › The link in the daily email signs you in directly. Until now it opened inside your mail app in a separate session and asked you to log in again.
• › When a studio is named, it is one you have heard of.

Guest rounds no longer break

• › A round without an account could get stuck halfway through. It does not any more.

More puzzles, correct release years

• › The release year in the hint and in the suggestion list now agree. Before, the same game could show two different years in two places.

Where the image comes from

• › The screenshot now credits the database it came from, right where you see it while playing.

The intro stays out of the way

• › Once a round is running, the intro disappears. It used to sit in the way long after you knew how to play.

You get to see what you were looking for

• › After your last try the game reveals what the screenshot was — title, year and the sharp image. Before, you were left wondering.

One more round

• › After the daily puzzle you can keep playing instead of waiting for tomorrow.
• › Suggestions now show up reliably as you type — the list used to come back empty sometimes.

Help and common questions

• › There is now a help page and a set of frequently asked questions.
• › The intro is offered rather than forced on you the first time you visit.

Every guess tells you something

• › A wrong guess now shows the release year of the game you named and an arrow towards the one you are after — much like the colours in Wordle.
• › The fourth hint shows the shape of the title: how many words, how long.
• › The guess log shows all your tries, not just the last few.

Faster, and easier to pick up

• › The page loads far less data — noticeable above all on a phone and on mobile data.
• › The intro lets you play along instead of clicking through text.

Everything now runs inside one device

• › The biggest change so far: game, archive, leaderboard, shop, settings and help all sit inside the same console. The landing page used to be a page next to the game — now the address is the game.
• › On a phone the console is no longer a shrunken desktop but an app: tab bar at the bottom, and the playing area is exactly one screen tall. No more scrolling mid-round.
• › A ticker along the top shows what is happening right now. The column on the right holds the day's numbers and your own record.
• › SUDO sits in the bottom right and announces unlocks herself.
• › Help, FAQ and the legal pages read like a manual, with numbered chapters.

Clearer buttons

• › Play is the only filled button, sign-in sits next to it — before, the two competed for the same attention.
• › “Play now” instead of “Try for free”: the game is not a trial version, so it no longer sounds like one.

The end of a round, in a sensible order

• › After a round you get the result first, then sharing, then the countdown to tomorrow — and only after that XP, achievements and archive.
• › You can share your result without an account too.
• › Two buttons were barely readable in the light theme. Fixed.

Why an account is worth it

• › Next to the sign-in field it now says what an account gets you — eight points, one line each.
• › The countdown turns red in the final half hour, and says so in words as well.

Promo codes

• › Codes from videos, posts or Discord can be redeemed in the settings. The reward lands in your inbox to collect, rather than being credited silently.

Staying signed in

• › “Stay signed in” did nothing — you were thrown out after two hours. It works now.
• › New landing page with a countdown and a demo round that plays itself.

The pixel lens

• › Once per round you can look at one part of the image more closely — without spending a try on it.