Version 8.15.0 Released

The main change today is, we've removed the ancient "click the word that appears twice" CAPTCHA and replaced it with a more modern jigsaw-based design which is hopefully less of an annoyance.

We'll still be looking at ways to reduce the number of occasions you see it, if at all, in the near future.

Lots of substantial backend changes today as well:
- The periodic tasks that grant hourly experience, execute raids, etc., have been made into multi-node runners to prepare for better horizontal scaling (faster, more robust)
- Changes to DB schema (caused by adding new features, etc.) is now applied automatically upon deployment, speeding up game development
- Misc fixes for tracking new player entry points and suspicious page accesses which regressed slightly due to moving to front-controller design

More to come, we want this kind of update cadence to be maintained going forward. Main focus is new game content (maps, items), and some long-standing feature requests (guild territorial control, progression systems, new player skill trees, item extended attributes that act like passive skill buffs that stack). Should be interesting year for the game!

Published: Tue Jun 9 17:13:00 EDT 2026

Version 8.14.0 Released

Just a few fixes to the Wiki pages:

- Removed old wiki system
- Remaining wiki is has been tidied up slightly, with new options to rich text editor and all pages ported to standard template theme
- More sensible URL scheme (e.g. /wiki/Main_Page)

We still need the actual articles written for it, but that will be sorted out soon too. In addition, there've been some minor tweaks to the Point Trading page, related to average price calculation and allowing any offer to be bought, even if over average price.

Published: Sun Jun 7 17:50:00 EDT 2026

Version 8.12.0 Released

Another quick quality-of-life change - when attacking NPCs on the World page, the attack buttons will be disabled until the cooldown is over, to avoid you getting the "attacking too quickly" throttle.

I'm on a roll today, I should've done one omnibus news update, really...

Published: Sat Jun 6 17:52:00 EDT 2026

Version 8.11.0 Released

Just another quick update - you can now opt out of daily login streaks on your preference page.

Probably a niche feature but it's there if you feel you need it. There'll be a streak freeze and recovery feature soon to make it less of a worry when you forget to log in for a day.

Published: Sat Jun 6 16:42:00 EDT 2026

Version 8.10.0 Released

We now have improved thumbnail generation which preserves transparency, animations, and uses WebP where supported for maximum efficiency. There were also fixes for some minor quirks with homepage routing and page meta tags have been optimised for lower footprint.

There's an admin panel page to manage the entries on the Dev Roadmap page (under Community on the menu), which I'm going to update soon to track actual roadmap efforts and allow voting for priorities, so keep an eye on that.

Lastly, the VarCache system used for caching content on various pages has been improved for faster performance.

Published: Sat Jun 6 13:55:00 EDT 2026

Version 8.8.0 Released

Another rapid-fire release to add HTTP3 QUIC (uses UDP for more resilient and performant browsing).

Additionally, forum posts now support pasting images from clipboard, plus a few misc QoL improvements. This should be handy, as the alternative was using image bucket sites or uploading to the gallery page.

Published: Sat Jun 6 7:43:00 EDT 2026