October 9, 2020 -It may surprise some of you that coding software is an artform in and of itself. Much like coloring, drawing, painting, woodworking, or sculpting…coding is all about creating. Creating something new, creating something better…or even sometimes finding beauty in creating something mundane, but useful.

Without further ado, check out what’s changed in the most recent update, this sprint was a doozy. We’re incredibly excited to be releasing our app to a broader audience and we can’t wait to hear your feedback!

FEATURED UPDATES

• ARTIST PROFILES!

  • Library of artist profiles has been added!

    • You’re now able to select an artist to see the art they’ve contributed, review their bio and explore their social media directly from Color Collab

    • Updated artist profile images

• LOADING TIME

  • Vastly reduced loading time to load Color Collab and get directly into the coloring book

• TUTORIAL

  • Added a quick tutorial on first loading into the app to help you get up to speed quickly!

ARTWORK

• Added 12 new pieces of ad supported art

• Added 12 new pieces of art for Color Collab+ subscribers

GENERAL

• Color Collab+ is now on a temporary early access pricing model. Subscribe now to lock in this special price for the lifetime of your subscription!

• Loading a piece of art but not coloring it no longer adds it to your “My Works” section

• Refactored the Color Collab+ popup the fit better across devices and be more informative

• Updated Featured Art

• Updated feedback button and icon

• Updated Patch Notes image

• Based on user feedback we removed in-game sound and will be testing an improved sound engine in the future

• Improved speed of loading on initial launch

• Coloring layers are only downloaded upon art selection

• Only art thumbnails are downloaded while scrolling through app

• Removed Library section as this was redundant

• Added watermark in Post Gameplay Loop

• When sharing your work through native share, the Replay is shared instead of a still image

• Replay stats recording nearly finished

• Updated splash page

• Updated replay progress bar UI

• App now detects user’s first launch to prompt tutorial

• Implemented UI and assets for tutorial

• Updated art used during tutorial

BUG FIXES

• Fixed bug that occasionally caused iOS devices to crash during gameplay

• Fixed bug that caused a Replay crash on high-effort drawings

• Fixed issue where restricted brush strokes appeared during Replay

BACKEND

• Updated data analysis pipeline to improve user experience

• A virtual cornucopia of databases improvements to reduce launch time

IN-APP EVENTS & COMPETITIVE MODE

• Various backend fixes and updates to allow for future competitive game mode

• Backend updates to ensure users complete all competition requirements so prizes can be redeemed

  • Updated environment to prompt all competitors with their ranking after competition concludes and directs user to prize redemption screen

  • Corrected app-redirect bugs with specific competitive drawings

• Updated competitive flow so that users can only submit one completed drawing during a single competitive window

• Updated competitive flow so that users can only rate one time during a competitive window

• Updated competitive flow to show that user has completed submitting and rating during a competitive window. User will be shown countdown to results/rewards

• Enable recognition of user’s competition state

• Users are now able to rate two cards at one time

• User Interface updates to show the proper backgrounds, artist name/picture in competition popup & announcement

• Updated competition popup flow and user prompt

• At the end of competition, users can view the top 3 winners’ art

• Updated “Rate Drawings” icon image