✅ FEATURES:

• Search By Country. Now you will be able to filter games by country! What does this mean? This mean that, as long as the developer has public country set in its profile, you will be able to find games made in that country (For example, games made in Spain or Argentina).
• Register Captcha. We added a Captcha to our register. This way we are able to improve security and avoid some kind of bots.
• We have "remastered" the Home page, now the recent games section shows the 3 latest games and is more compact and small.
• Added a "View more" button to large home articles.
• Countries are now translated to spanish.
• Updated app dependencies for better performance and removed unused dependencies for better load.

✅ FEATURES:

• Progressive Web App. What is a PWA? It is an app that you can download on your browser and load it faster as it is installed in your computer! Now, Raccreative Games can be downloaded and cached in web browsers, even mobile. We still recommend installing desktop app for best experience.
• Push Notifications. Now you are able to receive Raccreative notifications even if you are out of the web. Simply allow Notifications on your browser when entering Raccreative Games. If you are not prompted to allow notifications, you can click the "Subscribe" button under the notifications menu in the header of the page (Remember to allow notifications on browser!). You will receive notifications about comments, updates on your pending games, jams, and more! You can unsubscribe whenever you want under the same button of "Subscribe" explained above.
• Added a new color picker for customization sections. Now it has an eye dropper option to select color from the page.
• Updated app dependencies for better performance.

🛠️ FIXES AND TWEAKS

• Code & Tutorials section of game now uses the custom game URL if exists.
• Fixed an error that happened when you had notifications of users that no longer exists.
• Fixed an error where Pending Games were trying to fetch game news.

✅ FEATURES:

• Game News & Announcements. Now you are able to write posts for your game! Write announcements, news, changelogs, collabs, and much more! You can write them by clicking the "write game announcement" button on your game page.
• Delete Game Versions Now you are able to delete game files by operating system, if you have an old or broken file, for example, an unplayable html game, you can now delete it via the new "Delete version" button under the "Developer controls" section on the game page.
• Added a new Game News Docs section
• Game News section under the game page is also customizable.
• Added share buttons to: Game Page, Code & Tutorials, and Game News. You can share on X/Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, email or simply copy the link.

🛠️ FIXES AND TWEAKS

• Added missing advanced forms under the game page customization (html background, play button)

✅ FEATURES:

• Late Submissions for Game Jams. Now you will never be left behind on a game jam! Hosts will be able to generate late submissions links for users, so they will be able to upload games after end date.
• Email Verification is now needed to vote on game jams.
• Added a new Jam Docs entry: "Late submissions"
• Updated Angular to version 18, updated how the app is built and changes to SSR, resulting in much faster and lighter app

🛠️ FIXES AND TWEAKS

• Fixed a problem that caused jam pending games html versions not playing in browser
• Fixed some incorrect error messages
• Fixed some CSS for better appearance of jams

✅ FEATURES:

• Game Jams are now live! You can host or participate in game jams, submit games, vote, manage entries, and more. Full details are available below.
• Pending Games can now be updated and previewed before they are approved. If submitted to a jam, they are visible to everyone. Pending games are only partially editable, and comments are disabled.
• Added a field in the "Upload Game" section to specify the game jam you're participating in.
• Added a new FAQ entry: "How do I host a game jam?"
• Added an isJamGame filter to the game search function.
• Added a new Docs page covering all the details about Game Jams.
• Updated the Terms & Conditions to include hosting game jams. Users are responsible for managing their jams in compliance with the law and platform policies.

🎮 GAME JAMS:

• Host Jams: Customize them like game pages, create private jams, use invitation codes, set up voting systems, select multiple winners, upload trophies, add co-hosts, moderate easily, and more!
• Participate in Jams: Submit your games, vote, and engage with other participants.
• Manage Jams: Send emails, receive notifications, and keep your jams updated.

✅ FEATURES:

• Game collaborators: now a game can have more than one developer, up to 20 developers/collaborators.
• Times played is now visible under game downloads in game page.
• New popularity algorithm: now times played are counted along with other stats.
• Votes can now be disabled for games. If you're facing hate or simply prefer not to receive votes on your page, you can toggle them off.
• New design for the "Technical Information" section under the upload game form, including collaborators and visual engine form.
• Users can now only vote for games via IP address, designed to prevent vote manipulation from multiple accounts by the same user.
• Added items to the Privacy Policy regarding the use and storage of IPs, which are only used for the voting system and are never shared with third parties.
• Added items to the Terms & Conditions regarding the ability to enable or disable votes, similar to comments. It's the user's responsibility to manage who can interact with their content.

🎮 GAME COLLABORATORS 👥:

✅ FEATURES:

• Discord login is here! Now you can use a Discord account to log in.
• Github login is here too! Same thing, you can now use a Github account to log in.
• Added a Press Kit page, here you will find info about us, our logos in high quality and contact.
• Comments from games and profiles can be disabled now. If you are receiving hate or simply don't want to receive comments in your page, you can toggle them.
• Added a Discord server button in the footer.
• Added to Terms and Conditions section the Discord and Github third party login mention.
• A description of the activation and deactivation of comments was added to Terms and Conditions, specifying that it is the responsibility of the user who can interact and comment with their content, and that they are who have to configure privacy settings.

🔧 FIXES & TWEAKS:

• Icons library has been replaced by plain SVGs, now the page load saves 130KBs, increasing the first load speed.
• Game cover and images are now always saved as .jpg or .gif, never .png (User profile images are still available at png)
• Removed some unused CSS from third party libraries. (better load speed).
• Fixed Cumulative Layout Shift problem due to Font Display.
• Improved page titles and descriptions.

✅ FEATURES:

• HTML5 games have arrived! More details below
• Filter games by system: Linux, Windows, or HTML5
• When you click "play" on games is now tracked for future filtering
• Redesigned FAQ, Rules, and Contact pages
• Compact redesign of game score section on game pages
• Added FAQ: Can I upload HTML games?
• Raccreative Star subscription now supports HTML5 games over 500MB
• Privacy Policy updated with 3 points clarifying user responsibilities, content upload restrictions, and encouraging reporting of malicious content

HTML5 GAMES

ROADMAP 🚀

🔧 FIXES:

• Twitter/X/Discord cards now show games and profiles info correctly
• Fixed a bug where game images uploaded were appending the game id to the image name multiple times
• Fixed the canonical url of the game search page
• Added some missing translations

✅ FEATURES:

• Important framework related changes to code base (increased performance)
• Deferring of modules for better load time in some pages like games or profiles
• Removed Bootstrap CSS (better load time) (- render-blocking resource)
• Now if a game is banned, the user is able to visit the banned game via notification click