Version 1.17.0 is here! Featuring a major visual addition I've wanted to bring to the table for a long time
Win animations. Five new animations join Spotlight when you win a hand by ron: Pillar, Gate, Vortex, Lightning, and Sakura. Pick yours under Settings > Decor > Win Animation. Random is the default and chooses a fresh one each win. Like your character voice and riichi music, the choice is personal but shared: in an online match, your animation choice plays on everyone's screen when you win.
Enchousen (Overtime Support). Matches now enforce the standard 30,000-point minimum to win:
Sudden-Death Overtime: If no player has reached 30,000 points by the end of the final round, the game continues into sudden death. Matches end as soon as any player clears 30,000 points.
Overtime Round Caps: Overtime is capped at a maximum of 1 extra round: South for East-only matches, and West for hanchan matches.
Dealer Repeats (Renchan): Dealer repeats in overtime continue play unless the dealer holds 1st place with 30,000+ points.
Agariyame & Tenpaiyame: In the final round (or at the overtime cap), if the dealer finishes the hand in 1st place with 30,000+ points by winning (agariyame) or holding tenpai at an exhaustive draw (tenpaiyame), the match immediately ends.
More online reactions. The reactions voice picker now offers 16 phrases instead of 8, filling out the grid with additional lines for every voice character.
AI Improvements. CPU opponent skills continue to be improved.
Menu refresh. The main menu's secondary entries (Settings, Statistics, History, Info, Quit) have moved into a labeled icon row at the bottom right, leaving the play destinations front and center. The in-game Info, Settings, and Exit buttons have matching icon faces.
This release also includes a range of smaller fixes and under-the-hood improvements.
One note for online play: this update changes the network protocol, so everyone at a table needs to be on 1.17.0. Older versions will not be able to multiplayer sessions.
Thank you so much for playing Agari and for all of your feedback and suggestions!