🐛 Critical Fix
Crash when the Rival Bot took its turn — fixed. You can play long sessions without losing progress.
✨ Four New Store Skills
🎲 Odd Focus (3,500) — Next deck reroll fills 70% odd values (3/5/7/9). Counter for the Odd Only sub-rule.
🎲 Even Focus (3,500) — Same idea, 70% even values (2/4/6/8). For Even Only.
🎯 Tight Spread (3,500) — 70% mid values (4/5/6). Designed for the Adjacent ≤ 1 sub-rule.
♻ Set Zero (3,000) — Instantly wipes your deck. Hand, Next, and Storage are kept. Combo with a Focus skill + Reroll for a fully biased 48-card rebuild.
🚫 Unwanted (4,500) — Pick any value 2–9. Every matching card in your deck transforms to a different random value (symbols stay). Cancel for a full refund.
🤖 Smarter Rival Bot
The bot now plays in shifts:
- 24-card deck per appearance (down from 48)
- After its deck empties → cooldown
- Returns at doubling score milestones: 50K → 100K → 200K → 400K → 800K
- From 800K onward, the bot is a constant presence
Plus a new "BOT THINKING…" overlay greys out the grid while the bot decides — no more wasted rush-clicks. A green YOUR TURN banner pops in when you're back in control.
📐 Rule Tweak: Adjacent ≤ 1 Relaxed
- Before: every neighbour had to be within ±1 (often unplayable)
- Now: at least one neighbour needs to be within ±1
- More neighbours = more flexibility
🎴 Quality of Life
- Special cards auto-draw into your hand after purchase. The previous card goes back to the deck — press Pass to swap if you change your mind.
- Pass button auto-disables when the NEXT slot is empty.
- Screen tearing fixed — VSync enabled.
- Save bug fixed — your board now persists correctly across Main Menu → Play Again.
📚 Tutorial
Updated to cover all the new mechanics. Returning players can replay it any time via the bottom-left "?" button.