Updates
Escape Grid is worked on continuously by one developer. Every batch of shipped changes is written up here, newest first, including the fixes — if something was broken, it says so.
About, contact and level guides
- Added an about page covering who builds the game and how levels are designed and verified.
- Added a contact page explaining the fastest route for bugs, purchases and account requests.
- Added written guides for the milestone levels — 1, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 160 — covering what each board tests, without giving the solution away.
- Started this release-notes page.
Faster shared links
- Opening a challenge link is two to three times faster: the lookup and the abuse check now run together instead of one after the other.
- The puzzle loads in the background while the challenge card is on screen, so Accept starts play immediately.
Score and reward integrity
- Daily submissions are now strictly one board for the server's own date — the puzzle can no longer be chosen by the client.
- Classic is one level per submission; Rush, Endless and events keep multi-board runs but cannot repeat or skip boards.
- Leaderboard, daily-best and event points are written in single atomic steps, so repeated or simultaneous requests cannot inflate a score.
- Retried submissions now pay their reward once.
- Added automated cheat-attempt tests covering nineteen tampering scenarios.
Hint and leaderboard fixes
- Fixed hints in Rush and Live Events: the hint was taken off screen but never charged to the account, so it returned after a reload.
- Fixed the leaderboard showing an empty board when the score read was refused; rankings return again and a failure now surfaces as an error instead of silence.
Level completion polish
- Removed the membership prompt that appeared after every third level; finishing a level now goes straight to the celebration and results.
- Rebuilt the Escaped! animation as one timed sequence, which removes the flicker and stutter it had.
Landing page and load speed
- Reworked the start page so Play Level 1, the three key facts and the playable demo board all fit on the first screen on phones and laptops.
- Advertising scripts no longer block the first paint — the page becomes playable first.
15 puzzle solver
- Added a working 15 puzzle solver: enter a scrambled board and get the shortest sequence of slides, played back one move at a time.
- The solver tells you honestly when a board is mathematically unsolvable rather than searching forever.
- Added a Klotski guide covering the original puzzle and how it differs from Escape Grid.
Daily rewards saved to your account
- Fixed daily login chest, ad-doubled and season pass rewards being added on screen only — coins, gems and hints now save to your account and survive a reload.
- Added the blog and the first guides for online puzzle games, free browser games and brain games.
Challenge a friend
- Added challenge links: finish a level, share the link, and your friend plays the identical board with your moves and time to beat — no account needed on either side.
- Results are verified on the server, so a challenge cannot be won by editing anything in the browser.
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