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27 changes in this update

Esc menu - Esc now opens the pause menu during a game, and Start does the same on a gamepad. Each press steps back one layer, so the same key brings you back to your game.
Other modes - The pause menu now says what is behind Main menu, and names the modes that are still locked.
s&box menu - Esc no longer opens the s&box menu during a game, so it now has its own line in the pause menu. That is where you quit the game.
New modes - When a mode opens, the invoice now shows the key that takes you to it.

Saved games

Closing the game - Your Arcade game and your Contract are now saved at the start and end of each round. If you close the game, you come back at the start of that round, on the same board.
Workshop plan - Your plan now stays on the bench when you close the game.

First levels

One square - One square now shows where to lay the piece, with the piece drawn inside it. Until your first piece, the key to press sits above the square and the piece shows its way there.
Put it aside - A piece that doesn't fit your way now gets its square on a spare cell, with three words: Put it aside.
Fewer words - Most of the text over the board is gone and the cards are much shorter.
Loop hint - Run through again +500 now sits on the cross for a few seconds, twice at most.

Countdown

No more waiting - Once your pipe reaches the drain, the tap opens within 2.5 seconds and the countdown races to 0. Break the pipe again and you get the rest of your countdown back. Open now pays the same as before.

Music and sound

Records - The swing, bossa and blues records are rewritten. They now change chords less and stay in the key, like the main theme. You hear them from level 5 and in the bonus round.
Tap - The band now comes in right on the first beat when the tap opens.
Laying pieces - Pieces laid fast now sound softer, and their sound lands with the music.
Dispenser - Its rattle now waits for a gap between two pieces.

Leaderboards

Your score - Your Arcade score now goes on the leaderboard as soon as a won level beats your record. Before, it only counted at the end of the game, so a game you never finished never showed up. The Contract still counts when it ends.
Your line - Your record now shows on the board right away, under your name, while the server catches up.
Crown - Your record now has its crown on this screen too.

Give up - Give up the level no longer shows once the round is over, or in the bonus round.

Saved games

Main menu - Main menu threw your game away in one click, with no warning. Your game now waits where you left it, and the menu shows Your game: level 6.
Last screen - Your score is now saved as soon as the game ends. Before, closing the game or going to the menu on the last screen lost it.

First levels

Red square - The square no longer turns red on a piece that connects. It is never red now.
Pocket key - The key of the pocket was drawn off screen at 1920 x 1080. You can see it now.
Large text - At 200 % text, the first Contract card no longer runs off screen.

Leaderboards

Grey boxes - Once a board had 5 players, the bars of its chart grew over the whole sheet and covered the text. They now stay in their row. The results of Today's job had the same bug.
Tabs - Clicking a tab while another board was still loading showed the wrong scores. It no longer does.
No record - The sheet no longer says you have no record when your line is on the board.