Background Music
- Added 6 original tracks that play as a shuffled playlist on loop
- New Music Player accessible from the button panel — skip forward/back between tracks,
see the current song name
- Draggable volume slider with mute toggle
- Volume and music preferences are saved between sessions
Chat Emoji Picker
- New emoji picker button next to the chat input (smiley face icon)
- 6 categories with ~40 emojis each: Smileys, Gestures, Animals, Food, Objects, Symbols
- Emojis insert at your cursor position — max 8 emojis per message
- Click outside or press Escape to close the picker
Chat Improvements
- Scroll speed fixed — no longer flies past messages when scrolling
- Added a visual scrollbar to the chat panel with click-and-drag support
- Chat no longer breaks during network hiccups — previously, a connection disruption could
wipe chat history and block all messages until the host rejoined. Chat now automatically
recovers.
Player Sidebar & Profiles
- Connected players' Steam avatars now display in a sidebar on the right side of the
screen
- Click any avatar to open their profile — shows their name, a link to their Steam
profile, and their leaderboard stats across all 8 categories
- Toggle the sidebar on/off with the "Hide/Show Players" button
UI Enhancements
- New header hide/show toggle — collapse the top panel (console, chat, buttons) to free up
screen space for the game
- Button panel expanded to a 2x3 grid with quick access to: Leaderboards, Reset Options,
Music, Save, Help, and Players toggle
Bug Fixes
- Fixed saves failing on long play sessions — certain values could overflow to Infinity
after extended play, which silently broke saving. These are now safely handled before each
save.