Scribble It! news & patch notes

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Patch 1.8.2.4 is now live!

Hi, we are rolling out a small update that fixes a couple of bugs. We are still working hard on the mobile version. That's all for now :) As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed Quick Play doesn't work ever again after leaving a running match
• Fixed lobby invites don't work after disconnecting once
• Fixed friend requests are not updated correctly
• Fixed kicked players don't get kick message

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Patch 1.8.2.3 is now live!

With this update a lot of minor (and some more major) bugs were fixed. Thanks to everyone who reports these! :) As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed Steam & Discord presence invites don't work
• Fixed server crash when player with unsupported language joins
• Fixed starting multiple matches from same lobby could result in endless loading screens
• Fixed match isn't rejoined when reconnecting to multiplayer services
• Fixed avatars & borders are not correctly loaded into settings menu on mobile
• Fixed lobbies with unsupported game modes are not left on mobile
• Fixed joining full lobby isn't always handled correctly
• Fixed some lobby join errors were ignored
• Fixed crash when friend changes name or avatar
• Fixed crash when loading platform friends
• Fixed crashes when joining lobby
• Fixed rare crash when using fill tool
• Fixed EOS store doesn't open correctly for premium version

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Patch 1.8.2.0 is now live!

Hey everyone, with this update we added our own friend system to the game. This has one main advantage: You can now more easily play with your friends across devices and platforms. It will also allow us to design more gameplay features around the friend system in the future to provide a bit more depth to the game. This change also means that we are moving away from the Steam friendlist. Some of you probably won't be too thrilled about having to manually add the friends you've been playing with in the past to the new friendlist. That's why we've tried to make this transition a little smoother and show you suggested friends. These are friends from your Steam friends list who also own Scribble It!. We are slowly but surely bringing the game to more and more devices and platforms. This means that some of our old systems have to be replaced by new ones. This is also the reason we added dedicated servers in the past and will continue to make everything cross-platform in the future. We hope you understand that we want to bring the game to as many players around the world as possible and therefore need to be as platform agnostic as possible. As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch-Notes

• Implemented cross-platform friends & presence
• Added deep-links for lobbies & friends on mobile
• Added additional login state texts to login screen

Bugfixes

• Fixed word package name display is not shown in additional streaming window
• Fixed lobby is empty after leaving lobby in word package settings
• Fixed lobby visibility setting is not reset when creating new lobby
• Fixed languages are not correctly loading in lobby setings
• Fixed loading screen text orientations
• Fixed crash when match starts
• Fixed dedicated server crash

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Patch 1.8.1.0 is now live!

In the last patch, we made significant changes to all word packs. We removed a lot of words that weren't fun and added new words that we think are a great fit. We also had to say goodbye to the word packs emotions, time and politics. Our statistics have shown that these packs were not very popular in our community and we think it was time to let them go. But don't worry, we plan to add new word packs in the future! With this patch, the game is now also available in Bulgarian, thanks to the great efforts of our community, especially fancypoodle. If you want to help translate Scribble It! into even more languages, head over to Crowdin! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch-Notes

• Overhauled word packages
• Removed Emotions, Time and Politics word packages
• Added Bulgarian as in-game language
• Improved lobby error messages

Bugfixes

• Fixed custom match could be started even without enough word packages
• Fixed crash when joining Rate It! in selection phase
• Fixed Steam achivement icons are blurry
• Fixed emojis take very long to show on first use
• Fixed rejoining a match could cause multiple players playing together in one team
• Fixed rare crash when clicking play

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Patch 1.8.0.4 is now live!

We're pleased to announce a new minor update. Following the release of patch 1.8.0, a few issues emerged that required our immediate attention. With this latest update, we aim to wrap up the series of quick fixes and restore a seamless gaming experience for everyone. As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed win X matches achievements don't work on Steam
• Fixed word package title & descriptions is always loaded as english at least
• Fixed some UI elements are not correctly initialized without a lobby
• Fixed crash when clicking player on mobile
• Fixed search animation on mobile
• Fixed play dialog is not closed when rejoining lobby
• Fixed crash when leaving game in Epic Games Store
• Fixed various login crashes

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Patch 1.8.0.3 is now live!

Yet another small patch that fixes some issues and smoothes out some rough edges in the UI. Also, we decided that the word category display should always be visible for all players so they have the right context when making guesses. Let us know what you think of this! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch Notes

• Category is now always shown on desktop
• Removed unnecessary timers on some pop-ups

Bugfixes

• Fixed custom word packages cause server timeouts
• Fixed players are not shown in versus loading screen on desktop
• Fixed emotes can cause process to hang for a moment
• Fixed round category thumbnail blinks black when changing to inactive state on mobile
• Fixed dialog is too large when retrieving server info on mobile

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Patch 1.8.0.2 is now live!

Another small patch that fixes various issues that emerged after patch 1.8.0. Thanks to everyone for reporting these bugs! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed own language is not set when creating custom game
• Fixed additional languages are not correctly selected when creating custom game
• Fixed speed of search animation on mobile
• Fixed choice dialog style didn't match other dialogs
• Fixed contest button in homescreenhad 3 lines of text in most languages
• Fixed crash when new lobby owner doesn't have premium and previous owner had selected premium game mode
• Fixed crash when leaving/disconnecting from lobby while joining a match server
• Fixed various crashes related to custom lobbies
• Fixed crash when QoS ping IPs couldn't be resolved

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Patch 1.8.0.1 is now live!

After yesterday's patch, we have identified some small problems and are fixing them with this patch. As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed create game button doesn't have text on mobile
• Fixed reconnecting to finished match when resuming app on mobile
• Fixed crash when unlocking achievement in main menu
• Fixed lobbies with more than 6 custom word packages can't be created
• Fixed lobby creation error message doesn't show error code
• Fixed text overflows for various dialogs
• Fixed rare crash when using fill
• Fixed rare crash when changing UI color
• Fixed rare crash when returning to main menu from custom match

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Valentine's Day Art Contest - Live NOW!

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our Valentine's Day Art Contest, starting right now! Dive into Creative Mode and let your artistic skills shine by creating drawings inspired by the theme of love and friendship. You have until February 10th, 6 PM UTC to submit your masterpieces. You can vote for your favorite entries until February 14th, 6 PM UTC, helping us decide the winners of this heartfelt contest. For details on the prizes awaiting the participants and to engage in friendly conversations with fellow contestants, make sure to visit our Discord server. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate Valentine's Day with creativity and community spirit! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35401706/1d3fe5dd4e6c5e153f923e9b14e8b23882e26618.png

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Patch 1.8.0 is now live!

We're thrilled to announce that Patch 1.8.0 is here, bringing a highly anticipated feature to our community: dedicated servers. As we pave the way for an upcoming mobile version, we've transitioned from peer-to-peer lobbies to server-based networking. Although we've worked hard to ensure a smooth experience, we kindly ask for your help in identifying and reporting any issues you encounter to ensure quick resolutions. We're excited to announce the kickoff of a brand-new art contest today! Unleash your creativity and showcase your interpretation of our theme: "Valentine's Day." For details on prizes and submission deadlines, please visit our Discord!

Patch-Notes

• Added Valentine's Day art contest
• Added dedicated servers
• Added lobby owner migration
• Removed requirement for EOS SDK on every platform, now only Epic Games Store users require the SDK
• There are no longer saves of the best rated drawing created in Rate It!
• "Guess the word from XXX" pop-up is no longer shown in Guess It!

Bugfixes

• Fixed best rated drawing is not drawn immediatly
• Fixed drawings in Doodle It! are not drawn immediatly
• Fixed player reports with reason don't work on mobile
• Fixed text input changed after entering a message
• Fixed rejoined players are sometimes shown twice

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Patch 1.7.9.2 is now live!

Hello, everyone! This is just a small patch that fixes a bug where players could not select theme colors anymore. As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed theme color selection didn't work on desktop
• Fixed missing question mark in kick dialog

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Patch 1.7.9.1 is now live!

Hello, everyone! We just rolled out a new update for the game. Here's what's new: Users on MacOS 14 reported startup issues. We've squashed this bug, ensuring a smooth start-up on your Mac devices. We also fixed an issue where stream protection settings were not visible and a couple of other small bugs which you can see in the list below. Stay tuned for more updates and thank you for your continuous support! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed stream protection settings wasn't visible in Stream Wars! settings
• Fixed typo in Doodle It! guess pop-up
• Fixed artwork history limits didn't work correctly
• Fixed startup issues on MacOS 14
• Fixed various startup issues on all platforms

Hello everyone, we just wanted to remind you (a little late) about this year's Steam Awards. If you feel like it, we'd love for you to vote for us in the "Labor of Love" category Best, the developers

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🌿🎨 Attention all artists and nature enthusiasts! 🐾🖌️

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our upcoming Art Contest themed "Jungle," starting on September 1st, 2023! 🌴🦁 Embark on a creative expedition into the heart of the wild and untamed, and let your artistic expressions flourish amidst lush greens and vibrant fauna. 🌳🐒 Whether you wield a paintbrush, pencil, camera, or digital stylus, we invite you to capture the breathtaking beauty and mystique of jungle landscapes, the exotic creatures that call them home, and the hidden wonders waiting to be unveiled. For all the details and guidelines, make sure to drop by our Discord server. Connect with fellow artists, share ideas, vote for the next contest's theme, and be the first to celebrate the winners of this thrilling competition! Dazzling prizes await those who manage to astound both our panel of judges and our community. So mark your calendars, let your creativity run wild, and get ready for an artistic journey through the heart of the "Jungle." See you in the jungle 🌿🎨

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Patch 1.7.8.7 is now live!

Together with the upcoming art contest we made some small fixes to the game. Thanks to everyone that reports bugs, we really appreciate it! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch Notes

• Added "Jungle" art contest

Bugfixes

• Fix Stream Wars guess input is missing
• Fix join-in-progress for Rate It!

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🌌🎨 Calling all talented artists and space enthusiasts! 🌠🖌️

We are thrilled to launch our much-anticipated Art Contest "Space" on 21st July 2023! 🚀 Unleash your creativity and let your imagination soar to the farthest reaches of the cosmos. 🌟✨ Capture the awe-inspiring beauty of the universe, the mysteries of distant galaxies, or the enchanting allure of celestial bodies. Whether it is planets, rockets, aliens or something entirely different, we invite you to share your artistic visions with our vibrant community! To learn more about the contest, simply hop on to our Discord server. Engage in lively discussions with fellow participants, cast your vote for the theme of the next contest, and be among the first to congratulate the winners! Prizes await the most stellar artworks that impress our community members most. 🏆🌠 Get ready for an astronomical art adventure! See you among the stars! 🌌🎨

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Patch 1.7.8.4 is now live!

We bring you an important update in patch 1.7.8.4, addressing language-related issues that were affecting players who had chosen Spanish, Slovak, or Hindi as their preferred language. Previously, players encountered a problem where certain words within the game appeared in English instead of their selected language. This issue persisted throughout every match they played, leading to a less immersive experience for those players. We are pleased to announce that this problem has now been resolved. With the latest patch, players can fully enjoy the game in their desired language without any instances of English words sneaking into their gameplay. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and want to express our gratitude for your patience. We remain committed to providing an inclusive and enjoyable gaming experience for all players. See you in the game! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed official word packages for Spanish, Slovak and Hindi
• Fixed language can be changed in lobbies and matches

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Patch 1.7.8.3 is now live!

Thanks to outstanding effort from our community members NobodyCZ (Czech) and 카라워르 / ultraplan (Korean) we were able to add Czech and Korean to the list of supported languages. Thank you very much! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 If you would also like to support our efforts of localizing Scribble It! you can help us out by adding translations via Crowdin. As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch Notes

• Changed host & copy icon
• Added Czech & Korean as supported languages
• Autosaves are not longer by artwork amount, but by 100 MB instead
• Added Heroes & Villains art contest

Bugfixes

• Fixed canvas aspect ratio is different in various different places
• Fixed crash on Linux on startup
• Fixed some texts are not scaled properly

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Patch 1.7.7.2 is now live!

Another smaller update. After hearing from some players that their artworks could not be uploaded to the community hub we adjusted the maximum file size so that you can now draw and upload more complex artworks! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch Notes

• Swapped report with kick button in player context
• Increased UGC file size limits

Bugfixes

• Fixed drawing tablet pressure can be negative
• Fixed rounds are incorrectly shown in rich presence
• Fixed contest upload loading spinner being distorted

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The Ocean Art contest is now live!

Dear friends, it's that time again. On Friday the ⁠"Ocean" art contest starts! You have 10 days to give your best and create a piece of art that finds as much approval in the community as possible. This time the theme is: Ocean. So: think about what you can find in the ocean and get to your brushes. We look forward to seeing what you come up with. For more information check out our Discord server!

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Patch 1.7.7.1 is now live!

This is just a small update. We fixed the broken artwork upload. Thanks for making us aware of this. Everything should be working again. As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed artworks could not be uploaded

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Patch 1.7.6.0 is now live!

We updated the game once again and this is what we changed:

Chat Redesign & New Emote

A new emote has been added. We felt like giving other players a "Thumbs Up" from time to time would improve the ability to express your feelings :) 👍🏻 Also the chat has been changed. You can now permanently see the chat once you click on the new expand button that is attached to the toolbar. We also added indicators for players that guessed correct. This should make it easier to see who you're chatting with! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35401706/0a17c3d3747d817aaf9245b8f17ac7034c8eb8ee.gif

Other Changes

Other than that some lobby settings have been changed. We removed the settings to disable tools and change the max guess amounts. We saw that these settings we nearly never used. In the future, we're more likely to release entire game modes that take these setting options and turn them into more exciting gameplay than the settings have allowed so far. The update also fixes a bug in our art contest. The winners of the last contest are now correctly shown in the art contest tab. All winning artworks will be shown a bit longer to make up for the lost time due to the bug. Also, the Brands word package had to be removed to avoid legal issues.

Important information:

With the next patch we will improve the state of handling languages. There will no longer be a distinction between UI and in-game language. All languages that are available will cover the entire game. This will allow us do develop the game much faster and get rid of lots of ugly restrictions, edge cases and special treatments that are currently present in the game. This means that some smaller languages will no longer be available BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADD NEW LANGUAGES AS FAST AS POSSIBLE and we understand that some of you may be unhappy with this. Right now, this is the only way for us to move forward. If you would like to help translating the game into your language, please message us on Discord or visit the Crowdin project. As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch Notes

• Added new thumbs up emoji
• Replaced "Whoops" and "Thank You" short messages with "What?!" and "Hurry up!"
• Redesigned chat & emoji area
• Removed Brands word package
• Improved brush size selection in Creative Mode to better match actual brush sizes
• Streamlined dialog layout & wording
• Redesigned various icons
• Redesigned match settings screen
• Removed session settings to disable tools
• Removed max guess amount session setting
• Improved thumbnail of "All" word package to match all themes

Bugfixes

• Fixed not all contest winner artworks are loaded
• Fixed vote state is not retrieved in artwork details
• Fixed color flickers in loading screen when using non-default theme
• Fixed art contest was not fully localized
• Fixed word package categories were not localized

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It's time for some Magic 🧙🏻‍♂️

Ladies and Gentlemen, our next Art Contest has officially started. For 10 days you have the opportunity to draw pictures in the theme "Wizards & Witches". At the end, the winner will be the one who gets the most votes from the community. As always, there are great prizes to be won. For more information check out our Discord server!

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We are releasing a Scribble It! Discord Bot

Hey everyone we are officially releasing Guess the Word - a bot that allows you to play Scribble It! on Discord. The bot shows you different drawings made in Scribble It! which you have to guess.

• 18 Themes
• Thousands of words
• Server-wide leaderboard

Play together with and at the same time against your friends and have a good time while spending your time together on Discord. We hope that we can bring you some joy with this mini-game. The bot is completely free and does not read any sensitive data. It requires minimal permissions. 👉 Add the bot to your server: https://guesstheword.gg/

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Patch 1.7.5.1 is now live!

We fixed a couple bugs. One of them was causing crahes when playing Rate It! in Quick Play. Sorry for the inconvenience! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed crash when starting Rate It! in Quick Play
• Fixed round category screen was shown in other game modes
• Fixed placements were incorrect when joining in progress match
• Fixed required round time is not correctly for achievements

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Patch 1.7.5.0 is now live!

Hey everyone, we rolled out another patch. The patch fixes a bug that caused the game to freeze after a while. We also added an option to add all official word packages to the game in 1 click. Finally, we added Rate It! as the new event game mode in Quick Play and removed Doodle It! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch Notes

• Added "All" word package
• Rate It! is now the Quick Play event game mode

Bugfixes

• Fixed freeze after 60 minutes... again 😢
• Fixed language & age recommendation wasn't always checked for joining players, which caused crashes in some cases
• Fixed ѻ, ѽ and ꙍ were not correctly replaced with ѡ in guess normalization
• Fixed rare crash when using fill tool
• Fixed memory leak from temporary textures
• Fixed crash when reloading profanity filter

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Patch 1.7.4.5 is now live!

This is just a small notice that we updated the game as this patch only contains a couple small changes for you, the players and some more changes to deeper parts of the code that will not be noticeable on the surface. As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Bugfixes

• Fixed contest winners are no longer shown
• Fixed typo in word package rules

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Patch 1.7.4.4 is now live!

Hello everyone, earlier today we released another small patch. Among several bugfixes we repaired Discord rich presence and invites and added a new carousel to the home screen. As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch Notes

• Added artwork carousel to home screen

Bugfixes

• Fixed artwork/word package carousel navigation doesn't work correctly
• Fixed leaving players causing incorrect score for drawing player
• Fixed crash when initializing chat component
• Fixed Discord rich presence & invites didn't work

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Patch 1.7.4.3 is now live!

Hello everyone, with the Lunar New Year art contest coming to an end in the next days we decided to roll out another small update. We made some minor visual changes to the artwork like button and up/downvote button for word packages. We also improved the color palette. It should now be easier to see which color is selected. Another thing that we added to the game is the possibility to download artworks from the Discover and Contest area. Go ahead and have a look! As always, we encourage every one of you to give us feedback or opinions about the game on our Discord or on Twitter!

Patch Notes

• Added version check to always keep the game up to date
• Replaced artwork ID sharing with artwork download
• Improved color palette selection style
• Improved wording of various error messages
• Improved font of author in artwork carousel
• Improved style of artwork like button
• Improved style of word package subscribe & like buttons
• Improved style of word package ban status

Bugfixes

• Fixed chat input has no size limit