Changelogs

This patch improves loading, navigation, and map browsing:

• Faster loading: Map and server data load in parallel, and the homepage no longer waits for leaderboard results.
• Map fixes: Restored the Minecraft font on map cards, improved long-title wrapping, and added route-specific loading states.
• Navigation and accessibility: Improved mobile navigation and added keyboard skip-to-content across the site.
• Visual fixes: Improved light-mode contrast, fixed spacing between staff cards, and updated the status link to status.minegeo.site.

The hardest expedition yet, more control over custom challenges, and release notes right on the site. 😄

• Void difficulty: Take on 10-second rounds with an End-purple glow, a fixed panorama and map, no zoom, compass, or coordinates, and strict scoring. Available in solo, multiplayer, and tournaments.
• More custom settings: Control guess-map panning and countdown visibility, and choose timers from 5 to 600 seconds in 5-second steps.
• Changelogs: Read release history on the new Changelogs page. It automatically reads release webhook posts from Discord news and removes role mentions and the play-site footer.
• Control fixes: Fixed keyboard access and Enter-to-pin on restricted maps. Disabling map panning now also blocks movement through zoom gestures.
• Display fixes: Improved release-note bullet formatting and kept navigation readable in English and Russian.
• Deployment fixes: Status checks tolerate temporary network failures and cannot mistake an older successful build for the new release.

A few fresh updates make it easier to meet players and get a tournament started. 😄

• MineGeo Community forum: The site now links to the MineGeo Community forum, with spaces for announcements, maps and creations, finding players, tournaments, and help & feedback.
• Start a tournament from a map: Use the tournament button on a published map to open tournament setup with that map already selected.
• Tournament timer fix: Shared time limits now stay consistent across all five mini-rounds, including when the configured limit exceeds ten minutes.

This beta bug-fix update improves the playing experience:

• Fixed shared round timers ending early when the configured time budget was longer than 10 minutes, including later mini-rounds.

This beta brings community tournaments, more ways to shape each challenge, and a livelier MineGeo. 😄

• Tournaments: Create a scheduled event on a published map for up to 32 players. Each tournament round has five mini-rounds; follow the final standings and see the latest winner featured at #1 on the global leaderboard for seven days.
• Event alerts: Organizers can opt in to a Discord news announcement 15 minutes before their tournament starts.
• Custom difficulty: Set the timer, panorama zoom and panning, compass, coordinate display, guess-map zoom, and scoring strictness.
• Map community: Like or dislike maps, comment with an account, and report comments or accounts. Moderators can remove comments.
• Fresh visuals: A first-visit animation and a 30-second site trailer featuring real MineGeo screenshots.

This beta adds map reactions, comments, and new community reporting tools. 😄

• Map reactions: like or dislike published maps, change your vote, or remove it. Reaction totals are visible to everyone.
• Map comments: share your thoughts on maps! Everyone can read comments; sign in to publish your own.
• Community reporting: report comments or accounts for Spam, Advertising, Inappropriate content, Harassment, or Other reasons, with an explanation for staff.
• Moderation tools: Moderators and Admins can remove comments and review, resolve, or dismiss community reports. Reports are reviewed before any action is taken.
• Improvements & fixes: English and Russian support for the new features, reliable comment and report pagination, and a fix for the missing community database tables.