Chessplosion update for 13 January 2022

A new update to Chessplosion's online play is out! You can now choose specific stages and change settings in online lobbies, and there's now an instant rematch option in online matchmaking.

Here are the full patch notes for update v2626:

• Battle: KO'd players are now drawn behind all living players.
• Online Lobbies: You can now change your character color without leaving a lobby.
• Online Lobbies: The 'Ready' button now has a checkbox to show if you're ready or not.
• Online Lobbies: The lobby owner now has an Edit Lobby button that lets them edit the lobby's settings (such as the game mode and player count) without having to make a new lobby from scratch.
• Online Lobbies: You can now vote for which stage you want to play on, instead of all lobby matches being on a random stage. More details: When a game starts, it randomly chooses one of the players' voted stages. You can either vote for a specific stage, or vote for Random Select if you want to play on a random stage from the game's entire pool of 12 stages, or abstain from voting if you just want to let the other players choose which stage to play on.
• Online Matchmaking: At the end of a matchmaking game, you now have the option to instantly rematch against the same opponent.

Now that this update is out, I'm focusing on the new single player game mode. It's bigger than any of Chessplosion's other post-launch updates and I can't wait to see what people think of it. I'm aiming to finish it in late January or early February but hopefully I'll be able to share more info about it before then.

Thanks again for supporting Chessplosion. Have fun in the new lobbies!