NoteRoom changelog

🎃 NoteRoom v4.0 Alpha – Minigames, Coins & Secret Spells! 🎮

Welcome to NoteRoom v4.0 Alpha! This update brings interactive multiplayer minigames, a persistent server-side Coin & Stats system, a spooky new 3D Halloween atmosphere, and a mysterious new Spell Wheel!

✨ What's New in v4.0 Alpha

🎮 1. Multiplayer Minigames & Solo Fishing ([START] -> MINIGAMES & STATS)

Team up or compete against each other! Multiplayer minigames can be started anytime with at least 2 players in a room via a quick majority vote, and winners are announced directly in the chat:

• 🎣 Cozy Island Fishing & Fishing Derby (Solo [X] or 90s Tournament):
• Walk up to any water edge and press [X] to cast your animated fishing rod!
• Watch the fish swim toward your bobber. Once it's close, tap [A] to twitch the bait until it bites!
• Complete a randomized, error-free 4-button combo (A / B / X / Y) before the timer runs out to catch the fish and earn +10 Coins!
• 🪙 Coin Hunt (60s Time Limit):
• Spawns 3 sparkling, 3D-spinning gold coins per player across the island.
• Race across the map to collect as many coins as possible (+10 Coins per coin) before time runs out!
• 📦 Prop Hunt (90s Hide & Seek):
• One player becomes the Seeker, while everyone else becomes a Hider.
• 8 Switchable Disguises: Hiders can transform into 8 different island objects (Chest, Barrel, Crate, Pot, Tree Stump, Plant, Gravestone, or Lantern) using [D-Pad Left / Right] or [A]—completely hidden without name tags, shadows, speech bubbles, or direction arrows!
• Survive until the timer ends (or find all Hiders as the Seeker) to win the +30 Coins Jackpot!

💰 2. Server-Side Coins & Player Stats

• Earn & Save Coins: Every coin you collect and every fish you catch is permanently saved to your account on the server.
• Live Stats Dashboard: Check your current Coin Balance, Total Fish Caught, Total Messages Sent, and Total Playtime (in Hours & Minutes) anytime under [START] -> MINIGAMES & STATS, plus live Lobby and Global Online player counts in the System Menu.

🔮 3. New "Special" Spell Wheel (Secret Server Rewards!)

• The [Y] Spell Menu has been expanded with a brand-new Special Spell Wheel!
• These exclusive spells cannot be unlocked through normal chatting—they are granted directly by the Server / Admins to selected players and event winners.
• What do they do? We're keeping them 100% SECRET for now... keep playing, join events, and let yourselves be surprised! 👀✨

🎃 4. "Spooky Halloween" 3D Atmosphere & Redesigned Main Menu

• Spooky 3D Filter: Enjoy floating 3D ghosts, flapping bats, glowing green ectoplasm mist, dry lightning storms, and a harvest blood moon!
• New 3-Tab Main Menu:
• Main Plaza (Worlds & Islands)
• Support Tickets & Admin Lounge (Bug Reports, Unban Requests, Suggestions & Admin Lounge)
• Settings, Weather & HUD Studio (Directly accessible from the Main Menu!)
• Improved Controls & Stability: D-Pad now exclusively selects Main Menu tabs while the Circle Pad moves your character. Plus, major RAM optimizations and weather sync fixes!

📦 Installation & Update

Update directly inside the app via Settings -> Check for Updates or download NoteRoom.3dsx / NoteRoom.cia below!

🎃 NoteRoom v3.5.1 – The Spooky Halloween Update 👻

Happy Halloween! This update brings a brand-new stereoscopic 3D Halloween atmosphere to NoteRoom.

✨ What's New

• 🎃 New Weather Mode: "Spooky Halloween" – Active by default on boot and in the Main Menu! Island Owners and Admins can also toggle it anytime via [START] -> Settings & FX.
• 👻 3D Floating Ghosts & Bats: Animated ghosts and flapping bats with glowing red eyes now roam the island across multiple stereoscopic 3D depth layers.
• 🧪 Ectoplasm & Witch Fog: Added glowing toxic-green ground mist and drifting purple/green fog clouds above the night tint.
• ⚡ Dry Lightning Storms: Dynamic jagged lightning bolts and atmospheric screen flashes illuminate the sky without rain clutter.
• 🌕 Blood Moon & Jack-o'-Lantern Glow: Added a 3D harvest blood moon, a flickering pumpkin lantern aura around your character, and orange/green soul wisps.

🌟 NoteRoom v3.5 Alpha – Release Notes

Welcome to NoteRoom v3.5 Alpha! This is one of the largest updates yet, introducing doubled island and interior building space, block rotation, uncapped 60 FPS performance, an all-new HUD Overlay Studio, seamless dimensional portals, and persistent settings.

🗺️ Doubled Building Space (88x88 Islands & 19x19 Interiors)

• Massive 88x88 Islands: The buildable area has been more than doubled (from 3,600 to 7,744 tiles)! Enjoy vast new space for towns, oceans, roads, and landscape creations.
• Spacious 19x19 House Interiors: Interior rooms have expanded from 13x13 to 19x19 tiles, giving you over twice the space to design mansions, taverns, dungeons, and shops.
• 100% Backward Compatible: All existing 60x60 player islands and Town Square maps are preserved and automatically expanded into the new territory without any data loss.
• Complete Interior Floor Sync: Fixed interior tile synchronization so custom floors (wood, marble, carpet, or custom tiles) sync live and reliably for all players entering your house.

🔄 Block Rotation in Build Mode ([L] / [R])

• Rotate Any Tile: Press [L] or [R] in Build Mode to rotate the currently selected block in 90-degree steps (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°)!
• Live Menu Preview: Tiles in the Build Menu rotate in real time as you adjust the angle.
• Perfect for aligning corner walls, road curves, chair orientations, carpet borders, and angled water features.

⚡ True 60 FPS & New 3DS 804 MHz Turbo

• Uncapped 60 FPS: Removed internal VBlank bottlenecks—the game engine now runs at a silky-smooth, fluid 60 frames per second.
• New 3DS Hardware Boost: Automatically unlocks the 804 MHz CPU clock and extra L2 cache on New 3DS / New 2DS XL consoles for up to 3x processing throughput. (Old 3DS models remain completely supported and stable at stock speeds).
• Zero SD Lag Spikes: Optimized map caching during online multiplayer so disk operations no longer cause periodic framerate hitches while people build.

📊 Performance & HUD Overlay Studio

• 2-Page Settings Menu: Open [START] -> SETTINGS & FX and switch between Page 1: World & FX and Page 2: HUD Studio with [L] / [R] or Touch!
• Modular Metrics (Individually Toggleable):
• 🟢 Live FPS Counter (with dynamic green/yellow/red color-coding)
• ⚡ Active CPU Clock Speed (real-time active MHz vs. hardware maximum)
• 📈 CPU & GPU Load %
• 💾 RAM & Heap Usage in MB
• Full Visual Customization:
• 5 Screen Anchor Positions: Top-Left, Top-Center, Top-Right, Bottom-Left, or Bottom-Right.
• Smart Auto-Dodge: The HUD automatically adjusts position when notification banners appear at the top or chat messages appear at the bottom, preventing overlap.
• Colors & Opacity: Choose from multiple text colors (including Dynamic & Live Rainbow), text opacities, and background box styles (from Dark Navy to 0% transparent).
• Permanent Settings Saving: All preferences are now automatically saved to settings.cfg on your SD card and remembered across game restarts.

🌀 Dimensional Portal Network & Travel Rift

• Interactive Time & Space Transit: When stepping into a linked portal, players are immediately pulled into a cosmic transition dimension while the destination island loads in the background, eliminating awkward map pops.
• Ultra-Fast Network Transfer: Rewritten map sync protocol using compressed streaming—islands now download up to 70x faster, allowing instantaneous travel even on weak Wi-Fi connections.
• Persistent Host Rights: Entering your island via portals correctly recognizes your hardware identity, guaranteeing full island ownership and building permissions.

🔮 Spell Wheel & Fantasy Progression

• Universal Spell Wheel ([Y]): Pressing [Y] in the 2D World View now reliably opens the radial Spell Wheel for all players.
• 7 Progression-Locked Player Spells: Advance through the new Fantasy Ranks (Wanderer, Squire, Apprentice, Acolyte, Ranger, Mage, Sorcerer, etc.) to unlock abilities like Recall, Fairy Wisp Light, Heart Fountain, Wind Sprint, Fireworks Show, Slime Disguise, and Astral Step.
• Rebalanced Wind Sprint: Clearly separated speed tiers for natural walking, standard [B] running, and high-velocity wind sprinting.
• Admin Wheel Toggle: Admins can tap the center node of the wheel to switch between Player Spells and Admin Spells (Tornado, Lightning Blink, Stealth, Aura, Summon, Teleport To, and Void Prison).
• Visual Aura Independence: Spell auras (wisps, hearts, wind trails) now layer independently so players always retain their chosen character sprite.

Much more is coming...

🔧 NoteRoom v3.4.1 Alpha – Hotfix Notes

A quick hotfix addressing Wi-Fi connection stability and spell synchronization.

🐛 Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Improved Weak Wi-Fi Stability & Auto-Reconnect:
• Fixed connection drops ("Thread: Connect failed") on weaker or unstable 3DS Wi-Fi connections.
• Added automatic connection retries, increased handshake tolerance, and seamless room rejoining after brief signal hiccups.
• Spell Wheel ([Y]) Fixes:
• Fixed an issue where pressing [Y] in the 2D World View could trigger the Autoscroll toggle instead of opening the Spell Wheel.
• Fixed [Y] responsiveness so both regular players and Admins can open the Spell Wheel reliably at any time.
• Instant Summon & Warp Sync:
• Fixed a visual delay where summoned or warped players appeared at their old position until they moved. Positions now update immediately for everyone in the room.

✨ NoteRoom v3.4 Alpha – Release Notes

Over the past 4 months, a massive amount of work, new systems, and complete reworks have been developed behind the scenes. Startet with v3.0, i will be rolling out these new features step by step!

Here is what arrives in today's update:

🔮 The Spell Wheel & Fantasy Ranks

• New Spell Wheel ([Y]):
• Press [Y] in the 2D World View to open the new radial Spell Wheel on the touch screen!
• Tap a spell to equip it, and press [A] while exploring to cast or toggle it.
• 7 Unlockable Player Spells:
• Spells are tied to your progression! As you chat and hang out, you will rank up and unlock new magic abilities with custom animations:

1. 🏠 Recall to Spawn (Lv. 1) – Warp back to the island's main square anytime.
2. 🕯️ Fairy Wisp (Lv. 2) – Summon a floating light wisp that orbits you and doubles your light radius at night.
3. 💖 Heart Fountain (Lv. 3) – Surround yourself with a rising aura of hearts.
4. 🍃 Wind Sprint (Lv. 4) – Channel the wind for effortless, high-speed sprinting and wind trails.
5. 🎆 Fireworks Show (Lv. 5) – Launch colorful fireworks into the sky for everyone in the room to see!
6. 💧 Slime Disguise (Lv. 6) – Transform into a bouncing RPG Slime!
7. ⚡ Astral Step (Lv. 7) – Blink forward across obstacles in a flash of lightning.

• New Fantasy Rank System:
• Progression ranks have been reimagined to fit the fantasy world: advance from Wanderer and Squire all the way to Mage, Sorcerer, Paladin, Archmage, Celestial, and Mythic!
• New Admin Spells:
• Admins can tap the center of the Spell Wheel to switch between User Spells and exclusive Admin Spells (including Shadow Tornado, Phantom Stealth, Astral Sanctuary, Summon, Teleport To, and the Time & Space Prison).

🌀 Dimensional Island Portals

• Link Worlds Together:
• Island Owners and Admins can now place Dimensional Portals (found in the Doors category) and give them a link name.
• When two portals share the same name—whether on the same island, between two different player islands, or connected to the Town Square—they automatically link up and ignite with a swirling vortex animation!
• Visit Offline Islands Anytime:
• Linked portals leading to another player's island remain active even when the island's owner is offline, allowing seamless travel across the NoteRoom universe!

🔨 Build Mode & Performance Improvements

• Completed Item & Fountain Sets:
• Added all missing lower fountain pieces to the Water category and expanded the Items category with plush toys (Teddy Bear, Doll), feast dishes, potions, books, weapons, and armor.
• Improved Door & Portal Detection:
• Freestanding doors and portals now trigger smoothly from any angle.
• Network & Building Optimizations:
• Significantly reduced network traffic during movement and rapid building/terraforming so multiplayer sessions stay smooth even on slower connections.

Stay tuned—much more from the last 4 months of development is coming in the next updates!

⚡ NoteRoom v3.3 Alpha – Patch Notes

A performance and stability update focused on eliminating building lag and improving room connection reliability.

⚡ Performance & Bug Fixes

• Smooth Building (No More Lag Spikes):
• Fixed frame drops and stutters when placing or demolishing many tiles quickly in succession.
• World changes are now saved seamlessly in the background so rapid building stays at a smooth 60 FPS.
• Improved Room Joining & Connection Stability:
• Fixed a connection drop ("Thread: Connect failed") that could occur while loading large islands upon joining a room.

🔧 NoteRoom v3.2 Alpha – Patch Notes

A quality-of-life and bugfix update introducing an in-app updater and fixing issues with house interiors.

✨ New Features

• In-App Auto-Updater:
• NoteRoom now checks for updates automatically when entering the Main Menu, or manually via [START] -> SETTINGS & FX -> Check for Updates.
• Supports both .3dsx and .cia installations automatically.
• Added a dedicated update screen with a live progress bar while pausing music and background animations for a smooth download.
• Updated Help Section:
• Expanded the in-game HELP menu with all current controls, building tools, and settings.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed Disappearing House Interiors:
• Fixed an issue where custom floors and furniture placed inside doors were not saved properly and disappeared on the next login.
• Interior changes now save reliably and sync properly with other players in the room.
• Fixed player spawn position when logging back in after saving inside a house.
• Updater & Stability Improvements:
• Improved memory stability during update checks and added a confirmation prompt before restarting the app.

🌟 NoteRoom v3.1 – The World, Weather & Interiors Update!

Welcome to NoteRoom v3.1! This update brings the island world to life with dynamic weather, customizable building interiors, native 3D visuals, and hundreds of new building options!

🌦️ Dynamic Weather & Day/Night Atmosphere

• 7 Changing Weather Conditions & Times of Day:
• Clear skies and sunny weather with warm light rays
• 3D rain showers with splash effects on the ground
• Drifting 3D snowfall
• Starry night skies with twinkling stars and a warm lantern glow around your character
• Snowy and stormy night scenes
• Persistent Snow & Rain Puddles:
• During snowfall, a seamless blanket of snow covers the ground, trees, and rooftops, naturally melting away when the sun returns.
• Rainy weather forms natural puddles along pathways with visible ripple rings.
• Host Weather Controls:
• Admins and island creators can freely change the weather via the pause menu, seamlessly synced for everyone visiting.

⚙️ New Pause Menu: "Settings & FX"

• Visual Effect Toggles:
• Customize your visual experience by toggling mist clouds, 3D fireflies, weather effects, ground details, or nighttime lighting.
• 3-Way Chat Filter:
• Global + Room (Default): View both local room messages and worldwide messages.
• Room Only (Local): Filters out global messages—ideal for hanging out quietly with friends!
• Chat Off: Fully mutes the chat for maximum focus.

🚪 Animated Doors & Custom House Interiors

• 16 Interactive Doors & Gates:
• From cozy wooden doors and stone arches to fancy gates and jail bars.
• Opening Animations:
• Approaching a door triggers a visible swinging animation before you enter!
• A Room for Every Door:
• Every door placed on the island connects to its own independent interior room.
• Full Interior Freedom:
• Interiors come with clean walls and an exit mat. The floor is entirely yours to design: lay down wood, stone, marble, or carpet tiles and decorate with furniture!
• Multiplayer Awareness:
• When a player steps inside a building, their character disappears from the outside map.
• An on-screen direction arrow points directly toward the building they are inside (complete with a nameplate above the door).
• Stepping through the same door brings you together in the same room!

🔮 Magical Shadow Flight for Admins ([Y])

• Mystic Transformation:
• Admins can press a button to transform into a swirling dark shadow vortex complete with glowing runes and smoke trails.
• Unrestricted Travel:
• In shadow form, admins can glide freely over deep water, cliffs, and walls.

💬 Enhanced Chat & Speech Bubbles

• Long-Distance Drawing Previews:
• If a player sends a drawing from across the island, a clear preview now appears directly inside your on-screen chat log!
• Better Text Flow:
• Longer chat messages now wrap cleanly across multiple lines without getting cut off.
• Personal Player Colors:
• Custom player colors and rainbow effects are now reflected everywhere—above characters, in the chat log, and on nameplates.

🔨 Expanded 8-Category Build Menu

• Organized Tabs:
• The build menu is now split into 8 intuitive categories: Nature, Water, Paths, Walls, Roofs, Doors, Furni, and Items.
• Hundreds of New Tiles & Objects:
• Complete suspension bridges (horizontal & vertical), wooden piers, and stone arches—fully placeable and walkable over water!
• Full clothesline set with solid collision, village wells, and signposts.
• Church pipe organs, fireplaces, kitchen counters, canopy beds, stained glass, and guild shop signs.
• New Items category: Feast dishes, cakes, potions, books, plush toys, armor stands, and decorative items.
• Lush Tree Canopies:
• Walking beneath clusters of trees realistically hides your character and shadow under the foliage, while keeping your name tag clearly readable.

🛠️ Quality of Life & Polish

• No Accidental Drawing: Interacting with the build menu will never leave accidental marks on your drawing canvas.
• Convenient Room Passwords: Quick options when setting up rooms, and room creators can enter their own password-protected rooms directly.
• Instant Player Counts: Online counters now update in real-time.
• Faster Player Badges: Badges and ranks now show up immediately upon joining a world.
• Safe Respawning: Re-joining a previously visited island reliably places you at your last location without getting stuck in newly built blocks.
• Optimized Stability: Faster loading and smoother performance across large worlds.

NoteRoom v3.0 — Release Notes

Welcome to NoteRoom v3.0! This major update evolves NoteRoom from a classic chat and drawing room into an interactive 2D multiplayer world where you can explore, build, and hang out with friends in real time.

🌟 What's New in v3.0

🌍 Interactive 2D World & Avatars

• Open Island Exploration: The top screen now features an explorable 2D island world instead of a static lobby list.
• Character Customization: Choose from 57 unique character sprites with 4-directional walking and sprinting animations.
• Live Multiplayer Presence: See other players moving in real time with smooth interpolation, name tags, and community rank badges.
• In-World Speech Bubbles: Chat messages and drawings now appear directly above characters' heads in the world.
• Off-Screen Radar: Subtle arrow indicators on the screen edges guide you toward nearby players.

🏗️ Island Building & Terraforming

• In-Game Build Mode: A new tab on the bottom screen lets you place tiles directly into the world.
• Curated Catalogs: Hundreds of tiles categorized into Nature, Water, Farm, House, and Furniture.
• Terraforming: Expand the island into the ocean or carve out custom lakes and canals.
• Demolition Tool ([X]): Easily remove placed objects and restore the original terrain.
• Host Permissions: Room creators can grant or revoke build permissions for players via the system menu.
• Persistent World Saving: Your island layouts are saved automatically so your creations stay intact.

✨ Visuals & Atmospheric Effects

• Silhouette Drop Shadows: Structures, trees, and objects now cast soft, pixel-accurate shadows that anchor naturally to the ground.
• Ambient Fog Veils: Gentle mist wisps drift across the island from left to right.
• Drifting Light Particles: Soft, glowing fireflies and dust motes float through the air at a smooth 60 FPS.
• Water Reflections: Animated water surfaces now feature smooth wave transitions and subtle sunlight sparkles.
• Subtle Corner Vignette: A soft, rounded corner vignette frames the action for a cinematic diorama feel.

🎨 Drawing & Chat Upgrades

• Custom On-Screen Keyboard: Type messages instantly on the touch screen without being interrupted by the system keyboard dialog.
• Integrated Emojis: Quickly insert custom vector emojis (heart, smile, cat, star, fire, and more).
• 360° Color Wheel: An interactive color picker with a brightness slider and quick-select swatches complements the classic palette.
• Enlarged Canvas: Enjoy more vertical drawing space and refined vector toolbar icons.

⚙️ System Menu & Music

• Pause / System Menu (START):
• View Toggle: Seamlessly switch between the 2D World View and the Full Chat Log history.
• Island Minimap: A live map view showing player locations across the entire island.
• Player Management: Quickly view room members and manage permissions.
• Enhanced Music Player: Control your custom MP3 background music (track title display, Play/Pause, and Skip controls).
• Engine & Stability Improvements: Optimized memory handling and smoother network synchronization for cooperative building.

🎮 Controls

| Button | Action |
| :--- | :--- |
| Circle Pad | Move character |
| [B] (Hold) | Sprint / Run |
| [A] | Place tile (Build Mode) / Confirm |
| [X] | Toggle Demolition tool (Build Mode) / Rename (Menu) |
| [Y] | Toggle Theme / Auto-scroll |
| [START] | Open System Menu (Minimap, Music, Players, View Toggle) |
| Stylus | Draw on canvas / Navigate Build Menu & Keyboard |
| [L] / [R] | Undo / Redo last drawn stroke |
| D-Pad [Up] / [Down] | Browse drawing history |

💛 Credits

Special thanks to PIPOYA (pipoya.itch.io) for the RPG tilesets and character sprites!

NoteRoom v2.5 - The Music Update 🎵🎨

Welcome to NoteRoom v2.5! This update brings a highly requested feature to the table, alongside smart UI improvements and crucial stability fixes to make your drawing and chatting experience smoother than ever.

🎵 New Feature: Background Music Player

• MP3 Support: NoteRoom now supports background music! Simply place your favorite .mp3 files into SD:/3ds/NoteRoom/ and they will play automatically while you chat and draw.
• Now Playing Notifications: Whenever a new track starts, a neat little 🎵 [Song Name] banner pops up on the top screen.
• Quick Skip Controls: You can now skip songs directly using the Circle Pad (Thumbstick)!
• Flick Right to skip to the next track.
• Flick Left to play the previous track.
• Includes a built-in deadzone to prevent accidental double-skips!

✨ UI & Quality of Life Improvements

• Combined PEN & ERS Button: To save space on the bottom screen, the Pen (PEN) and Eraser (ERS) tools have been merged into a single toggle button. Simply tap it to switch between drawing and erasing.
• In-Chat Quick Help: A new HELP button has been added to the bottom toolbar (replacing the old eraser slot). You can now open the Help & Controls screen directly while in a chat room, without having to leave or lose your connection!
• Start Screen Update: The lock screen/rules screen now reminds users where to put their .mp3 files and includes a custom text line to welcome users.
• Updated Help Section: The Help & Controls overlay has been updated to explain the new music player features and Circle Pad controls.

🚀 Performance & Under the Hood

• Zero-Freeze Sending (Async): Sending text messages and drawings is now lightning fast! The app immediately queues the message in the background and showsa smooth 4-second "Encrypting message..." -> "Sent!" animation without freezing the UI.
• Faster Lobby Updates: The online user and room polling rate in the menus has been cut in half (from 5000ms to 2500ms). You'll now see people joining and leaving lobbies almost instantly!
• CRITICAL FIX - Safe Shutdown: Fixed a nasty crash that could occur when exiting the app with [START]. The audio thread (DSP/mpg123) is now forcefully and safely terminated before the 3DS closes the sound channels, eliminating memory corruption crashes on exit.
• Certificate Pinning & Security: Further hardening of the manual TLS Certificate Pinning to ensure maximum MITM-protection.

📂 How to use the Music Player:

1. Make sure your SD card has the folder sdmc:/3ds/NoteRoom/ (The app creates this automatically).
2. Drop up to 30 of your favorite .mp3 songs into this folder.
3. Launch NoteRoom and enjoy! Use the Circle Pad (Left/Right) to change tracks at any time.

NoteRoom v2.4 — Custom Colored Badges, UI Overhaul & Real-Time Sync

We are pleased to introduce NoteRoom v2.4! This release brings custom colored badges, a complete visual redesign of the main menu and rules screens, interactive mid-chat rules, and major real-time synchronization improvements.

🛡️ Custom Colored Badges & Names

• Hex-Color Badge Support: The client now parses and displays custom-colored user badges (and custom sender name colors) for special ranks, staff, and verified users.

🎮 Client UI & Layout Overhaul

• Interactive Rules Access in Chat: You can now press [SELECT] during any active chat session to open the Community Guidelines. Pressing [B] takes you directly back to the chat room without losing your connection to the server.
• Main Menu Restructuring: Your current username has been moved to the bottom screen, positioned cleanly directly above the color wheel.
• Interactive Name Colors: Selecting a color on the wheel now dynamically updates your username's color in real-time.
• Cleaned Up Top Screen: Removed redundant key guides (such as [X] Name) to offer a cleaner, less cluttered look on the top screen.
• Rules & Help Screen Improvements:
• Added visual "Accept" (Green) and "Decline" (Red) button highlights on the initial Rules screen.
• Pressing [B] (Decline) on the Rules screen now exits the application safely.

⚡ Real-Time Synchronization & Bug Fixes

• Faster Menu Polling: The automatic online status refresh rate in the menus has been shortened to 2.5 seconds, making lobby browsing feel much more responsive.
• Instant Category Counts: Fixed a visual issue where online user counts for unvisited categories would show as zero; they now aggregate across all rooms instantly.
• Accurate Disconnect Tracking: Improved the synchronization of user leaves and disconnects, meaning player counts drop immediately when someone closes the application or exits a lobby.
• Scroll Limit Corrections: Resolved a scrolling glitch on lobby list screens.

📝 NoteRoom - v2.3

This update brings a complete overhaul of the Lobby System, introducing more ways to interact with the community and significant improvements to visual stability.

🌟 New Features

• Locked Room Interaction Menu: When selecting a password-protected room, you now have a choice:
• Join with Password: Enter the room key as usual.
• Request Join (Knock): Don't have the password? Use the new "Knock" feature to ask the users inside for permission to enter.
• The "Knock" System:
• Users inside a room will receive a notification when someone is "knocking" at the door.
• Room members can instantly grant entry to the waiting user by pressing [SELECT].
• Live Lobby Previews: You can now see who’s online before joining! Hovering over any room in the menu will now display a Live User List on the bottom screen.

✨ Visuals & Customization

• Rainbow Text Fix: Resolved an issue where Rainbow Mode text messages were incorrectly appearing in static Cyan. Text now correctly features the dynamic letter-by-letter RGB gradient for users with the Rainbow Pen equipped.
• Contextual Overlays: Improved the design and legibility of pop-up prompts and menus on the top screen.
• Polished Help Menu: The Help & Controls section has been updated to reflect the new navigation shortcuts and the "Knock" system.

⚙️ Bug Fixes & Stability

• Ghost Room Eradication: Fixed a bug where rooms would sometimes remain visible in the menu (as "Ghosts") after they were already closed. The lobby list now syncs accurately with the server.
• Connection Reliability: Improved session handling to prevent "Ghost Users" (duplicates) from appearing after a brief connection drop or app restart.
• Navigation Safety: Fixed a potential crash that occurred when a room you were currently hovering over was closed or expired. The cursor now automatically adjusts its position safely.
• Optimized Text Handling: Increased the character limit per line in chat bubbles for better readability and a cleaner look.

📝 NoteRoom v2.2 - Update Patch Notes

Welcome to the NoteRoom v2.2 update! This release brings highly requested customization features, massive UI improvements, and critical stability fixes to ensure a smoother drawing and chatting experience.

✨ New Features & Customization

• Colored Chat Messages: Your text messages will now automatically match the color you currently have equipped for the drawing pen! Stand out in the chat with your favorite color.
• Rainbow Name Effect: Selecting the Rainbow color (the far-right option on the color wheel) now applies a beautiful, dynamic, letter-by-letter rainbow gradient to your username in the chat and on the main menu.
• Revamped Rainbow Icon: The Rainbow color option in the Main Menu color wheel has been completely redesigned. Instead of a solid cyan circle, it now features an awesome concentric rainbow ring design to clearly indicate its function.

🖼️ UI & Readability Improvements

• Wider Text Bubbles: Text messages now fully utilize the width of the chat bubbles. The text wrapping limit was heavily increased (from 35 to 48 characters per line), making conversations much easier to read and removing awkward empty spaces.
• Support Room Layout: Cleaned up the description for the "Support Tickets" room in the sub-menu. The text is now neatly broken into two perfectly centered lines ("Contact Admins" / "Report & Unban Requests").
• Updated In-App Help: The Help & Controls section has been added to explain the features.

⚙️ Engine, Performance & Stability

• Save/Load Preview Optimization: Fixed severe graphical rendering glitches that occurred in the Save/Load menu. Thumbnail previews of highly complex drawings are now processed much more efficiently, preventing the app from exceeding the 3DS GPU object limits and causing screen corruption when browsing your saved artwork.
• Memory Optimization (RAM): Reduced the maximum number of loaded chat messages per room from 30 to 15. This significantly reduces the app's overall RAM usage, preventing random out-of-memory crashes and lag spikes when users post highly detailed drawings in quick succession.
• Critical App Exit Crash Fix: Fixed a major bug that caused the 3DS to freeze if you closed the application while the network thread was still actively trying to connect. The engine now utilizes a strict timeout to force the main thread to wait until all socket connections are safely and completely terminated before shutting down.

Patch Notes (v2.0 → v2.1)

⚡ Performance & Stability

• Cleaner thread shutdown – Network thread now waits indefinitely on exit, eliminating a potential crash when closing the app.
• More robust TLS handshake – Increased timeout and improved retry logic for low‑bandwidth connections.
• Optimised room list handling – No more unnecessary server requests for the new support category, reducing network chatter.
• Memory safety – Additional bounds checking when loading legacy save files prevents ARM11 crashes.

🛡️ Stability Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the room selection could jump unexpectedly after a server refresh.
• Banned users no longer get stuck in an infinite auth loop – they can still access the dedicated support channel.
• Your own messages and drawings now appear in chat history (no more “disappearing” self‑text).

✨ What’s New

• Support Tickets category (8th lobby) for bug reports and unban requests. Drawing is disabled here; only text messages allowed.
• Admins can set a ban duration (minutes or permanent).

🎨 UI Polish

• Light theme contrast slightly improved.
• Active pen/eraser buttons now show a subtle border.

> Compatibility – v2.1 fully reads old savefiles from v2.0 and automatically upgrades them.

NoteRoom v2.0 – Patch Notes

🚀 Major Updates

• Completely redesigned server NoteRoom now connects directly to a custom, high‑performance server. This makes the connection faster, more stable, and more secure.
• Encrypted connection All traffic is strongly encrypted, keeping your messages and drawings private.

🎨 Look & Feel

• Light & Dark mode Press [Y] in the main menu to switch between a light and a dark theme. Your choice is saved automatically.
• Dynamic rooms Lobbies are now created live on the server – no more hard‑coded sub‑rooms. You can create your own password‑protected rooms.
• Badge system Earn rank badges automatically based on your activity (Rookie → Legend). Admins can award special badges – they appear right next to your name.
• Improved chat bubbles Your own messages are visually highlighted, and badges are shown inside the bubble.
• Smoother scroll bars & UI polish The whole interface feels cleaner and more responsive.

🖌️ Drawing & Canvas

• Larger canvas – ink limit increased by 35% (from 2000 to 2700 points).
• Spam protection – you must fill at least 5 % of the canvas before sending (shown visually).
• 48 save slots (4 pages × 12 slots) – save and load your drawings easily.
• Automatic save conversion – old 12‑slot save files are upgraded automatically.
• Undo/Redo via L/R buttons (or the toolbar) – fully preserved.
• Drawing history – scroll through previous drawings from the chat with the D‑Pad.

🛡️ Safety & Moderation

• Better local data protection – your settings are now stored with modern security.
• Server‑controlled rights – admin status is verified by the server and cannot be faked.
• Report function – send detailed reports straight to the admin team.
• Vote‑Kick – start a vote to remove troublemakers democratically from your room.

🕹️ Controls

• Circle Pad / C‑Stick now scrolls the chat and the rules – no more fiddly touch scrolling.
• On‑screen keyboard for comfortable text input.
• Load older drawings from the chat using the D‑Pad Up/Down.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed a “Thread Error” crash that could occur when sending drawings.
• Closed an exploit that allowed joining locked/quarantined rooms under certain conditions.
• Several minor stability improvements and crash fixes.

⚙️ Under the Hood

• Smoother performance – network operations run in a separate thread, keeping the UI responsive.
• Time synchronisation with the server – prevents clock‑based exploits.
• Auto‑reconnect and smarter connection handling.

Enjoy the safest and most feature‑rich NoteRoom yet!

NoteRoom v1.0.5 – 32 Colors, Custom Rooms & Signing

New Features

• 🌈 32 colors
• 🏠 Create custom rooms (optional password)
• 🗳️ Report system
• 📜 Rules screen on every launch

Security

• Messages are now cryptographically signed (SHA‑256) to prevent tampering

Fixes & Improvements

• Save / Load more stable

Patch Notes – v1.0.4

🛠️ Fixes

• Save / Load Functionality Restored Drawings saved to SD card now load correctly when selected. A previous issue prevented loaded drawings from appearing on the canvas.

• Drawing Preview Clipping Chat drawing previews are now properly clipped to their message bubble boundaries – lines no longer spill outside the bubble.

✨ New Features

• Improved Ban Evasion Protection Banned users are now reliably blocked from joining any room. Deleting local ban files has no effect – the restriction is enforced server‑side and remains active for the full 48‑hour duration.

• Admin Recognition Messages from server administrators are now marked with a gold [ADMIN] tag. Admins are identified via a built‑in ID list.

• Spam Protection for Menu Actions Rapidly pressing the A button in menus no longer triggers multiple actions. A 0.5‑second cooldown prevents accidental double‑joins or room selections.

⚡ Improvements

• Network Responsiveness The MQTT receive loop now processes all incoming packets every frame, eliminating lag and stutter when many messages arrive at once.

• Drawing Precision Touch input is now strictly clamped to the valid drawing area, preventing lines from being placed outside the canvas bounds.

• Heartbeat Reliability Heartbeat messages are sent with QoS 1 to improve presence accuracy on unreliable connections.

• UI Polish
• Current pen/eraser size is displayed in the top toolbar.
• WiFi and battery indicators are more accurately rendered.

New server address: Updated connection endpoint.
Ban evade patched: Banned users can no longer rejoin.

NoteRoom v1.0.2

New
Save & Load Drawings – 12 local slots with preview (SAVE/LOAD buttons)

Colored Status Messages – Server messages support [#RRGGBB] color tags

Server Time Synchronization – More reliable than NTP

Targeted Admin Announcements – Send messages to specific lobbies only

Fixed
Minor chat toolbar display issues