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Pears to Pairs Official Game Update Log

Welcome to the new and official update log for Pears to Pairs. All new game updates will be logged here and this thread will be updated whenever a new updated is published.

5/13/23
  • A tutorial box will now appear over a player if they’re in the tutorial.
  • Only 2 people can be in tutorial mode at a time, and people in tutorial mode will not count as game players or be judge until they exit
  • Judging system now works as a queue, you should be judge more often and no longer 5 times in a row!
  • Custom card box no longer glitches
  • New UI stroke applied to some UI elements
Version 0.92

9/15/21

  • Removed duplicated red cards and added some new ones!
Version 0.93

9/22/21
This is a massive overall update!

  • Clock moved to the center left of the screen to free up space on top
  • Background added to top message, also moved to the very top of the screen
  • Player squares are a little bit larger
  • 2 new game passes, which allow you to purchase unlimited card shuffles or custom cards
  • Round power-ups officially labeled now
  • New game pass shop which sells all of the game passes
  • New game menu, where you can now find server stats and change the screen background here
  • The super annoying card animation bugging has been fixed! The cards should no longer float up in the middle of the screen after picking one for the round.
  • Other minor internal changes and bug fixes
Version 0.94

9/28/21

  • Added new loading screen on game join. That’s it, just a small update.
Version 0.95

9/30/21

  • Loading screen now integrates with a brand new start screen
  • Players on the start screen won’t join the game until they click “Play”
  • Game also now requires 3 people to be in the game, not just the server, in order to start each round
Version 0.96

10/6/21

  • Happy Halloween! Enjoy the Halloween theme now through the end of October.
Version 0.97

10/14/21

  • Added button to let players visit my Halloween store.
Version 0.98

11/7/21

  • Removed Halloween theme and added a fall background.
  • Improvements to round timing
  • Added winner announcement text when a winning card is chosen.
Version 0.99

11/12/21

  • Voice chat enabled
  • Automatic language translation enabled
  • Minor game performance improvements
Version 1.00

11/12/21

  • Voice chat only server option for those who have voice chat.
Version 1.01

12/3/21

  • Christmas background and music added
  • There are 5 different Christmas backgrounds and 1 is randomly selected for you when you join the game
  • Background scaling bug was fixed
Version 1.02

12/3/21
I was super bored so here’s another update for today:

  • Judging time allotted per round is now based on the number of cards played. Judging time will now vary between 25 and 35 seconds. If a lot of cards are played, the judge will have more time to pick the winner. If less are played, the judge will have less time.
Version 1.03

1/8/22

  • Xmas backgrounds and music removed
  • Redesigned background changer and rescripted it completely
    • There are new backgrounds to pick from!
    • Or paste in your own decal id to display a custom background!
    • Backgrounds now also scale properly to your device’s aspect ratio
Version 1.04

1/23/22

  • The clock will now display red text when there are only a few seconds left in the round to help alert people to pick a card!
  • Custom card menu UI was revamped and updated
Version 1.05

1/29/22

  • New option to send feedback in the game menu!
Version 1.06

2/1/22

  • Game menu slightly revamped
  • Vote kick has been added
  • Type “kick username” in the chat to vote kick someone in the server. A majority of players need to vote kick someone to successfully ban them from the server. A server notification will appear if a vote kick is successful.
Version 1.07

2/2/22

  • New UI borders around players
  • Popup added to ask new players if they want to take the tutorial
  • The broken “voice chat only server” message was removed because I forgot to turn off the message when the VC only server was disabled weeks ago…
  • Version 1.0.75/76 includes: Smoother round transitions, red cards randomly rotate slightly when put into the deck, and minor bug fixes
Version 1.08

2/3/22

  • Cards have a fun animation when they are removed and prepared for the judging round
  • Many internal improvements and fixes
Version 1.09

2/4/22

  • If the judge leaves during the middle of the judging round, the round will now restart
  • Bug fix for starting the judging round early when not everyone’s cards were in
  • New and improved animations: Longer, smoother, and less buggy
  • Many internal timing and game performance adjustments
Version 1.095

2/5/22

  • New card animations during judging round
  • Some minor improvements
Version 1.10

2/6/22

  • Discard pile removed, discarded cards now disappear
  • New winner UI at the end of the judging round
  • Overhauled the entire internal scripting system of judging round
  • Game loads faster, menu has less intense animations
  • Got rid of some animations throughout the entire game
  • Let me know what you think of the changes by visiting the game menu and select send feedback!
Version 1.11

2/22/22

  • Invite button fixed on “Need more players” screen
  • Invite button added to top bar buttons
  • Loading screen animation changes
  • Minor other improvements
Version 1.12

3/4/22

  • New power up button designs
  • New main game font
  • Minor typo fixes
  • Other minor UI changes
Version 1.13

3/18/22

  • New game music added and the game will shuffle through all the different audios
  • All audios will work after the mass audio removal update coming up in a few days
Version 1.14

3/25/22

  • Did you mute the audio and change the background? Were you disappointed that these reset every time you play? Well fear no more! The background image and mute music option now save and will sync across servers!
  • Since Roblox is annoying, I will not be enabling the custom background option anytime soon as decals will not load with the proper resolution. Sorry!
  • To the owners of the 8 card pack pass: I have patched a glitch where your 7th and 8th cards were not saving.
  • A longer time limit was allowed for card data to load into the game to prevent the blank card glitch (hopefully this fixes it)
  • Fixed local log error by disabling a hover script I wasn’t using
  • Disabled the pulsing animation on the play button since it was glitching
  • The play button now fades through different colors (still debating on whether I will keep this)
  • Buying multiple custom cards will now cycle though your deck. For example, buying your 1st card replaces the 1st card in your deck, 2nd card replaces the 2nd card, etc. After your 6th card it will cycle back to replacing the 1st card. If you own the 8 card pack it will cycle back after your 8th custom card.
  • Updated more fonts to make it more consistent with the rest of the UI
Version 1.15

3/31/22

  • If the judge discards all the cards the timer will stop and the round will end instantly.
  • In the future I will likely make the last card the winning card, but with the current way I have setup the judging system it will require me to rescript a lot of it and it’s just too much work at the moment.
Version 1.16

4/8/22

  • Minor internal changes
  • Rainbow play button removed since it didn’t seem as cool as I had initially thought
  • Minor text fixes and improvements
  • New AFK Mode: Press the AFK button in the top bar to enter “AFK Mode”. In AFK mode, you are unable to be the judge or play cards for the round. This will not prevent you from timing out of the server if you are AFK for longer than 20 minutes.
Version 1.17

4/9/22

  • New badges!!
  • “Feel Asleep” badge: Awarded if the judge takes too long to pick winning card
  • A new popup will appear for the judge to alert them if they took too long to judge
  • The rest of the new badges are awarded based on how many wins you have
  • More badges coming soon!
Version 1.18

4/27/22

  • Many UI changes were made:
  • Player icons are now larger, including larger text and smaller pictures to make it easier to see on devices with small screens
  • Judging round red cards were made larger and the judge avatar picture was made smaller because it was honestly too big to begin with and probably still is
  • Major bug fixed that would break the game if it could not read someone’s leader stats
  • Player icons were also slightly redesigned and icon scripting was also heavily revamped to make it more efficient
  • New winner animation that’s hopefully less boring
  • The main UI elements of the game now scale properly to take up the entire screen of every device (there used to be problems with a gap at the top on mobile that was wasting space, that’s now fixed)
  • 6 card deck made a little bit smaller and taller
  • Player icon fill order was adjusted to fill the longer rows first
  • The red card you pick for the round stays on top of the card deck (this was unintentional but I like it)

Overall, the UI of the game should feel more polished, responsive, and properly scaled. There were also a lot of internal changes made to help achieve this that I didn’t even mention here.

Version 1.19

4/27/22 - Published later in the day

  • Fixed some UI elements that were overlapping wrong
  • Card deck will now fade when you picked a card to indicate that you can’t pick another for the round
Version 1.20

4/29/22

  • Judge red card scaling has been increased to appear larger on phone screens and some laptops
  • Judge chat box text scaling was fixed for ipad users
  • Main chat window size was reduced across all devices to help it from overlapping the game UI, it will appear less wide now
  • Main chat character limit was increased to prevent spam
Version 1.21

5/26/22

  • New music menu!
  • Music icon added and has replaced the mute icon
  • You can now select a specific track in the music menu or play a custom audio ID
  • Game music can now be muted through the music menu
  • You can also adjust the volume and pitch of the audio
  • Note that only the audio ID or selection will save across servers, not the pitch/volume levels
  • I am aware that the default theme song doesn’t like to load for some reason so it might not work when you rejoin the game
  • More updates coming soon, thanks for your patience :slight_smile:
Version 1.22

6/5/22

  • If you become the judge of a round, the chat will completely be disabled until you are no longer the judge. This was done to prevent cheating during the round. The judge won’t be able to chat or see chat messages from other players until they aren’t the judge anymore.
  • Some game menu UI changes
Version 1.23

6/21/22

  • I have pushed an update to hopefully fix a bug that caused some players to lose their wins data. If you notice that your wins reset back to 0 or they do not save, please send in a bug report. Thanks!
Version 1.24

7/6/22

  • A new friend badge was added. Earn it by playing the game with someone on your friend’s list!
Version 1.25

7/16/22

  • Bug fixes
  • More new badges!
Version 1.26

7/27/22

  • Added a new game button in the top bar to let players see and play some of my other games!
Version 1.27

9/1/22

  • New sound effects for winning a round and becoming the judge.
Version 1.28

9/13/22

  • Cooldown added to the “Be Judge Next Round” power-up to prevent spamming.
Version 1.29a

9/24/22
This is part 1 of a major weekend update:

  • New winning animation screen (replaces the boring one, this was long overdue)
  • Game loading screen is a few seconds faster
Version 1.29b

9/25/22
This is part 2 of a major weekend update:

  • The judge can now pick the green card for the round! 3 different green cards will be presented to the judge, but the judge can also just choose a random card if they prefer. If the judge does not respond to the pop-up in 10 seconds, a random card will be played.
  • “Game preparing” message added for when the game starts back up and takes a while to load
  • Chat disabled notification message added to stop the confusion about the chat disappearing
  • The new winning screen was slightly tweaked
  • Got rid of some red cards, added some new ones
    I might make it where if the judge does not respond to the green card selection pop-up, they will be skipped but I will see how this new change works out first.
    Also, players spectating won’t be able to see the green card being played since I had to make some internal changes. I’ll probably fix it, eventually.
Version 1.29c

9/25/22

  • 60 new red/green cards! Some of the repeated and vague red cards were removed to make the game a little bit more interesting. Most of the new red cards include celebrities and historical figures!
  • Fixed judge not showing on winning screen for players that join the game late
Version 1.30

9/27/22

  • Game menu UI updated/reorganized
  • Better vote kick instructions included
  • The player profiles were moved more towards the center for a better look and to hopefully not overlap the chat and leaderboard as much on mobile
Version 1.31

9/28/22

  • All of the cards can no longer be discarded. If the 2nd to last card is discarded, the remaining card becomes the winning card. The only exception to this is if only 1 card is played.
  • 2 new badges (win or be judge x2 in a row)
  • Minor internal changes
Version 1.32

10/1/22

  • Game pass purchases now work instantly, no need to rejoin the game.
  • Clock ticking sound added when the clock turns red but will only play when you are the judge
  • Minor UI changes
Version 1.33

10/9/22

  • Halloween theme
Version 1.34

10/21/22

  • Custom card power up had some minor changes
  • There is now a button to check filtering to ensure your card is not filtered before creating it
  • Cards are now replaced in order from left to right in your card deck, and the card number being replaced is displayed before you create the card. After your 6th custom card, it starts replacing cards again from card 1. You cannot select what card to replace however.
Version 1.35

10/21/22

  • Profile mini cards are here!
  • When you put down your red card for the round, a mini card pops up next to your avatar profile to indicate that you placed down your card for the round
  • You’ll now be able to see when others players put their cards down for the round too!
Version 1.36

11/3/22

  • Fall theme!
  • A text box that says “Your Card” will appear on the card you played during judging
Version 1.37

12/3/22

  • Christmas Theme, includes a bunch of Holiday backgrounds and music
  • Repositioned the music button and updated the music menu
  • Minor internal performance improvements and changes
Version 1.38

1/16/23

  • Holiday theme removed
  • Your background and music settings will now save/load across servers
  • Volume now has 3 different options instead of allowing for a custom value (which caused confusion)
Version 1.39

1/20/23

  • All players now have 7 red cards instead of 6
  • Players that have the “8 card game pass” will now get 9 cards
  • You can no longer get a duplicate red card in your deck
  • If the card datastore ever fails, random card names will be assigned instead of blank cards (this will fix the blank card bug)
  • Internal card saving/loading improvements
  • When you play a red card, you will only see your card added to the playing deck instead of your card and a flipped card (cosmetic fix)
  • Some new red cards
Version 1.40

2/18/23

  • There are 30 new backgrounds!
  • Backgrounds now unlock based on your wins. I will see how this system plays out and if it works well, I may add more unlockable items.
Version 1.41

2/18/23

  • Cooldowns are now displayed for the unlimited game pass powerups
  • You can earn a badge by customizing your background!
  • Card spelling errors were fixed
Version 1.42

2/26/23

  • Cooldown added to the vote kick command. A player can only vote kick someone once every 3 minutes.
  • Private server owners can use the vote kick command to kick someone from their server instantly.
  • Vote kick system bug fixes.
  • The private voice chat server is up, instructions will appear if you have voice chat on how to join it.
  • Minor UI changes
  • Internal fixes
Version 1.43

3/26/23

  • Free spring backgrounds
  • Internal preparation for migration to the new chat system/API
  • New loading screen animations
Version 1.44

4/2/23

  • All green cards now show related words or synonyms to the adjective at the bottom of the card
  • If the judge does not select a green card for the round, a new judge is selected instead of selecting a random card
  • A few more seconds for the judge to select a green card
  • Minor loading screen and UI fixes
Version 1.45

4/4/23

  • Cards are now shuffled before being judged, it is not possible to predict the judging order anymore
  • Green card is now centered at the beginning of the round, and only the red card you play will appear next to it
  • Mini cards that indicate a player has played their card will appear slightly larger now
  • Entire card selection system was recoded, with new UI and animations for better performance and device compatibility (will still be working out some bugs)
  • Loading screen is slightly faster
Version 1.46

4/5/23

  • Changed a few red cards, added new ones too
Version 1.47

4/24/23

  • New game modes! There’s a ~15% chance each round for a special game mode. More modes will be added in the future.
    • Rotten Apples: Players choose a red card that is the OPPOSITE of the green card
    • Flipped Apples: Players choose a green card that best pairs with the red card
  • Minor internal fixes and changes
  • Game power ups are disabled during the ‘flipped apples’ round because players are given a set of random green cards instead of red cards

Please report bugs and let me know if you run into any gameplay issues as a lot was changed to support new the games modes.

v1.47 Fix contains a card rotation bug fix on the mini cards that appear on the player boxes

Version 1.48

4/24/23

  • Special round chance increased to 20% per round
  • Internal log changes
Version 1.49

4/30/23

  • New badges to earn for winning special rounds
Version 1.50

6/16/23

  • To avoid any potential future issues, the game imaging and wording has changed.
Version 1.51

7/1/23

  • New round type! Custom cards allows everyone to create their own red card to play for the round.
  • Special round chances have been adjusted to 40%.
Version 1.52 - Major Revamp Update

7/19/23 - Overhaul Update

Massive overhaul update, including a brand new name, theme, leaderboard system, and UI/layout changes. Details listed below.

Internal Changes:

  • The datastore system was restructured and coded again from scratch. All card data, game data and statistics are stored in a single datastore instead of multiple ones. Reliability was largely improved. If there is an error loading your data, you will be alerted and your data will no longer be overwritten. Your data will save whenever you leave the game or when the game shuts down. This is expected to fix all data wipe bugs.
  • Bug fix where if you were kicked and attempted to rejoin the game, all of your data would be wiped. Data now loads faster and it will not save unless it has fully been initialized first.
  • All text filtering now goes through a protected remote event at multiple stages to block any attempt by exploiters to bypass the filtering system. All text filtering is now done server side instead of client side. Filtering speed also improved.

Points:

  • Your wins will no longer appear on the leaderboard and are no longer visible to other players. The wins leaderboard encouraged people to cheat to climb the leaderboard, and it was not a fair and accurate way of measuring a player’s experience in the game.
  • Your total win count will remain visible to you under the help page and your future wins will still count towards your total wins.
  • Wins are being superseded by points, which are easier to earn and you can spend them on power-ups!
  • For every card you play, you will earn a point. It doesn’t matter if you win or lose a round, as long as you participate and play a card for the round, you will earn a point.
  • Points will appear on the leaderboard and to other players. They cannot be purchased, they can only be earned through playing the game.
  • Points can be spent on game power-ups. Once you redeem a power-up, you will lose however many points that power-up costs.
  • The only way to earn more points (as of now) is to buy the x2 Points game pass to earn twice as many points per card you play.

Power-ups:

  • Power-ups have been relocated to a dedicated menu
  • All power-ups can now be purchased with points
  • All power-ups can still be purchased with robux if you do not have enough points
  • A new power-up lets you select a special round to play
  • The shuffle cards power-up has come down in price
  • Power ups will become unavailable if they have been purchased by somebody else or if they do not apply to the current round
  • Red cards can now be shuffled if displayed as your deck

Notable Changes:

  • All information and help was condensed into the help page. View the tutorial, vote kick instructions, point information, stats, and feedback/bug reports under the help page.
  • New clock ticking sound, clock is now animated and rings if you are judge and the clock reads zero
  • Background changer is now a top bar button
  • Easter backgrounds replaced with summer ones
  • New cards and icons related to the new game theme
  • All game menus now have a consistent UI
  • For some reason, the new Roblox TextChatService will not always load on mobile devices so I will delay enabling it.
  • Revamped game pass shop with new x2 points game pass. Earn twice as many points per card you play.
  • If you own a game pass, it will show that in the game pass shop

Notable Bug Fixes:

  • X icon on the tutorial now displays for every page
  • Data loss cannot occur anymore
  • Your cards will now always show for the next round when you first join the game
  • Sound effects cutting off fixed
  • Voice chat server attempted fix - updated with new teleport methods
  • Round type text now appears/disappears as the rounds change
  • Wait for more players GUI should not get stuck when enough players join the game
Version 1.53

7/19/23

  • Bug/feedback reports fixed
  • Winning card text fixed for users that join in the middle of a round
  • Wins now visible under the clock
  • Adjusted the free card shuffle/custom card buttons
Version 1.54

7/19/23

  • Emergency bug fix - game will no longer freeze if no cards are picked
  • Free shuffling/free cards buttons moved to the round power up shop
  • Message will appear when free shuffling/cards are available
  • Free cards/shuffling cooldown adjusted to 3 minutes
Version 1.55

7/20/23

  • If you previously had wins and no points data, your points will default to your wins value
  • This means that older players who had a lot of wins will start off with more points
  • Updated wins show under the player who wins the round (bug fix)
  • Typos fixed when displaying points
  • Game pass page updated
Version 1.56

7/25/23

  • If no cards are picked for the round, the game will restart (if there are enough players)
  • Attempt to fix broken servers.
Version 1.57

7/26/23

  • Game breaking bug resolved.
Version 1.58

8/2/23

  • Power ups are now shown on the side again
  • If you tried to purchase “Select Next Round” more than once, the GUI would not show up. This bug has been fixed, my apologies for that not working when it is bought multiple times.
  • It should no longer be possible to pick a card at the last minute and have it end up in the following round. All cards picked will now be erased between rounds.
  • Cards picked at the last millisecond will appear in the same round now and will not glitch and stay on screen
  • A custom cards round that occurs twice in a row with the same judge should work now
  • Player table will not show when first joined
  • Other minor bug fixes and UI improvements
Version 1.59

9/4/23

  • Server size reduced to 10 players max
  • Judging cards were made larger to make it easier for users to judge them on mobile, also fixed some UI bugs during judging for mobile users
  • Minor performance improvements and bug fixes
  • Please report any bugs, there were a lot of internal changes that could cause some minor UI glitches that I did not catch
Version 1.60

9/6/23

  • You can now see your chance % of being the next judge under the clock!
Version 1.61

9/7/23

  • Pick the wrong card? Change your mind at the last second? Just click another card to replace it before time is up! You can actually reorganize your card deck this way too if you want.
  • Card saving is more reliable and cards should no longer repeat when you join a different server
  • Game breaking bug fixes (thank you error report metrics)
Version 1.62

9/23/23

  • Bug fix for frozen game
Version 1.63

10/8/23

  • Happy Halloween! The cards and background have a Halloween theme.
  • Background wins requirements lowered, after 75 wins you unlock all backgrounds
Version 1.64

10/21/23

  • Global points leaderboard added! The top 100 players with the most points will be shown on the board.
  • New loading screen animations
  • Slightly faster loading into the game
Version 1.65

10/23/23

  • Internal server side errors fixed
  • Global leaderboard should no longer break in some servers
Version 1.66

10/31/23

  • Clicking the shuffle music tracks button should no longer cause music to glitch
Version 1.67

11/2/23

  • New daily reward! You can redeem 5 free points just by playing the game everyday.
  • Winning card UI better optimized
  • New fall backgrounds
Version 1.68

11/4/23

  • Tutorial pop-up will now appear for new players
  • Improved UI indicating when more players are needed to play the game
Version 1.69

11/6/23

  • Rescripted entire backend for player boxes
  • Player box glitching/blinking/flashing is gone and has been properly fixed
  • Player boxes are added/removed entirely now as players join/leave
  • Player box colored outlines appear/disappear smoothly now
  • There might be rare instances where boxes duplicate, and if you see duplicate boxes for the same player, please submit a bug report. Thanks!
Version 1.70

11/7/23

  • If you buy the 9 card pack, your 9 cards will instantly appear now
  • When you join the game, the spectating screen will always show until the next round officially begins, it no longer appears only sometimes (bug fix)
  • Picking a red card shows a red mini card on your player box (bug fix)
Version 1.71

11/7/23

  • Join message appears again when you join the game
  • A message will appear when you successfully redeem a round power up
  • UI fixes and adjustments for mobile devices with screen cutouts
  • Performance improvements
Version 1.72

11/19/23

  • Bug fix, certain badges could not be awarded due to an internal error
Version 1.73

12/8/23

  • Judge chance % changed into an icon from text
  • UI animation performance improvements and minor UI changes
  • Christmas theme: Seasonal cards, music, and backgrounds added
Version 1.74

12/17/23

  • Improved console controller support (specifically for menu navigation)
Version 1.75

1/7/24

  • Bug fixes
Version 1.76

3/11/24

  • Fixed the Christmas judge card (oops)
  • Backgrounds now unlock as you win in the server
  • New cards!
  • Teaming detector and auto kicker
Version 1.77

3/22/24

  • Teaming detector and anti cheating system improvements
  • Winning card message bug fixed
  • You can now see your points and wins with new icons
  • Leaderboard will now display wins again
Version 1.78

4/7/24

  • 2 new rounds: Rotten pears and mystery pear!
  • Price of the “Pick Next Round” product reduced!
  • Special round chances adjusted
  • Shop UI changes
Version 1.79

4/17/24

  • Minor bug fixes
Version 1.80

4/23/24

  • Selection of the red card temporarily removed, working on a new system
  • 350+ new game cards added
  • Voice chat only server fixed, a pop up is now shown to users who have voice chat enabled.
Version 1.81

5/1/24

  • Bug fixes
Version 1.82

5/26/24

  • Ability to pick the card when you are the judge has been added back
  • Ability to customize background with your own image unlocks at 85+ wins
Version 1.83

7/18/24

  • Reactions! Players can react with emojis once a winning card is picked!
Version 1.84

8/18/24

  • Bug fixes
  • Added/removed cards
Version 1.85

9/18/24

  • Animation improvements, game UI changes, round timing adjustments
Version 1.86

10/02/24

  • Halloween theme
Version 1.87

10/17/24

  • Top bar buttons updated
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