Every update, one step forward

Dashboard rebuilt: Three tabs — overview, works and assets — so you can see who is reading you, what you own and how much you have contributed on one page

Creator analytics: Opens, qualified views, unique viewers, traffic sources and top blocks over 7 / 30 / 90 days, counting other people only

Unlock revenue: Unlocks, readers and your author share are reported on their own, keeping reach and real income apart

Three access states: Each pixel is public, gated or private; gated blocks show title and cover, with the body unlockable for that world’s points, permanently

70/20/10 unlock split: 70% to the author, 20% to the world pool and 10% burned; gated area is capped at 15% of a world so a region never becomes a paywall

Reputation: Qualified views, unlocks and the 10 / 100 / 1000 view milestones all add reputation — global, unspendable, with a site-wide rank

Daily exploration: Five qualified reads of other people’s work (8 seconds or more each) earns 3 points from the world pool, so browsing pays too

World events (limited boost): Owners can run 100%–500% boosts on check-in, building or exploration, funded from the public pool and expiring once spent or out of time

Notifications: An in-app notice arrives when your work is unlocked or crosses a view milestone, with mark-all-read

Central-bank issuance: A world can only issue from its own pool, with a daily release cap of 5% (minimum 1); when the quota runs out, rewards pause until tomorrow so the pool is never drained

Traceable ledger: Every grant records its rule, idempotency key and resulting balance; a repeated view report never counts twice

Owner console v2: The economy panel shows pool balance, circulation, today’s release against quota, burns and event budgets, with rules and events configured in one place

Platform economy monitor: Admins can inspect every world’s pool, circulation, issuance and burns, so inflation stays auditable

Server-side check-in: Streaks and exploration progress are computed by the server by calendar day, so switching devices never breaks a streak

Instant reward feedback: Hitting the fifth qualified view shows the points arriving right away instead of waiting for the next panel open

Saving explore rules: Fixed the rule whitelist rejecting “daily exploration” when an owner saved earning rules

Private block protection: Private blocks no longer appear in other people’s lists or stats, and a block that has unlocks cannot be switched to private

The pixel universe, explained: The home page, About page and blog now tell the whole story: the internet unfolded into a map of pixel blocks, where every square is the entrance to a world

Straight to the map: The nav and the hero button lead to the map — claim a pixel, place your 3D world on it, and others can walk in from the map

Two long reads: New articles: “The pixel universe: unfolding the internet into a map” and “Claim a pixel: from the map to your first world”

Eraser: The editor gains an eraser (shortcut E) with drag-to-erase and one-step undo; blocks you have not saved yet can be wiped too

Transparent and default fill: Blocks now switch between a default fill and transparent, with #bfd2e5 as the default; transparent image backgrounds correctly reveal the block colour

Freer pixels: The brush offers a colour picker and manual #RRGGBB input, and 2×2 blocks can set a cover image — no more size limit

Email-verified sign-up: Registration now requires an email code, so accounts are clearly owned and bulk sign-ups are harder

Search signals everywhere: Every page now ships a canonical URL plus hreflang for Chinese, English, Spanish and French, so search engines can pair the language versions correctly

Structured data: FAQ, product, organisation, blog posts, author pages and world pages all emit schema.org data, making rich results far more likely

A more complete sitemap: The sitemap now lists blog posts, the universe map, the square, public worlds and author pages — new content is discovered sooner

Crawl policy: Sign-in, dashboard and editor pages are explicitly noindex, and parameterised views no longer create duplicates — crawl budget goes to real content

A calmer editor: Colour controls collapse into a single entry with a light glass panel, and the arrow-key hint is gone: the canvas is yours

Image block outline: Removed the stray outline around cover images, so image and block edges stay clean

Detail panel colours: Element details now support a transparent fill too — one colour system instead of two

Area join policies: Each area can follow the world default, be open, require an application or stay reserved — switchable from the area panel

Claim quota: Newcomers start with 3 cells in open areas and gain 1 per day up to 10; after 7 days with 10 cells they become trusted residents with a cap of 50

Join status panel: Visitors can see vacant cells, existing residents, their claim quota and pending positions

Application inbox: World owners review applications in one place: approving places the block, rejecting can include an 80-character reason

My applications: Applicants track pending, approved, rejected and expired requests, and can apply elsewhere after a rejection

Application note: Add an 80-character note to explain your building plan and improve the approval rate

Role-aware entry: The map entry reads "Manage world" for owners and "Join" for visitors, with the remaining vacancy count

Policy on hover: Hover hints label each empty cell as claimable, application-only or reserved before you click

Application expiry: Pending applications are highlighted after 7 days and expire automatically after 14, so positions are no longer held forever

Clearer error messages: APIs now return machine-readable error codes, with tailored hints for quota, pending limits and taken cells

Private world protection: Private worlds are readable only by their owner, even with a direct link

Canvas permissions: Non-owners no longer enter author mode; brushes and local drafts belong to the world owner

Application slots: Rejected or expired coordinates can be applied for again instead of being blocked by the old unique constraint

Rule panel: Removed price and per-user cap inputs that were not enforced server-side, so the rules no longer mislead

Global search: One search box shared by the canvas overlay and side panel, jumping across pixel blocks in a single click

Social sign-in: Sign in quickly with third-party accounts — a more open account system

Arrow-key roaming: Roam and activate pixel blocks with the arrow keys, with identical behavior on the map and in the editor

Article link details: A dedicated cover and info card for external article blocks, with content loaded on demand

Mobile support: Map and editor adapt to phone portrait and landscape, with pinch zoom, safe-area spacing and bottom sheets

Faster first paint: Slimmer pixel block detail payloads and weak ETag caching on the map API for quicker loads on slow networks

Private content isolation: Private pixel blocks are strictly filtered by visibility to prevent data leaks

Ruler display: Fixed the ruler missing after refreshing the editor and unwanted hover feedback on the map ruler

Sign-in and sign-up: Unified the login and registration forms and fixed third-party callback errors

Changelog: This page goes live, recording every iteration of the platform

Site indexing: New sitemap and crawler rules make content easier for search engines to find

Fallback pages: Freshly designed 404 and error pages — every visit has a destination

Duplicate world: Clone an existing work with one click to spin up new versions; copies start as private

Rename & description: Update names and blurbs anytime to keep your dashboard tidy

Pin favorites: Pin important works so they always stay at the top of the dashboard

Avatar upload: Set a profile avatar, synced across the top bar, profile and author page

Thumbnail covers: A cover image is generated on save, so every card is instantly recognizable

Recent visits: Quickly jump back to recently edited worlds from the dashboard top

Search, filter & sort: Search by name, filter by visibility, sort by updated time or name

Batch management: Select multiple works to toggle public/private or delete in bulk

Overview stats: See totals for all, public, private and pinned works at a glance

List sync: Fixed the world list not refreshing after returning from the editor

Icon conflict crash: Fixed a page crash caused by an icon naming conflict

Avatar upload: Fixed the avatar not taking effect immediately after upload

Metro flat: Two bedrooms plus living room with wet-dry separation — a standard urban flat, ready to remix

Two-story family home: Living and entertaining downstairs, three bedrooms upstairs, with a pitched roof and indoor stairs

Loft studio: A double-height open space with a mezzanine bedroom — great for studios and compact flats

Templates rebuilt: Replaced the old templates with three professional, well-laid-out sample works

Full-screen 3D hero: An immersive 3D hero experience with a live-rendered building and grid ground

Share cards: Beautiful share images are generated automatically when sharing to social platforms

Light, premium redesign: A site-wide visual upgrade with a restrained, professional light design language

Scroll animations: Sections fade in as you scroll for a smoother browsing rhythm

Search optimization: Refined page metadata so content is easier for search engines to understand

Personal profile: Overview, works and settings tabs — profile and works at a glance

Public author pages: Every user has a public page showing all their public works

Author links in the square: Click an author name on a card to jump straight to their profile

Featured worlds on the homepage: The homepage shows the newest public works, surfacing community content in real time

Self-service settings: Change your nickname and password online without contacting support