Multiplayer experiment with communication

What's Changed

• Simplified/3-player port of mars by @sgfost in #985

Full Changelog: v2025.06...v2025.11

v2025.06

What's Changed

• dependency upgrades by @alee in #935 and @sgfost in #959 and #979
• upgrade typeorm to 0.3.x, clean up config and build by @sgfost in #934
• additional solo game configuration and integration with prolific by @sgfost in #951
• multiplayer lite game mode and prolific integration by @sgfost, @sabrinanel3, @saachibm, @kellytea in #982

Full Changelog: v2024.01...v2025.06

v2024.01

What's Changed

• build(deps): replace vite-plugin-vue2 with @vitejs/plugin-vue2 by @sgfost in #918
• Solo game data export by @sgfost in #921
• add google analytics + fix ts compilation by @alee in #925
• feat: track + notify user signups by @sgfost in #929

Full Changelog: v2023.11...v2024.01

mars madness 2023 release candidate

What's Changed

• upgrade to node 18 lts by @alee in #905
• update tournament onboarding (lobby + dashboard work) by @sgfost and @alee in #904 and #908

Full Changelog: v2023.10...v2023.11

add solo mode

What's Changed

add solo mode, graceful recovery for failed db connections startup, and replace webpack with vite

Pull Requests

• build(deps): yarn upgrade by @alee in #865
• upgrade deps and move nuxt app to separate branch by @sgfost in #875
• fix: handle failed db connection on application startup by @sgfost in #877
• fix: add type check to client ci, remove type errors by @sgfost in #880
• build: replace webpack/vue-cli with vite by @sgfost in #891
• add solo mode by @saachibm @sabrinanel3 @sgfost @Tkawamura02 in #895

Full Changelog: v2023.04...v2023.10

leaderboard

• leaderboard page + component on landing page from @saachibm @sgfost @Tkawamura02
• anonymize usernames CLI task
• profile edit form allows users to edit their username + email + name
• refactor registration and auth services and endpoints
• users can now change their consent

reworked lobby + social shares

• new lobby integrated into player dashboard so participants can immediately start a game / create & manage colyseus rooms instead of based on a launch schedule from @sgfost #844
• add social share integration at the end of a game (twitter + fb) in 2ad6dfb from @sgfost
• improve new developer onboarding / linting / environment setup @sgfost @alee
• continuing to fix bugs in system health report related to colyseus schema handling

initial open beta public release

significant changes from @sgfost @chrstngyn @alee to move Port of Mars from an ASU undergrad only application to an open beta for anyone 18+ to participate

• include Google + Meta oauth login and signup workflows
• admin dashboard to monitor game rooms chat + moderation
• numerous UI/UX improvements from @chrstngyn and @sgfost

see also #810 #831 #789

fixed mars events data export

• minor refactoring data export process
• critical bug fixes to Mars Events data exports / MarsEventSummarizer

release candidate for February 2022 Mars Madness

• fixes mars event modals from @chrstngyn
• minor updates to scheduled games display
• minor styling changes to gameplay faq / manual button