Hello everyone! I figured it's been a few days since I originally uploaded the game and wanted to at least discuss some of the things I am working on implementing into the project for the first/next update! 

For starters, one of the biggest things I've done is create a JSON data structure to store all tile colors and organize them by "themes" instead of only having hardcoded values. The original system was merely a first draft and following the course to get the gist of everything before I started doing it entirely on my own.  Now, backtracking a little bit I mentioned "themes" in passing but let's go into it a little bit. One of the goals I want to hit with all projects (that I can) is giving players/users the most control over their experience. I have broken up the colors into two themes by default and I will include a template file with the update that will allow you to color the tiles however you would like. The default themes are "Original Colors" which is as title implies, all the original game colors, and then there's "Expanded Colors" which adds tile colors up to the tile of 131072, with all themes having a "default" color you can set for when/if a game ends up going past that point.

Building off of that point somewhat, I intend to include an in-game editor with preview for all the themes at some point, I have concepted the menu and backend work was done but I might push it to a later polish update and get something out sooner. Now speaking of in-game and menus, I have been undergoing the process of entirely redesigning and unifying the games interface with a color palette I have mapped out in varying swatches so the game should feel much more polished once this next update hits.

To close things off with some more minor changes I've been working on or planning out, first up is I have implemented a tiny little watermark on the main menu just saying that I made the game, with clickable links to socials if anyone wants to learn more about me. Next, I've implemented an in-game timer that is present while your game is active (meaning it pauses while Game Over is up) and plan on creating a method of storing scores for a leaderboard, undetermined if it's going to be local or online or not but inside the UI redesign process I have space planned for showcasing best/current scores at the end of each game.

That about does it for me, I've been busy at work on the next update, and I will continue to work on it until I can get at least all the features I want in, I have other projects I'd like to work on as well, but this is currently taking priority. I'm going to attach a few screenshots of the current progress on the UI redesign but keep in mind I will probably iterate upon it from now till release. And as a bonus I will post my mockups of the Game Over prompt process!