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Hey Wordy Rain friends!

(I’m experimenting with a super-lightweight email template to save time and keep things simple!)

I'm going to be making an update to Wordy Rain soon, and I wanted to let you know that it's actually playable as a beta right now on Steam, if you want to opt into playing it.

How do you do that? It's really simple. First, find the game in your library and right click on it, where you'll see this dialog:

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Then, choose "Properties" and "Beta", and you'll see this screen:

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Select that dropdown in the upper right to choose "beta - Beta testing" as your branch. Your game will then be using the beta branch until you change it back. This allows you to try out some new features before they're live. Just be warned, it's a beta, so you might still experience some bugs and issues! And if you do, I'd be so appreciative if you sent me a bug report here!

Remember, you can always switch back to the released version of the game through the same dropdown.

I'm hoping to test out this version this weekend and then make it live next week, so let me know if you do try it out and what you think! Here's a list of the changes, fixes, and additions:

• New visual effects when you level up, and a little change when you hit big levels!
• Bug fix: the double-block bug shouldn’t happen anymore, or at least very, very rarely
• Swap powerup mechanic:
  • Cozy Mode: the swap powerups now get filled up by making words instead of by a timer.
  • All other modes: the swap powerups will still fill up over time, but more slowly, but making words will add to them.
• Some needed sound additions
• Fix for UI possibly causing some input problems on the letter grid

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There are more updates to come after this -- for instance, I know that folks would really like the swap powerups to be a little easier to use, and I'm working on that. But I also have some other, bigger, fun things to add to the game that I'm excited about.

Happy word-making!

-Caryn
July 2025

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