3.0.2
2024-03-12
Version 3.0:
Very Dear Readers,
We are happy to announce a major update to the game! This version of Dear Reader contains the following changes, additions, and improvements:
• Six new books - including Shakespeare's Sonnets (unabridged!), Frederick Douglass' autobiography, and a century-old guide to Hypnotism, Mesmerism, and Mind-Reading.
• Completely revised Rare Books section - choose any book at any time
• All-new "Asters" - earn Asters from Reading Goals to get Rare Books.
• Plus text edits, gameplay balance tweaks, and UX fixes.
Enjoy the revised version of the game and happy reading!
Version 3.0.1:
• Updated Research Assignments
Version 3.0.2:
• Minor Tutorial Update
3.0.0
2024-01-24
Very Dear Readers,
We are happy to announce a major update to the game! This version of Dear Reader contains the following changes, additions, and improvements:
• Six new books - including Shakespeare's Sonnets (unabridged!), Frederick Douglass' autobiography, and a century-old guide to Hypnotism, Mesmerism, and Mind-Reading.
• Completely revised Rare Books section - choose any book at any time
• All-new "Asters" - earn Asters from Reading Goals to get Rare Books.
• Plus text edits, gameplay balance tweaks, and UX fixes.
Enjoy the revised version of the game and happy reading!
2.7.1
2023-07-12
Hello Dear Readers,
We continue to improve your experience with new bug fixes, difficulty balancing, typo editing, and other minor updates. Happy reading!
2.7.0
2023-06-29
Dearest Readers,
In this update, enjoy four new books for your reading pleasure.
• New titles include The Development of Metaphysics in Persia, “The Vanishing American,” Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam, and for you songbirds, How to Sing by the famous soprano Lilli Lehmann.
• Text edits and typo fixes - many based on your feedback and comments. Thank you!
2.6.0
2023-03-03
Very Dear Readers,
In this update, enjoy four new books for your reading pleasure.
• New titles include A Girl’s Ride in Iceland, Tales from the Hindu Dramatists, Edison’s Conquest of Mars, and The Art of Money Getting by none other than P.T. Barnum himself.
• Text edits and typo fixes - many based on player feedback and comments. Thanks for that!
2.5.0
2022-11-10
Dearest Readers,
You’ve been asking for more books - and here they are!
• We’re adding four titles, including the classic Black Beauty, Laozi’s Tao Te Ching, and The Blazing World from 1660 - one of the first science-fiction books ever written!
• Minor difficulty adjustments to Research Assignments.
• Fixes to the interface and typo edits.
2.4.0
2022-05-26
Dear Dear Readers,
Another update for your reading pleasure! This new version of the game includes:
• “Words from Ukraine” - a new bookshelf with 4 new books
• in response to your requests: more frequent bookshelf rotation
• lots of difficulty balancing - in Daily Challenges, Reading Goals, book difficulty ratings, twist puzzles, and more
• text edits, interface smoothing, and various and sundry small fixes
2.3.0
2022-03-01
Dearest Readers,
In this update: a bounty of beautiful bits for your reading pleasure…
• four brand-new reading goals in the rare books section
• four new secret rare books to collect
• redesigned leaderboards for keeping track of your progress
• the ability to restart a chapter from the pause screen
• lots of small editorial fixes and improvements
2.2.1
2021-10-14
Version 2.2.1:
• Updates and improvements, including a fix for buying rare books
Version 2.2.0:
Dear Readers,
We've implemented a veritable cornucopia of novel delights:
• a "New & Notable" section of the bookstore to highlight newly added books
• four new books in the game, including 1,001 Nights
• accessibility improvements for playing with VoiceOver
• Research Assignment clarifications and fixes
• a counter that displays when you unlock the next Wordplay
• new Wordplay puzzles will be unlocked more quickly than before
• interaction improvements and text edits throughout
2.2.0
2021-10-04
Dear Readers,
We've implemented a veritable cornucopia of novel delights:
• a "New & Notable" section of the bookstore to highlight newly added books
• four new books in the game, including 1,001 Nights
• accessibility improvements for playing with VoiceOver
• Research Assignment clarifications and fixes
• a counter that displays when you unlock the next Wordplay
• new Wordplay puzzles will be unlocked more quickly than before
• interaction improvements and text edits throughout
2.0.1
2021-04-28
Minor fixes and improvements for all platforms - now optimized for Mac with M1. Enjoy, Dear Readers!
1.4.2
2021-01-06
Dearest Readers,
A plethora of loveliness in this new version of the game:
• The bonus effect you earn from Research Assignments is no longer time-based. Instead, the bonus lasts for a certain number of chapters, no matter when you play them. Huzzah! We made this change based on your feedback - so thanks!
• We are offering for the first time the official Dear Reader iOS widget! Those of you on iPhone and iPads can create a widget that will display the daily challenge’s quote-of-the-day.
• Lots of little gameplay and interaction improvements throughout the entire Dear Reader experience - including Apple’s new Access Point interface for getting to the Game Center.
• We’ve also made a number of small text edits and tweaks. Many of these were spotted by you, our dear readers. You humble us.
1.4.0
2020-10-06
Dear Dear Readers,
Many enhancements to your reading and playing experience:
• A dozen new books, including The Secret Garden, Call of the Wild, and The Three Musketeers!
• Lots of new bookshelves appearing in the store - and new options for being informed about them.
• Integration with Apple Arcade’s new and improved save game system.
• Many little improvements to the game interface and edits to the text.
• We’d love to have you on our new mailing list! Sign up in the options section.
1.3.0
2020-08-20
Dear Readers,
Some delightful improvements for your reading pleasure:
• We are incredibly excited to share with you a brand-new way to play: RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS! Every day will bring you 3 different assignments that ask for specific kinds of books or chapters. Complete the assignments to gain a special gameplay boost.
• For new players, there is a a revamped tutorial that more properly introduces the bookstore and the book-buying process.
• Lots of other small fixes, edits, and tweaks!
1.2.3
2020-06-16
Dear Reader, this update includes a special shelf of books by Black authors for Juneteenth, an American holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. We’re excited to make these books available for free until the end of June.
1.2.0
2020-04-17
Dearest Readers - a major update with some substantial new features for your literary pleasure:
• A new way to acquire books in the Bookstore - Holiday Shelves - featuring celebrations of World Poetry Day, International Literacy Day, and many more
• Dark Mode compatibility (perfect for reading under the covers at night)
• A dozen new books for your reading pleasure, including works by Dickens, Thoreau, Wollstonecraft, and Twain
• Many small text edits, visual improvements, reading goal adjustments, and other interactive pleasantries, implemented throughout the game