Reversi: Othello

- Implemented the required Admob personalised ads popup.

- Updated with iOS 17 support.

- Improved the visuals of the difficulty and piece toggles.

- Made some small tweaks to the launch screen.

- Fixed the close button position in the piece selector.

- Made the title logo position on macOS more consistent.

- Slightly improved the performance of the stats section.

- Fixed an issue where valid place markers briefly show after being disabled.

- Added a review request popup, which occurs very infrequently.

- Replaced banner ads with improved adaptive banner ads.

- Added a toggle to disable the “Safe Area” markers.

- Added a toggle to disable the live “Piece Tally”.

- Improved the layout of menu buttons.

- Fixed an issue where opening and closing the stats or settings screens in quick succession on macOS cause make the screen go white.

- Added new markers to indicate the “Safe Area” of the board.

- Made the placement dots less intrusive.

- Added a new toggle to disable haptics.

- Fixed the ability to share wins from iPads.

- Added a new close button to the disk selector screen.

- Added cost labels to easily see in app purchase prices.

- Replaced the black arrow with a white cross on the stats and settings close buttons.

- Replaced some image assets to reduce app size.

- Removed support for iOS 12.

- Fixed the missing remove adverts button on the main menu.

- Fixed the link from Reversi to Connection of Four.

- Added a new version for macOS.

- Renamed “discs” as “styles” in the settings.

- Refactored analytics code for improved performance.

- Updated the design of the settings screen, now animating it in as a card view.

- Updated the design of the stats screen, now animating it in as a card view.

- Updated the email address used for the support email.

- Enhanced the support email to reference either macOS or iOS.

- Refactored the Ad code for improved performance and reliability.

- Updated Admob and Analytics frameworks.

- Deleted old code to launch the app slightly faster.

- Removed unnecessary legacy code to improve performance.

- Applied the blue gradient effect to the piece selection screen.

- Made the stats section scroll better on smaller devices.

- Setup an app distribution process to enable more frequent app updates!

- Added a new remove adverts button to the settings screen.

- Added new menu screen title imagery.

- Redesigned the launch screen.

- Improved support for newer devices.

- Added a link to the game of O&X Misere.

- Replaced all game link button icons with better quality images.

- Updated the O & X game link button to match the newer icon.

- Improved the button design on the main menu and settings screens.

- Tweaked the title position on the main menu.

- Improved the animation speed of placing pieces.

- Added a shadow effect around the board.

- Tweaked position of links on menu screen.

- Updated Admob.

- Improved support for new devices.

- Improved background gradient when rotating on iPad.

- Added a new gradient background.

- Added a Twitter button with a shortcut to follow me!

- Optimised for iOS 14.

- Improved the stats screen layout on all iPhones.

- Changed iPad stats screen to match style of iPhone.

*Removed support for iOS 10 and 11.

- Added haptic feedback for when a disc is placed.

- Wins, losses and draws globally are now tracked to share in the future!

- Refreshed App Store display name.

- Refreshed App Store keywords.

- Added an App Store subtitle.

- Added Firebase Analytics to see which features to improve first.

- Updated Admob.

- Reduced app size slightly.

- Increased app launch speed slightly.

- Fixed an issue showing the wrong disk image for the tally when playing multiple games.

- Added a current score tally to the bottom of the board.

- Tweaked the game screen alignment slightly.

- Cleaned up some game code.

- Fixed an overlap issue with the game screen back button on iPhone X.

- Enlarged the grid when using larger and newer iPhones.

- Enlarged the grid when using larger and newer iPads especially for changing orientation.

- Added new @3x retina assets for the grid, placement indicator, and 4 main discs.

- Added support for iPhone X, XS, XS Max, Xr, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max.

- Added support for iOS 13.

- Made lots of UI tweaks and alignment updates for better compatibility with new devices and to improve performance.

- Updated splash screens by replacing launch images to increase quality and save storage space.

- Removed old status bar.

- Updated some UI assets to @3x.

*Removed support for iOS 6, 7, 8 and 9.

- Fixed the broken shortcuts to other games in the series on iOS 9.

- Removed iAds.

- Improved support for Admob on different devices with different sized screens.

- Enabled BitCode to support optimisation updates from Apple.

- Updated AdMob.

- Added support for iOS 9 with App Thinning for a smaller app size.

- Fixed some truncated text in the stats section on iOS 9.

- Updated AdMob.