Changelog
What's new in JumpingBallsLive
The releases of the website and the Windows app, newest first.
Website 1.10.0 · Windows app 1.3.0This page comes from build v1.10.0 · 8e84792 · 2026-10-14.
Website 1.10.0
Versions, a changelog and pages ready to share
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The footer shows which version and build you are on, and /version.json names the build that is live.
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A changelog page lists the releases of the website and the Windows app, newest first.
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A press page has the facts, the description in three lengths, the logo files and the brand colours.
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Shared links to the main pages show a picture made for the page and the language, and every page has its own title and description.
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Pages open faster on phones. The landing, pricing and download pages no longer load the studio's code up front, and the offline copy downloads later, not on a slow or metered connection.
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The privacy policy, the terms, the disclaimer and the download page are clearer about cookies, what is free and what the Windows app sends.
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The pricing page no longer mentions PayPal, which is switched off, and no longer scrolls sideways on phones.
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Offline, a page you had not opened before now shows the offline page instead of the browser's error page.
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Windows app 1.3.0
Your version, and what changed in it
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The window title shows the app version, and says portable or safe mode when they apply.
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The About dialog lists the app version, how it is installed and the website build inside it, with Copy details and What's new buttons.
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A What's new entry in the Help menu opens the changelog.
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From the next update on, the app shows what's new in that version once, with a link to its release in the changelog.
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The App card on the GPU tab shows the website build and the install type, with a Copy details button.
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The privacy policy and terms inside the app are updated, including what the app sends and where.
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Website 1.9.0
Accounts, a lower price and its own web address
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Accounts arrive. Sign up once and sign in on any browser or in the Windows app.
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Pro now costs $6.99 a month or $49 a year.
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The site has its own web address, with and without www.
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Windows downloads now come from a new public installers page, and the download page links a checksum for every file.
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Windows app 1.2.0
The AI makes fighters and modes
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New fighter. Describe one and the AI builds a Fight League fighter with a weapon and an ability.
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The app tests your fighter in practice fights and balances it against the built-in fighters.
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New mode. The AI picks a base mode and tunes its settings, and you can undo it.
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The My creations list shows what you made. Play a mode, delete anything or fight with a fighter.
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Your creations are saved on your PC only, and each list holds up to 24 of them.
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Windows app 1.1.0
Accounts and a new update feed
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The Account page lets you sign in to the same account you use on the website.
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The installed app checks for updates soon after it starts and every four hours.
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A finished download shows a Windows notification and a banner with Restart and update. The button waits while a render is running.
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Downloads and updates now come from a new public installers page, with checksums for every file.
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Using 1.0.3 or older? Download the installer once, because those versions cannot find new updates.
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The app includes the modes added since 1.0.3, such as Focus Shot, Brick Smash and Colour Sort.
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Website 1.8.0
Beat machines, pyramids and plainer words
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Beat Machines joins the modes. Sound Vortex can now send rings of marbles down in waves.
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Land Claim can build a stepped pyramid and knock it down, summit last.
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Classic gets Ring Escape options, such as a spiral of gaps, rainbow rings and a time-in-ring display.
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Brick Smash, Perfect Fit and Wave Tank join the modes.
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The Drawing Machines mode draws with pendulums, or with Earth and Venus.
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Every page and panel now reads shorter and plainer, in English, Polish and Spanish.
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String Battle balls stay alive while a string holds, and the last two meet in a final duel.
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Mode card text now reads in full on phones and small tablets.
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Website 1.7.0
Fight League overhaul and more loops
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Focus Shot and Colour Sort join the modes.
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The Double Pendulum can swing a chaos fan, and the metronome rings can wind into a Phase Spiral.
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Fight League gets a much bigger roster, sorted into divisions.
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Fight League adds team fights, best-of series, brackets and boss rushes.
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Every fight has a VS card, a countdown, its own sounds and an announcer, and ends in a slow-motion finish.
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The Make a clip button builds a fight video for you, and a tier list card ranks the fighters.
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Fights are fairer, and they go to sudden death when time runs out.
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Website 1.6.0
Mode pictures and the first loop clips
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Every mode card shows its mode mid-action, with the payoff on screen.
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Grow can fill its ring and then start again as a loop.
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The Export whole loops option cuts a clip to a whole number of cycles.
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New original sounds for loop clips, such as plucks, tuned bars and a finishing chord.
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Chord Stars and Spinning Hoops join the modes.
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Free visitors now see the watermark on the live canvas too. Pro removes it everywhere.
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Windows app 1.0.3
An AI that works with small models
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An AI status panel shows the runtime, the model, your cloud provider, the network and the last error.
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The Run checks button tests everything, Copy report gathers the details, and a switch forces CPU only.
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Pro plans and the small watermark on free videos arrive in the app.
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Mode pictures arrive too, along with new modes such as Conveyor Belt, Bouncing Orbs and Land Claim.
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A first-run card helps you pick a model, and a finished download is selected for you.
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The AI shows its progress, such as Reading the request and Writing.
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The AI studio now works with small local models. Replies are cleaned up and checked first.
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Model downloads and cloud calls now work behind a company proxy or an antivirus that scans HTTPS.
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Website 1.5.0
Pro plans, Bouncing Orbs and Fight League
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Pro plans arrive on the pricing page. Restore a purchase on any device with your email and receipt reference.
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Free videos carry a small watermark that is drawn into the picture. Pro removes it and adds Publish.
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Bouncing Orbs fills a field with thousands of orbs that bounce on their own spot, with a metronome and polyrhythms.
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Land Claim lets balls knock blocks off columns for their colour. The most blocks wins.
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Fight League is a duel mode where each fighter is a ball with its own weapon and ability.
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String Battle gets a round String Circle style, where flag balls fan their strings to the rim.
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Website 1.4.0
A new look and no limits
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The whole site has a new calm, dark look. The studio has a control rail, a stage and a panel.
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Every slider has a number field that takes any value, and Wide sliders stretch them far past their usual range.
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Territory and Maze Escape join the modes.
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Conveyor Belt drops a new ball every few seconds. Classic and Multiply can respawn balls on a timer.
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Ring exits can jump, flee or shrink. A splat barrier leaves paint where the ball hits.
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A Windows app page offers an installer and a portable EXE.
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Find Simulation keeps searching for up to 25 seconds when its first seeds find nothing.
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The simulation runs in one fixed world, so a seed plays the same on every screen.
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Windows app 1.0.2
The new look and more modes
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The app takes on the new calm, dark look of the site.
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Territory and Maze Escape come to the app.
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Every slider takes any number you type.
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The simulation runs in one fixed world, so a seed plays the same on every screen.
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Find Simulation keeps searching for up to 25 seconds when its first seeds find nothing.
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Windows app 1.0.1
Fixes for the AI and cancelled renders
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The local AI now starts in the installed app.
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A cancelled render no longer leaves a half-written MP4 behind.
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String Battle credits every kill when you run more than six balls.
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Windows app 1.0.0
The first Windows app
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Install it for your user only, with no administrator rights, or run the portable EXE from a folder or a USB stick.
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The whole simulator runs in the app, with no browser needed.
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The app encodes videos on your graphics card, in H.264, HEVC or AV1 where the card supports them, and falls back to the processor.
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A render queue works through seeds, share links and viral bot plans while you do something else. It saves to a folder, lets you retry failures and carries on after a restart.
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An AI studio plans clips, writes captions and hashtags and changes settings. Download a model once to run it offline, or use your own cloud key.
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A library keeps every clip you rendered, with its thumbnail, length and post text.
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The app has menus in English, Polish and Spanish, and it stays in the tray when you close the window.
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Website 1.3.0
Races, beats and a daily challenge
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Race two or four arenas on one canvas and in one recording.
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Sound Vortex, Bullseye and Journey join the modes.
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Beat Drop lands on every beat. Follow the beat of a song, a video or markers you place.
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The viral video bot plans clips with a hook in the first seconds and the payoff at the end.
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The daily challenge gives everyone one mode and one seed a day. The gallery holds ready-made setups to open.
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Install the site as an app. The home page works offline, and so does the simulator once you have opened it.
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Bounce math changes any value by a step on every bounce, gap pass or beat.
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Publish prepares a caption and hashtags for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. It opens the share sheet on a phone, or downloads the clip and opens the upload page on a computer.
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Website 1.2.0
Fast export, project files and more modes
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Fast export renders a clip frame by frame, usually faster than real time. Batch render queues many and packs them in a ZIP.
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Save a project file with every setting, or share a short code instead of a long link.
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Place pegs, bumpers and spinners in the ring modes, and add animated captions such as countdowns.
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Choose how a run ends, such as the winner, and Find Simulation looks for it. Keyframes change settings as the clip plays.
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Square Racing Grand Prix, Square Battle Royale and Capture the Flag join the modes.
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String Battle, Power Layers and Circle Illusion join the modes.
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Beat Runner, Paddle Keep-Up and Double Pendulum Harp join the modes.
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Website 1.1.0
Looks, faces and a camera
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Ball Drop, Bouncing Shapes and Pendulum Wave join the modes.
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Metronomes & Polyrhythms brings hundreds of ticking voices, and Collision Playground hundreds of bumping orbs.
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Glass Smash and Multipliers join the modes. A ball drops through floors of glass, and gates clone balls into hundreds.
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Picture Paint reveals a picture of your own in Paint mode, and can follow the beat of a song.
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Pick one of ten themes with one click, or put your own picture behind the arena.
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Give the ball a face. It looks where it flies, blinks and reacts to hard hits.
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Put balls into teams. A scoreboard keeps score, and a winner banner appears when the run ends.
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A cinematic camera zooms in, shakes on wall breaks, slows down on near misses and replays the escape.
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Website 1.0.0
The first release
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Ring modes where a ball bounces its way out, such as Classic, Multiply and Paint.
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Record a vertical clip with sound. You get an MP4, or a WebM in browsers that cannot make one.
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Find Simulation searches for a run that lasts exactly as long as your clip needs.
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Every setting lives in the link, so you can share a setup. Presets save in your browser.
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Pick a built-in melody or one of seven instruments. Snap the notes to a scale or lock them to a tempo.
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Use your own hit sound. Slice a song so each bounce plays the next bit, or add a music bed that dips on every bounce.
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Add wind, drag and breathing walls. Let balls merge when they touch, or split each time one breaks a wall.
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The site speaks English, Polish and Spanish.
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