Changelogs

This is a list of **Changelogs** for Mope.io.

## Changelogs By Month

Changelogs/May-june 2018

Changelogs/January-Febuary 2018

Changelogs/December 2017

Changelogs/November 2017

Changelogs/September-October 2017

Changelogs/April 2017

Changelogs/March 2017

Changelogs/Febuary 2017

Changelogs/January 2017

Changelogs/December 2016

Changelogs/November 2016

Changelogs/October 2016

## Feb 11, 2019 ( Bug fixes and Balancing Update)

* fixed: Eagle won't boost after ability use
* fixed: Eagle biting prey if holds animal in claws
* fixed: Golden Eagle dying if picks predator
* fixed: Prey dies if Eagle picks prey
* fixed: Prey can be bitten if falling
* fixed: Eagle grabbing animals underwater
* fixed: Woodpecker and Peacock can stun animals underwater
* fixed: Macaw, Yeti and Octopus outlines visible when disguising
* fixed: Abilities (like bee sting, cassowary, woodpecker, tiger) wont hit animals if diving underwater except Flamingo.
* fixed: Macaw disguise showing double outline and tail if comes out of hiding hole.
* fixed: Woodpecker cant peck animals, only for 1 hit
* fixed: Dino Monster hits only prey/predator. Animals that it cant eat get pushed away.
* fixed: If Trex grabs an animal Dino Monster could hit the victim, making it fly extremely far.
* fixed: Non-climbing animals climbing hill/rock if won 1v1 battles.
* fixed: All animals can climb hill/rock when in 1v1 arena.
* fixed: Sea Monster gets air stun on upgrade

* buff: Hippo water speed buffed.
* buff: Cobra fast in mud
* buff: Lava Toucan drinks lava, shoot fireballs instead of water (take 20-lava), immune to lava lake fireballs
* buff: improved chances for Golden Eagle.
* buff: Trex can grab apex animals from underwater
* buff: Dino Monster damage/speed increased
* buff: Eagle can fly if it doesn't grab a prey.
* buff: Animals dropped by Golden Eagle they are no longer immune to lava or hills.
* buff: Yeti has better ice-grip

* nerf: Cassowary gets stun for 2s and knocked back if hits rock/hill or goes in hiding hole while charging.
* nerf: Sea Monster loses air when creates whirlpool
* nerf: Tiger and Sabre-toothed Tiger speed in water nerfed
* nerf: Ice Monster's ability recharge increased to 3s.
* nerf: Ice Monster damage to prey reduced
* nerf: Sea monster loses air if boosting
* nerf: Woodpecker inflicts slight damage to prey but stuns for longer duration
* nerf: Peacock pull removed, it only stuns prey.

* new: all rare animals have more health.
* new: All lava dependant animals drink lava from lava lake, regen lava/health from healing stone, drain lava if boosting/walking and are immune to lava lake fire
* new: Animals don't lose water if in 1v1 arena. However, boosting still drains water.
* misc: switched tier for pig with mole

## Jan 30, 2019

* cassowary was nerfed, chickens can spit water on right-click

## Dec 23, 2018 (6 New Birds!)

* animals that fly can now bite each other when both are in the air!
* animals that fly now can't fly for at least 1s when recently hurt (making it hard to instantly fly away from predators)
* NEW bird: Chicken: same as mouse but runs away when you get hurt
* NEW bird: Woodpecker: continually pecks, causing good damage to all animals (prey/predators) Also flies from hills.

* NEW bird: Peacock! Hold W to open it's tail, which hypnotizes animals (pulls in prey, pushes away predators) Also flies from hills.

* NEW bird: Cassowary
	+ Hold W to charge up a powerful kick, the longer you hold (up to 3 seconds) and the faster you move the harder it hits!

* NEW bird: Macaw
	+ When on a hill, hold W to transform into random animals (Macaws mimic animal noises)! In the ocean, it will turn into ocean animals. Also, macaw flies
	+ Blue macaw is rarer, flies faster, and always mimics ocean animals

* NEW bird: Flamingo! Hold W in water to dig up food underwater, flamingo will pull up any animals that are underwater near it, ending their dive!

* lakes improvements:
	+ 2x more lillypads + eggs xp boost helping make lakes more useful
	+ chili peppers/ duck eggs are now higher level food, give more xp
	+ find christmas candy instead of duck eggs (in lakes)
	+ higher tier animals can't eat berries (very low xp, leaves more for lower levels)

## Dec 5, 2018

-fixed several bugs (eg. bees didnt sting)

## Dec 3, 2018

* 4 new monster animals in a new tier above dragon (and below black dragon)
* Land Monster: drinks lava and has a powerful sinkhole ability that sucks in prey
* Dino monster: charges and knocks animals high into the air (if you hit with enough speed)
* Sea monster: creates a big whirlpool that traps animals
* Ice monster: grows crystals on its back that it can throw to freeze prey and cause strong damage
* Ostrick buff: babies do full damage on biting, 8 max eggs/babies, faster egg laying & hatching
* lake and ocean color is now more blue
* mobile: touchpad stops when placed near the middle

## Nov 23, 2018

* fixed: Eagle teleport glitch
* buff: Black Dragon puts prey on fire when it bites
* buff: Rubbing tail on 1v1 arena wall for more than 2s gives a burn for 1.5s and takes 5% water from the offender
* buff: 1v1 arena burn is more strict. If animal is 5% outside the safe area starts burning.
* rework: In 1v1 arena radius is reset to base radius for both animals.
* No Xp gain/loss on tail-bites when in 1v1 arena
* Tail-bites gain water/lava to biting player
* Reduced font-size on 1v1 annoucement
* Discontinued: Battle Royal, Zombie Infection and Soccer Mode
* nerf: Falcon ability cooldowns 3s slower if hits an animal with ability.
* nerf: Falcon can't hit if victim was last hit/grabbed by other animal less than 7s ago.
* nerf: Snowy Owl can't hit/grab if victim was last hit/grabbed less than 10s ago.
* nerf: Snowy Owl ability damage nerfed.
* nerf: Dragon shoot 1-3 fireballs (prev 1-5).
* nerf: Dragon multishot fireballs speed decreases as it shoots.
* nerf: Trex/Pelican/Shark/Croc/Tiger can't grab if victim was last grabbed less than 8s ago.

## June 19,2018 (Toucan and Pigeon!)

* New: Toucan bird with 5 species
* Toucans Start flying from a fruit tree or bush to throw fruit upon landing.
* Each Toucan species has a power different than the others in addition to throwing fruits:
	+ Choco Toucan: 15% quicker cooldown
	+ Keel-Billed Toucan: 3s longer flight
	+ Fiery-Billed Toucan: flies 15% faster
	+ Lava Toucan: Rare Lava Toucan is immune to lava and can throw fireballs as extra skills and has 25% more health

* New: Pigeon bird with 2 species
* Rarely, pigeons, (and one other animal) can spawn white-colored, and have improved skills!
	+ Dove flies 25% faster than normal pigeons
* Fixed: 2x XP gain on bite/killing animals
* Fixed bugs, tweaked interface buttons on mobile
* We've worked to make mope.io nice and smooth, enjoy! Also, Healing stones give more xp again.

## June 6, 2018 (Phoenix and Honey!)

* NEW: Phoenix Bird animal! This fiery creature is equal to dragon, and can shoot tornadoes of fire, which attack players!
* NEW: Bee hives and honey! Bee hives and honeycomb are a great source of XP, but watch out for angry bees that will come out, and sting!
* NEW: XP dropdown: See exactly how much xp you're gaining (Or losing, from a nasty tail-biter!) (can be turned off in options)
* Fixed bugs, tweaked interface sizes on mobile, and 4K monitors

## June 2,2017 (Another big lag fix)

* We've figured out an issue that makes servers run slow after a while, and fixed it. New content coming within a few days! Check out beta mope.io to test the upcoming game version (may have bugs or restart often!)

## May 13,2018 (Invasion of the birds)

* Added 5 new animals!
	+ NEW: Ostrich animal! Lays an egg when pressing W, can control the chicks that come out. Ostrich chicks can be damaged by cheetah tier and up, and can damage till rhino tier.
	+ NEW: Snowy owl animal! Arctic animal that flies up and pecks his prey
	+ NEW: Peregrine falcon animal! The falcon flies up, dives down to its target and then attacks.
	+ NEW: Pelican animal! The pelican stores water in its beak and then drops it like a water bomb. Water bomb stops other animals ability
	+ NEW: frog animal! Frogs are AI animals (like ducks). When hit they produce slime that makes you slippery. They can be found around rivers.

Buffs and nerfs

* Predator nerf: a predator bite pushes both animals apart. Predators cannot bite bitten animals for 0.5 seconds after the last bite.
* Food buff: coconut, raspberry, carrot and watermelon now give water on eating
* Same tier animals (besides drag tier) can no longer kill each other. (Boa canâ€™t kill hippo anymore)
* Sabertooth nerf: Sabertooth speed in water is nerfed.
* Tiger nerf: Tigers speed in water is nerfed
* Mammoth nerf/buff: Mammoth ability cooldown has been increased. Snowballs can now kill animals.
* Dragon nerf: Dragons have a 3 seconds cooldown. Dragons get on fire if they walk through fire spawned by fireballs from other dragons.

* Black dragon buff: Black dragon can use ability when on fire or stunned. Black dragons are 20% faster in volcano biome. Animals below hippo tier can not kill the black dragon with their ability (they can damage it but not deliver final blow). Black dragon wonâ€™t burn on fires spawned from dragon fireballs. Black dragon can eat all killable food (mushroom bush, eggs,..) in one hit.

* Trex buff: Trex can use ability when it is on fire. Trex wonâ€™t drop animals if it is hurt. Ability cooldown has been increased.
* Yeti buff: Yeti shoots iceballs in fixed directions: 2 from the front and 3 from the back. Cooldown is set to 8 seconds. Yeti can use ability when low on water and the ability does not drain water. Yeti can go on hills (but slow). Yeti snowballs do less damage.

- Giraffe buff: turning speed while using ability is increased
- Eagle nerf: Eagle has been moved to rhino tier. Eagles canâ€™t pick preadtors, and wonâ€™t stun them. Eagle wonâ€™t burn when flying over lava. Eagle doesn'nt depend on water anymore when using its ability. There is no health limit anymore to pick up preys.

* Blue whale nerf: Damage and range of blue whale are now the same as for elephant.
* Zebra nerf: Damaga is now the same as for donkey.
* Cobra nerf: cobra speed has been nerfed.
* Poison nerf: Poisoned animals can now use their ability
* Shark buff: Shark speed/cooldown/ability duration has been buffedCrab change: added an extra delay between the crab hit and the water wave, to make sure that the target gets hit before it is stunned.

Extra features

* Fire animation has changed, and fire effect as well. Fireballs now spawn a fire on the map. It can be killed by shooting three water balls at it, or it reduces in size and dies off over time.
* Slime effect: Animals from tier 1-11 are affected by slime. Animals below croc become slippery for 4 seconds and canâ€™t use ability when covered in slime.
* Eagle ability changes: Animals that are dropped by an eagle now get some velocity (donâ€™t drop straight down). Animals get a 4 seconds immune to fire effect and 4 seconds ability to climb hills after being dropped by an eagle (to prevent lava trolling and trapping)
* Ability reskin for the bear and polar bear. They now have a paw.
* Black Dragon skin improved. Wings turn black if Black Dragon looses too much lava. Nostrils give a fearsome effect.
* Octopus when disguise as an animal, shows 25% health bar and players nick name so it feels like a dying player (lure preys). Also shows the biome effect if disguised.
* Ducklings and Eggs added again. New AI for Ducks/Ducklings, Ducklings added back. Ducks lay eggs in island. White ducks spawn in Arctic biome.

Fixed glitches

* All eagle glitches have been fixed. (ability rework)
* Tiger glitch: infinite use of ability when using an autoclicker.
* Hedgehog glitch: Hedgehog doesn't stun animals anymore when it is taken by an eagle when using ability
* Giraffe glitch: Giraffe doesn't stun animals anymore when it is taken by an eagle when using ability
* Black dragon boost glitch is fixed.
* Mole glitch: mole is not invisible anymore under an island in a lake. Moles don't get hit anymore by abilities when they are underground.
* Rabbit glitch: rabbit cannot use its ability anymore to eat mushroom bushes
* Pig glitch: pig cannot use its fart anymore to eat mushroom bushes
* Octopus health doesn't show anymore when it is in food disguise.

Treasure hunt:

* (there are 5 hidden things)

## Feb 16,2018

* Test release classic mope.io version (from dec 2016), at mope.io/ oldmope

## Jan 26, 2018 (Rebalanced many things)

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* server URLs replaced party links
* Giraffe Nerf-ability was made to be more balanced against prey, less damaging to predators (prevent giraffe teaming)
* Kraken whirlpool radius is now smaller, more normal
* pig fart no longer knocks animals out of hiding holes, pig can fart anywhere when injured
* ducks faster in water, cant walk on hills now
* removed shark and trex double-click 'sprint'
* trex skin is more hd, no more random roar/ jaw biting
* trex/shark now release their prey during their ability if they get hurt
* orca wave now does less damage and stuns for longer
* shark can stun predators bigger than it, can drag all smaller predators and all prey

T.Rex/Shark Nerf:

* Bite/Shake damage on prey decreased

Hedgehog Fix:

* ability bug fixed (on death/upgrade)
* hard push reduced
* if puffed stuns animals for 0.5s

Eagle Fixes:

* Eagle speed if not using ability is back to normal
* Eagle drops animals if flying over lava
* Eagle no longer picks other Eagles.

Misc:

* on hill/mud speed across all tiers and biomes re-adjusted
* removed the christmas skins
* removed lemming bots
* eggs and ducklings temporarily not functioning fully as intented- we are reworking them
* healing stones give 40% slower xp gain, and also respawn 33% faster
* all animals can now swim in water spots

## Dec 31, 2017 (Happy new year!)

* fixed Black Dragon fly glitch
* dead hedgehog ability glitch
* hedgehog ability ends if goes in hiding hole or dives in waters
* eagle can climb hills again
* eagle wont loose too much water on grab start
* eagle lowest water to end flight is set to 20%
* eagle/dragon flight ends immediately if below the lowest water threshold
* king crab stun period reduced to 2-3s on victims now they have chance to escape 2nd attack
* king crab walks extremely slow for 1.5s after ability use (so more time for victim to run away)
* Giraffe stomping interval increased 20-30% (random)
* spectator movement fixed
* egg health increased to 5 hits
* crash fixed

## Dec 25, 2017 (Merry Christmas)

Christmas Update:

* New chrismas skins (optional) [waiting on other desginer to finish]
* New snowfall effect (optional)
* snow blizzard in Arctic with lots of winds
* Arctic size increased even 20% more than it was was first introduced.
* Arctic animals can go anywhere during winter

## November 23rd, 2017

Eagle Nerf:

* can't pick animals if its health is less than 60%
* flight time is based on the size of the animal grabbed
* bigger the animal shorter the flight
* ocean animals slip early
* flight speed in arctic is 35% slower than land
* flight speed in ocean is 25% slower than land
* cant pick animals if hiding under bush, berry bush or plankton bush
* cant use ability if its stunned/grabbed/stunk/webstuck/frozen/bleeding/poinsoned and so on

Arctic buff:

* lakes/waterspot/water give cold effect to non-Arctic animals
* when get cold the animals move slow
* health damage when diving in arctic lake
* new water colors in arctic
* 3 lakes in arctic
* arctic lakes are smaller in size than land lakes

## November 15th, 2017 (Mopelution update!)

T.Rex buffs:

* can go under water
* can sprint by double tap boost buttons (unlocks at 7.5mn XP)
* sprinting loose water, can sprint for 4s (helps from evading dragons)
* does more damage during ability shake
* victim bleeds for 4 seconds (also does dmage every)
* less fire damage (from dragons)
* Trex vs Trex can fight like dragon

Black Dragon buff:

* unlock fly ability after 40mn XP
* flying activates with double tap boost buttons
* fly actives only if lava is more than 70%
* can fly upto 10-15 seconds
* fly safe: during flgiht no healing/recharging/biting/hitting anything in the game

Giraffe buff:

* can move around during ability for better aiming
* ability duration increased +0.5s to +1.5s (random)
* move speed increased during ability 40%

Tiger buff:

* longer pounce time between +1s to +1.5s (random)

Shark buff:

* new ability (shark bite)
* drops meat if bites an animal
* can sprint by double tap boost buttons (unlocks when 180k XP)
* sprinting loose water, can sprint for 3s
* new bite animation

New Animal: Eagle

* can grab and fly animals in air, runs faster when attacking (claws show on front)
* can grab small animals in its claws and drops after 5 seconds
* can fly to protect for longer duration (but looses water) also can abort flight anytime by double tap boost button
* new flying animation, wings moving to show it flying

* eagle can drop vitcim from claws if in flight

* on drop victim gets significant damage

* faster in mud/lake/waters/hills
* Now land animals can upgrade to Artic animals from land if close enough to Artic biome.
* Wolverin and Sabertooth Tiger dont burn on land
* Tiger doesnt burn in Artic
* All arctic animals dont burn up when in the ocean but if too deep
* New: Cloudberry food, edible by +deer/Arctic Hare
* More foods in Artic now
* Polarbear/cheetah ice grip buffed
* Arctic animals no longer loose too much water if inside artic
* Lakes are back in Arctic
* Yeti can go anywhere
* Yeti/Wolverine/Sabertooth get burnt if they are close to Volcano

Trot & Seahorse buffs:

* Both animals get quick Dash ability

Pig Ability:

* has new Fart ability only in mud
* can fart in hole and animals if in hole can be stunk
* animals knock out from hole if stunk after 1-2s (random)
* stunk effect lasts for 2-3s (random)

Misc. Buffs:

* Elephant is rhino speed in water
* Cheetah/Snow Leopard slightly faster on land and have 33% extra boost
* Yeti/T.Rex/Krakens can fight like Dragons
* Swordfish charge is no longer locked
* first 3 tier cant activate spider web anymore
* croc buff: can damage same tier as well as predators
* mouse AI bots on land!

## Nov 2nd, 2017 (BIG Update)

* NEW: Tiger animal: Has multiple abilities in one! With each ability use, it cycles between grabbing prey, and slashing/biting. PLUS, hold W to grow a hiding bush, and wait for something to walk by!
* NEW: Giraffe animal! Stomp ability starts a continuous knock-back attack that can be deadly but hard to aim.
* NEW: T-REX animal! Equal to dragon, this giant loves to drag prey around with it's powerful huge jaws!
* NEW: Zebra's ability has been updated to a (Hilariously) fun double-side-kick!
* Animals now fade (including name!) when going under green hiding bushes, makes a great ambush point
* animals can now charge even when low water
* eating an animal gives you ~55% of it's xp now, instead of 65% (bigger xp drain)
* yeti and kraken abilities are improved: radius of the ability is now 3X animal radius
* Arctic damage is now 30% lower, PLUS 2X lower for low lvl (or low hp) animals (letting animals more easily upgrade into arctic)
* donkey was slightly nerfed due to feedback, damage is now randomly 10% lower, longer cooldown

## October 2nd, 2017 (Bug Fixes)

* removed +EAT interface (overcrowded and no longer useful), added basic instructions on how to play
* boa can't bite for 1s after coiling something
* elephant randomly has up to a 1s extra cool down after ability use
* dragons can get caught in web now, for only 5s (half time)
* cobra venom now does 50% lower damage on instant impact, and 50% lower damage from venom (and even lower when poisoning animals that are higher lvl than cobra)
* animals can no longer spawn on lava
* certain animals eg. bear, gorilla, can no longer climb rocks (as before the last update bug)
* cobra cant spit poison from underwater/hiding holes anymore
* cobra spits 3 poison when in mud (1 extra )
* boa + cobra move 2x faster in mud now (same as rhino speed)
* spiders can now go in tiny hiding holes
* animals can now charge even when low water

## September 23, 2017

* NEW poison effect: poison slows you down (by 10%), and hurts you until the poison wears off- eat food/water of all kinds to cure your poison faster!
* biting a poisoned animal (even the tail) will make you equally as poisoned as it!
* octopuses now can disguise as healing rocks
* fixed diving button bugs
* fixed fire 2x xp giving bug (the xp bug causing people to get crazy xp amounts)
* NEW Cobra animal- bitting it will poison you, if it bites you it will poison you too!
	+ cobras spit venom (hold r-click/W to continue spitting venom)
* NEW Boa constrictor animal- coils up on any animal and suffocates it, causing continuous damage!
	+ can suffocate prey of any size!
* NEW Spider animal: Spiders can climb press W to start spinning some web- Press W again to stop
	+ The longer you spin the web, the bigger it gets, then eventually it starts be become more transparent (but a bit smaller)
	+ touching web gets your animal entangled, for 10 seconds
	+ biting an animal stuck in web (even tail-biting) frees the entangled animal (it cuts the web!)
* spiders hate swimming, and cant breathe long underwater!
* spiders and cobras are immune to poison

## April 24, 2017 (Bug fixes)

* Fixed bugs with diving, balanced elephant (faster in water, smaller in size) and whale (ability is a bit slower, krakens no longer fear it!)
* Kraken whilrpools size increased (its balanced with whales now)
* Whale has +1s cooldown
* Whale stun is -1.5s for predators and -1s for preys.
* Mammoth ability cooldown increased to +1s
* Elephant speed in water is same as hippo
* Elephant/Whale/Mammoth is less than Dragon tier now so they dont look so big if they are fully grown
* Dragon fireball reach has been increased by 25%
* Animals can dive after 2s of last tail bite
* Fixed black dragon downgrade bug, along with several other bugs

## April 18 , 2017 (Big New Creatures!)

* NEW: Huge Elephant animal! Elephants are above hippo, have a powerful trunk ability!
* NEW: Blue whale animal! Huge, blows water, has a powerful tail slap ability!
* NEW: Sabertooth tiger (in the arctic), has double-claw ability
* Dragons can now move through each other (to fight better!)
* Dragon is now 1m xp to get, elephant/blue whale is 500k, mammoth moved up to elephant lvl
* Tail-bite xp gain is now limited to 2X your current xp (reduce instant-dragons for low lvl animals)
* Russian servers were put in the Europe region (most were hosted in germany anyways)
* blue whale's tail stuns extra long (4 seconds for prey!)
* elephants can shoot water 2x faster (long trunk)
* elephants can reach food/ animals with their long trunk
* water shooting speed increased 50%
* added adblocker message

## April 9, 2017 (Colossal Black Dragon!)

* NEW: Black dragon animal! (10m xp needed, downgrades if you lose too much xp, only heals from healing stones)
* Black dragons live in the NEW lava biome, in the middle of the map
* NEW: healing stones: magic pink stones across the that heal your health+ give xp +water
* BIG Healing stones in lava heal 3x faster!
* NEW: Meat! 3 kinds, Dropped by animals on death from natural causes (eg. lava, thirst!)
* NEW: Watermellon food, spawns in lava, very good xp (but dangerous to get!)
* Arctic: was reduced in size (land/ocean increased), many tweaks in food/ice
* Arctic: Animals no longer can teleport TO the arctic on upgrade- must upgrade IN the arctic to be an arctic animal!
* Arctic: non-arctic animals in the arctic will get cold every 15s, arctic animals outside the arctic will get hot! (causes a bit of damage)
* Arctic: Chipmunk bots added, ice is 2x more slippery (for most animals)
* black dragons only heal when on lava, or from healing stones
* black dragons unlock triple-fireballs
* dragons/krakens/yetis can now use big hiding holes (hide from the black drag!)
* Number of servers reduced, to increase player concentration

## Mar 24, 2017 (Rapid Rivers!)

* NEW: Rivers flow between oceans in mope.io!
* Certain animals are unaffected by the river current: Croc, hippo
* NEW: abilities can push/damage food (eg. mushroom bushes)! Plus, kraken sucks up all food!
* NEW: Snails have come alive (first basic AI)! They love to eat plankton, hide in shells! (And bite your tail!)
* orca wave ability buffed (longer stun, more damage)
* Lots of tweaks to food concentration, respawn rates
* squid and seahorse swapped, fox and deer swapped (deer can use mini hiding holes now)

## Mar 17, 2017

* Fixed https site issues, optimized new graphics performance
* fixed bugs with new food (eg. snail)

## Mar 14, 2017 (Huge Ocean Update!)

* NEW: complete ocean redesign! Over 6 new foods and a new theme!
* NEW: overflowing ocean water, and beaches! (Beaches spawn certain foods)
* Minimap now shows size more accurately for all objects
* NEW: Water spots are now like little puddles, high lvl animals (croc+) can swim in them! (Great hunting spot)
* all food xp rates have been changed to be formula-based

## Mar 7, 2017

* Progress: all food+object spawning code has been re-written (in preparation for food rework)
* Auto-upgrade is partly back! For low level animals, you can only change animal chains every few levels! (better, more focused game experience)
* Auto-upgrade applies from mouse->pig (can change biomes at mole), also fox, (then can change biomes normally)
* All animals now teleport to their correct biome on upgrading (unless becoming ocean animal in a lake)
* Minimap no longer shows berry bushes/ plankton bushes (preparing for food update)
* re-enabled water W water shooting (for animals without W abilities), 'S' key still works

## Feb 26, 2017

* Reworked game servers to support https
* tweaked orca ability: only stuns once, allows easier escape
* crocs can no longer grab animals up in trees/climbing hills

## Feb 20, 2017

* slighlty buffed deer & zebra ability: digging gives mushrooms more often, gives better/extra food for zebra
* Killer whale ability buff: wave is 3X wider, more powerful, can lightly wash animals out of whirlpools!

## Feb 19, 2017

* new mini '3D zoom' effect when animals climb on rocks/hills, or go down in hiding holes/dive
* NEW: orca wave ability! Waves stuns/wash away predators and prey! Even moves underwater animals
* yeti ability freezes dragons+krakens longer, yetis and krakens stop burning 3x faster from fire
* crabs & turtles now climb hills+rocks (as they are half-land creatures!)
* dragons, yeti are now 20% larger, hippos+ have increased view range

## Feb 18, 2017

* NEW: gorillas can throw bananas from trees to stun prey/predators (ooo ooo!)
* NEW: dig for food ability: Deer can stand still and start digging for food on W!
* digging is faster in mud, gives different food when digging in lakes (dig up lilypads!)
* Dig is For deer, reindeer, + (temporarily)zebra
* Fox ability now only activates on right-click (in hiding hole), stuns prey, other
* rabbit holes disappear faster (20 seconds, never if any animal is inside)
* sandbox has been removed for now (due to it not being fun for long enough, much better game mode coming soon :D )
* testing new arrows indicating prey/predators

## Feb 14, 2017 (Fox and Rabbit!)

* Fixed sandbox unlimited ability use bug
* Mole buff: mole can now dig anywhere! (reduced air time, can dig under anything)
* NEW: awesome fox (+arctic fox) ability: 'Pull from Hole'! Go in any hiding hole and kick out up to 2 animals!
* Animals get kicked out in order from lowest to highest (you can even kick out predators!)
* NEW: rabbit + arctic hare ability: Burrow Hole- Press W to dig a hiding hole to hide in! (Great for escaping predators, but watch for foxes!)
* Halved XP rates of blackberries + pears (prevent too easy leveling!)
* Water is now outlined light-green to indicate that it's 'edible'
* water no longer spawns on mud (as mud recharges water anyways!)
* water now can spawn across the arctic, snowballs no longer drop water

## Feb 10, 2017

* Sandbox feedback implemented: Upgrade/Downgrade your animal with ease!
* Now Use the ↑ ↓ (up/down arrow buttons) to upgrade/downgrade your animal! (instead of double-click)
* NEW: Arctic teleporting: you can now become an arctic animal from ANYWHERE, and be teleported to the arctic!
* Land/Grass animals are now teleported to land when upgrading from arctic
* Upgrade interface improvements: Animals sorted by biome, The suggested animal choice button is bigger, always to the left
* NEW: press enter to upgrade your animal to the first choice
* NEW: press S to shoot/spit water (any animals!)
* Music in-game has been removed (only a short intro sound left, was too repetitive)
* press ↓ as a mouse to go right to Kraken/dragon/yeti!
* croc ability tweaked: dragging in mud and water is now faster

## Feb 4, 2017 (BETA SANDBOX!)

* NEW: Testing out a new game mode: Sandbox!
* This game mode is still changing quickly, write your feedback on reddit
* Double-click to upgrade your animal at any time! Try out every mope.io animal in full!
* Any animals can attack any other animals! (Though prey->predator attack damage is only 1/3, no XP is transferred)
* Leaderboards go by kills instead of XP (since XP can be set by upgrading!)
* Eating another animal gives you half of its kills!
* Leveling up doesn't make you invincible for 3s, and can't be done after being recently hurt
* Eating any food in-game heals back your health when eating it!

## Feb 1, 2017

* Added/Fixed mope.io music!
* TIP: press mute if you want to turn off mope.io sound/music!
* I've been moving the mope.io site to new, more powerful hosting! (Site/images will load noticeably faster)
* A small number of users may not be able to load the mope.io site for the next 24h (looks like you can!)

## Jan 29, 2017

* NEW: mope.io music! Looping theme songs in-game, and on the menu :) (Credit to N4Fy)
* Easily turn off music with the MUTE button on the main menu
* NEW: Awesome croc ability! Press/Release W to bite into animals and drag them around! (Or into water!)
* The ability can end early by pressing W again, be careful dragging predators!
* croc dive bubbles are 2X fainter, and croc can hold breath for 60s! (Makes this ability a great surprise attack!)
* new lillypad graphics, increased lake spawn of lillypads
* fixed many bugs that you guys submitted

## Jan 28, 2017

* text optimization: player names, and most in-game text is now cached (slower computers will see a boost in fps)
* arctic animals outside arctic slowdown no longer happens in the ocean
* For a short time, an official mope.io Kraken t-shirt is for sale (high-quality, just 29$) [See Offical changelog for link]
* blackberries no longer freeze on eating

## Jan 21, 2017

* fixed crab/turtle speeds
* it now only takes 2 snowballs to combine and get food, plus you can now shoot water at snow!
* donkey kick slowed down to 8s interval, reduced stun time by 0.5s
* mammoth swim speed increased

## Jan 20, 2017 (Snow!)

* NEW: snow across the arctic! Push snow together until it pops to reveal frozen food!
* NEW: blackberries (low lvl food) and pears (higher lvl food. findable within arctic snow!
* NEW: mammoth animal (equal to hippo)- rolls a statrategic snowball- the longer the snowball roles, the bigger the freeze on impact!
* NEW: donkey animal! (equal to zebra) does a back kick that knocks back/stuns all animals, injures predators
* NEW: reindeer 'shoot snow' ability (freezes for a short time), arctic hare "drop snow" abillity (help ascape predators)
* Dragon has been rebalanced: fire shoots max every 2s, move speed boosted!
* Dragon battles: Dragons can hit each other with fire! (50% damage) + move through each other to battle!

## Jan 17, 2017

* Big performance bug fix: many lagging Safari & Chrome players will notice MUCH smoother gameplay
* Animals shrinking from getting hurt tweaked, 'tiny animals' re-added! (Let your xp get very low, and your animal will be tiny!)
* dragon bugs fixed: fire works again, being on-fire drains water again, + dragon speed boost, fire shoots every 1s again
* rock hills changed back
* mole can now go under-water
* dragons now move full-speed in water

## Jan 15, 2017

* NEW: bear+polar claw slash ability! Hits damage, slightly stuns prey, powerfully stuns predators for 3s!
* I hear you guys! Dragon fire nerf: fireballs no longer hit underwater animals, going in a hiding hole ends being on fire,
* Plus, weaker fireball impact damage, being on-fire no longer drains water faster,
* dragon moves even slower, fire effect lasts half the time on un-edible animals, fire shoots every 1.5s (slowed from 1s)
* fixed dragons moving through each other/krakens
* charge nerf: rhino, swordfish, muskox 'charge' now stuns for 1.2s (down from 1.5), does slightly less damage, ~30% reduced charge speed
* rhino slighly faster than reg. animals on mud (due to nerf of charge)

## Jan 13,2017 (Dragon Fire!)

* NEW: Dragons can breath fire, with their new ability! Fireballs damage on impact + light the prey on fire!
* NEW: Animals can now catch fire! (Fire lasts very little time in water!)
* NEW: shark + killer whale get the 'speed dive' ability, give a speed boost every 8s
* NEW: hippo gets the 'groan' ability, similar to lion roar- more powerful when in lakes/oceans
* When on fire, you take light damage, your water bar will drain 3x faster! (Sweating?)
* Hint: drinking water drops helps put out fire much faster! (Shoot water at on-fire animals to help friends!)
* Bananas and Coconut xp boosted by 50%+ (animals who climb trees get 30% less xp than non-climbing from bananas/coconuts)
* Rock hills got a new design! (Credit: Shaun Goodwin)
* arctic animals are now 25% slower outside the arctic, and non-arctic animals are 25% inside the arctic.
* read full update info on the changelog
* ice sliding no longer times out
* fixed bug 'diving on snow' near top of oceans
* wolf howl now ACTUALLY affects predators, bug fix
* animals can once again dive when using an ability (eg. swordfish diving after starting charge)
* dragons now can no longer dive underwater (they fly, and their fire would go out!), now move 10% slower (because of their new fire ability)
* killer whale will likely get a 'unique' ability in the future, atm it's ability is for balance
* wolverine/yeti swim much better now
* hippos lose water slower
* rhinos are slowed by mud again, non-water animals cant charge in water

## Jan 9,2017 (Ability Interface!)

* NEW: A sweet Graphical Ability + Diving interface! (Took a while to add, as it required re-coding significant parts of the game!)
* You now always know when you can use dive/use an ability! (if an ability is faded, you cant use it!)

Leave feedback on the new interface, It's still being tweaked :)

* lion roar/ wolverine growl nerf: no random bigger range, 25% lower stun time
* wolf howl now 'scares' animals dangerous to wolf, but with lower stun/damage
* smoother left-click boosting in the oceans
* shell move speed increased
* diving is no longer possible when using an ability (eg. rhinos cant charge underwater!)
* Adding a heap of new abilities soon- across all animal groups!
* New mope.io logo! (Big thanks to designer Pike\_YT)

## Jan 4,2017 (Arctic Abilitys!)

* NEW: freeze effect, similar to stun, with different mechanics! (can be caused by arctic abilites)
* NEW: yetis have an awesome new multi-target freeze ability + disguise ability (hold/release W to use)
* NEW: wolves now have a scary HOWL ability, which freezes/SCARES your prey into running! (try it out!)
* NEW: lion has a powerful ROAR ability, which can knock back, stun and damage prey from a distance! (randomly has a bigger range!)
* NEW: cheetah + snow leopard get a new extra-boost ability! (Press W to boost again, on command, every 8s)
* NEW: wolverine gets a growl ability, similar to lion's roar
* VOTE on lemming/chipmunk and wolf!
* kraken underwater time reduced to 1min 15s (was 5 mins!)
* arctic animals are 10% slower OUTSIDE the arctic, non-arctic animals are 10% slower IN the arctic (encourages correct animals in biomes!)
* chipmunk and snow leopard graphics improved
* yetis can no longer climb hills/go in mini hiding holes
* fixed lots of bugs (from userreport and reddit)
* Coming soon: graphical controls to see when you can use/re-use an ability!

## Jan 1, 2017 (Happy New Year!)

* Happy new year to all mope.io players!
* I've finally re-coded all current animal abilities (report any bugs below!), in preparation for graphical controls! (Coming soon, will display when you can re-use an ability)
* animals that 'turn well on ice' now move 50% faster and turn even better!
* animals that 'slide on ice' now slide 30% faster, weee!
* NEW: chipmunk animal, replaces 'lemming'
* wolf was moved down the food chain, is now equal to cheetah
* there is now 50% more ice at the arctic!
* NEW: muskox can now charge with it's horns (press W)
* octopus can now also disguise as an ocean whirlpool
* several animals have gotten speed boosts: lion, wolf, dragon (slightly), yeti, wolverine
* rhino speed reduced (because of big horn boost)
* water-friendly arctic animals (penguin,walrus,seal,polar bear) can now swim better
* the octopus has an easier time diving after using it's disguise
* coming soon: more actic animal abilites (land ones too!), graphical controls!

## Dec 28, 2016 (Arctic Biome Release #2

* The arctic biome is now wider, over 3X the old land area!
* NEW: ice in the arctic biome! (You will slide with little control when walking on it!)
* NEW: ice-sliding ability: penguin, seal, walrus can hold W to slide fast across ice! (move 1.7X faster, no timeout!)
* NEW: ice-grip ability: These animals have exceptionally-good grip on ice: turn even faster on ice than on land: reindeer, muskox, wolf, yeti
* NEW: wolverine animal (equal to rhino)
* Arctic animals don't slide as hard on ice as non-arctic animals!
* seal,walrus, yeti can now climb hills + rocks!
* yetis can now (magically) fit inside tiny hiding holes! (freeze ability coming soon!)
* Lakes now exist in the arctic biome, lots more cool arctic stuff coming soon! Leave your feedback on reddit!

## Dec 26, 2016 (Arctic Biome Sneek Peek!)

* NEW: There's now a north pole in mope.io- the ARCTIC BIOME! (Lots of you guys wanted a sneak peek, so here it is!)
* Stay in the Arctic (snowy) region to be able to upgrade to arctic animals!
* NEW: 12 new arctic animals released early! (Special animal abilites coming later!)
* Animals are: lemming (snow mouse), arctic hare, penguin, seal, arctic fox, reindeer, muskox, snow leopard, walrus, polar bear, wolf, abominable snowman!
* Suggest what unique abilites some of these animals should have!
* Lots of Arctic updates coming soon!

## Dec 25, 2016 (Merry Christmas!)

* NEW: For all of today, enjoy double (2X) xp for all edible food in-game!
* Done an optimization overhaul of game physics, meaning the game runs smoother!
* Optimized server load to allow for a larger game area! (Preparing for arctic biome)
* Mope.io is seeing warmer weather for christmas- snow theme removed! (In preparation for arctic biome!)
* Arctic biome delayed until tomorrow, (I'll be working on it during Christmas day :) )
* reduced banana spawn rate to match coconut
* fixed bugs with new physics

## Dec 21, 2016 (Winter!)

* NEW: Winter has frozen up mope.io, you'll notice snow all over many places!
* NEW: enjoy over 30 New winter-themed mope.io animal skins! (Just click share mope.io on facebook/twitter/vk at the bottom to unlock them ALL!)
* To turn off winter skins for your animal, click the check-mark again
* Fixed bugs with shell use when hurt (Turtle+crab)
* Fixed squids not hiding in berry bushes!
* Fixed hill water drain/diving bugs with bears/gorrilas
* Fixed Teleporting bugs
* xp over 1000K no longer has a decimal point

## Dec 18, 2016

* NEW: Smart teleport: When Upgrading ocean->Land OR Land->Ocean, you will be placed NEAR where you upgraded!
* Animals good in land both land/ocean (hippo, crab, turtle, croc, dragon) will not be teleported!
* Land Animals Now teleport to land when upgrading in the ocean!
* You Can now always choose land/ocean animals at any stage!
* Seahorses move just as fast as squid now
* Lion is now above cheetah in the food chain!
* Cheetah is now extra fast- faster then most of it's prey!
* Coconuts spawn at a controlled rate, coconut trees bug fixed

Coming soon; a christmas/winter theme for mope.io!

## Dec 16, 2016

* Octopus now teleports to the ocean, as expected, moves faster when disguised,can be tailbitten when disguised
* Improved Octopus ability: Prey that touchs disguised octopus is hurt+ Stunned for 2.5s, octopus realeases ink on getting bitten when disguised!
* Dragons now dont move through krakens/each other
* Bananas slightly less common, coconuts more common
* Reduced XP rate for bananas/coconuts (for gorrilas/bears, the lvled up too fast)

## Dec 15, 2016 (Yummy Food!)

* NEW: banana trees, with Banana food! This is high-level land food, edible by lion+ (Easily reachable by gorillas!)
* NEW: coconut food! Also high lvl food (gorilla+), spawns in special trees (only spawns on land areas, will make land more attractive)
* NEW: octopus animal! Is equal to croc, (upgrade from swordfish)- Can use W to disguise itself as many common game items!
* (Great for hunting, if prey bites a disguised octopus, it gets hurt/stunned!)
* octopus are immune to squid ink
* Fixed pufferfish bug- pufferfish now stuns prey (things it can eat) for 2s, making puffing near prey a good hunting ability!
* 6 new USA servers (4 nyc, 2 cali)

## Dec 14, 2016

* mobile users can now RUN while holding W (just slide your finger down to the run button after pressing W!)
* hint: you can play mope.io with ONLY the mouse, by using right-click instead of W!
* Fixed 5M+ xp server crash bug
* Crocs and hippos now swim faster, 93% as fast as their equal water animals.
* Crocs can now move through berry bushes
* Pufferfish can now re-puff 6 seconds after puffing up (down from 7)

## Dec 12, 2016 (SELECTIVE BRANCHING!)

* NEW: choose if you want to spawn in oceans or land!
* NEW: selective branching! Choose which animal you'd like to upgrade to when you level up!
* Selective branching unlocks loads of potential for mope.io, allowing loads of new animals in the game, coming in the future!
* Tip: Selective branching offers land animals & ocean animals, depending on where you are when you lvl up!
* Leave your thoughts/feedback on selective branching!

* NEW: gorilla animal: gorillas are extra fast at climbing hills, but are slower on land! Gorillas are an option upgrading from lion/stingray
* gorillas are good swimmers (slightly faster than bears, which try to hunt gorillas!)
* gorillas boost 20% faster on hills (great for ambushing prey!)

* Rhinos buff: they now move through mud 2x faster, stun for 1.5s with their horn, + rhinos can now swim as fast as bears in water, can move through water spots
* all animals (other than kranken+dragon) can now hide in ocean whirlpools
* pufferfish can now only stay puffed for 8s max, have a longer recharge time- plus stun time from puffed mode reduced for predators
* high-lvl fish speeds were rebalanced
* 5% more xp is kept on respawn!
* swordfish move slightly faster
* walking on hills in mud/water no longer slows you down!
* ocean animals can now upgrade to ocean animals while in lakes!
* the +food interface now shows ALL food when spawning

EXTRA PRO TIPS:

(Eg. Upgrade in a lake/ocean to choose ocean animals!)

* Animals turtle and below, you will only be offered land animals on land, ocean animals in the ocean! (to keep it simple for new players) -You can change to the other branch by lvling up in the right place. Eg. on land to become land animal.
* The lvl-up location counts when the "choose an upgrade" interface appears For animals turtle+ , you can become a water OR land animal no matter where you are when lvling up.
* kraken are now immune to jellyfish stings

## Dec 11, 2016

* 17 New Servers: 4 new russia servers, 11 new brazil servers, 1 new australia server, 1 new singapore server

* NEW: Servers are now divided by region (Because the server list is getting too long)

* BIG Update coming tomorrow (Delayed from today) (Hint: Selective branching) + New animals + More!

* Orcas now show a blow-hole when underwater

## Dec 7, 2016 (Awesome New Animals!)

* NEW: Puffer Fish animal! Puffs on pressing W: grows to double size, hurts any animals on contact + takes 40% bite less damage! (Works on land too!)
* NEW: Swordfish animal! Press W to rush with high speed, do extra damage on impact (somewhat like rhino!)
* NEW: Killer whale (evolves from croc, in ocean)! Breathes quite well on land (great for chasing land prey out of water) -Killer whales blow water out when diving, (and sometimes other goodies!)
* servers are now limited to one game lobby each, fill up at 600 players (+100 for party players), (this will end overfilled-server stutter).
* Kraken's whirlpool suction lasts 0.5s less time (to make it somewhat possible to escape)

## Dec 5, 2016 (Beware Of the kraken!)

* NEW: kraken animal = ocean version of dragon (upgrade from a shark/hippo in the ocean to get it!) -Kraken have a whirlpool ability that sucks all animals in towards it's mighty jaws (release W to use, every 12s)
* kraken now can't get tail-bitten during the first 2s of their special attack
* 'Low graphics' setting now hides New +"what you can eat" interface
* Shark is now equal to hippo, but is in the ocean branch (croc upgrades in the ocean=shark, upgrades on land=hippo)
* Turtle and crab are now much faster on land (only 10% slower than equal land creatures)
* Pigs can now swim almost as fast as a croc in water (in lakes/oceans)

## Dec 4, 2016

* NEW: awesome new edbile food interface- on upgrading to an animal, you are shown what new food/animals you can eat!
* Due to highly crowded worlds, oceans have been made +50% larger! (And the resulting game area is 36% larger!)
* Fixed underwater flicker invincible bug
* Stingrays now have a +1.5s extra delay for diving after shocking (to give predators a better chance of retaliating)
* PLUS Finally Fixed leaderboard wrong rank# bug! (You can now rank up to #450 in a room!)

## Dec 2, 2016 (Tweaks)

* Stingray shock no longer hurts players that are underwater+ can only use shock every 8s now + multiple shocks at once don't do extra damage.
* Oceans are now 10% wider (due to them being so crowded), less lillypads in oceans, sand islands are more spread out
* Rhinos no longer push through hills when charging (they still go through water spots on charge)
* Rhinos now slightly stun those hit with a horn charge, rhinos no longer shoot water at all
* Fixed bug where bears can get bitten on hills in oceans
* Cheetahs can eat lillypads

## Dec 1, 2016 (Stun Update!)

* NEW: awesome new stun mechanic in-game: being stunned slows down movement + turning
* NEW: stingray now has an amazing 'electric shock' ability: shock damages ALL animals in range (Press/release W to use it)
* NEW: squid can now shoot INK when recently injured (by pressing W/Left click)
* ink stuns all animals on contact
* jellyfish now stun + damage animals that bump into their tentacles (at their back)
* fixed bug of always spawning in oceans, + animals can now randomly spawn as ocean OR land animals when spawning with +XP
* dragons now start smaller, grow in size when gaining xp- up to 5000K xp ( can be up to 3X larger )!
* Plankton bushes are more common, are bigger (better for hiding), Only turtle+ can go through plankton bushes
* Water spots on land are bigger (better hunting spots again)

## Nov 30, 2016

* NEW: jellyfish now sting! (Bumping into the back of a jellyfish causes you to get damaged, gives the jellyfish 1% of your xp, up to 1K)
* foxes can now hide in small hiding holes
* cheetah speed slightly boosted (leave feedback!): same fast as deer now, in now slightly faster than lion and zebra
* 4 new USA servers (2x new york, 1 seattle, 1 Chicago)
* fixed several bugs: bear getting water on mud hills, ocean land animal on upgrading, etc.
* Coming very soon: cool new unique abilites for several animals. Hint: squid ink! :)

## Nov 28, 2016 (4 New Animals!)

* NEW: 4 new ocean animals (to continue on the ocean branch!)
* NEW: Seahorse (comes after squid)
* NEW: Jellyfish (these can grow very large, turn slowly, comes after seahorse)
* NEW: Turtle: hold W to hide in your shell on land! (This reduces damage/xp loss taken by 70%, reduces move speed by 50%, turtles live on land quite well)
* NEW: Stingray: (after turtle, =lion )
* Crabs can now hide in their shell by holding W/right click (on land)
* Bear now drain water when on hills inside lakes/oceans
* Rhinos made fun again! + can now charge though water spots (to better hunt crocs)
* Coming soon: more unique abilites for ocean animals!
* Mole now comes before deer (due to lots of feedback) + lillypad xp increased to 75xp, mushroom bush to 1.2K
* Water restores 2x faster in oceans/lakes for ocean animals
* Ocean animals now have corrected camera zoom levels

## Nov 27, 2016

* Rhinos nerf: rhinos now turn around slower, charge 10% slower, can only SLIGHTLY move onto dark green hills when charging (lots of feedback on this)
* Hills are now randomly ~30% wider- plus, 1/15 chance of being of extra wide (huge hills).
* plankton is now ~2X more common, with tweaked eat-xp amounts for different animal lvls
* Ocean whirlpools: land animals can now use them! (zebra and below), ocean animals no longer lose water quickly inside whirlpools
* 7 new game servers (yes, the list is getting long!): 2 germany, 2 brazil, 2 russia, 1 in tokyo
* Mobile joystick now makes it easier to stay still (in hiding holes)
* Coming very soon: brand new ocean animals!

## Nov 26, 2016

* NEW: ocean whirlpools (ocean animals + croc + hippo can hide from predators in these, sharks can't use them!)
* Plankton (orange circles) in oceans now gives 2X xp for higher animals, more of it spawns (will make oceans more attractive for mid-tier animals)
* Oceans now have a blue background at the border
* Shark fins while diving tweaked, all animal diving bubbles are fainter (Let me know your thoughts on reddit)

## Nov 24, 2016 (Ocean Food!)

* NEW: orange plankton food in oceans (mid tier food, gives 7-14xp ea, edible by crab+, and by all land animals (to attract land animals in the water)
* Sharks now show a fin when diving underwater
* Underwater bubbles now rotate along with your animal (same for mole digging effect)
* mushrooms by themselves/water dont spawn in oceans anymore.

## Nov 23, 2016

* Increased XP for higher level animals (and lowered eaten XP back to 50%)
* Dragons now fly over rocks
* Ocean animals now move more smoothly
* Animal push power now depends on animal size (larger animals can push small animals away easily)

## Nov 22, 2016 (Huge Ocean Animals Release!)

* NEW: 5 ocean themed animals: shrimp, trout, crab, (walks sideways) squid, and shark (after hippo)

(Shrimp is equal to mouse, crab=rabbit, etc)
TIP: Ocean animals are great in water, but terrible on land (they lose water fast!)

* NEW: Ocean Animals are auto branched for now (if you upgrade your animal in a ocean, you get a ocean animal, leave the ocean and upgrade and you get a land animal)
* Oceans are now 2X wider, have new color: (thanks to the poll)!
* Rhino charge damage now 1.6 (Down from 2.7)
* Lilipads in oceans

## Nov 21, 2016 (Oceans Sneak Peek!)

* NEW: Oceans have been discovered on the left/right edges of mope.io!

(This is a sneek peek, with many ocean updates coming soon, including NEW ocean-spectified animals, food, hiding areas, branching, and MORE!)

* Game area 33% larger (to accomodate oceans), 350 Max players per game! (Up from 250)
* NEW: Minimap shows sand islands, oceans, + has more accurate sizing
* All animal reqiurements have been reduced further (to make it easier to reach higher animals.

## Nov 20, 2016

* Server Selection now packs players in more popular servers in a smart way. (To increase player concentration at night)

## Nov 18, 2016

* Chat Now shows multiple lines, lines stack on top on one-another (Better hiding-hole chat sessions!)
* Added Left-handed mode (for mobile users)

## Nov 17, 2016

* Added 2 new (Sao Paulo) Brazil servers! (replaced the Texas ones)
* Animals of the same kind (except dragons) no longer can bite each other's tails. (Due to lots of feedback!)
* Players now always respawn in the same game lobby as they died in (bug fix)

## Nov 16, 2016 (Android App!)

* New: Android mobile app is live
* New: Awesome joystick controls for all mobile users (old controls can be used by turning off joystick in settings)
* New: Low-graphics mode for slow phones/pcs (turn it on in the gear options)

## Nov 14, 2016

* New 2nd California server
* Party links now expire after 10h, not 1h
* New option to hide names/chat (reduce lag, hide profanities for kids)
* Coming very soon: mope.io Android app + mobile joystick controls! (with remove option)
* Starting full-time work on animal branching (for oceans) tomorrow!

## Nov 13, 2016

* New: 2 East-Eurpoe (Moscow) servers! (finally resolved several issues)
* New: PARTY LINKS! Click 'Make Party' (top-right corner) to get a link, where anyone can join your specific game!
* fixed inflated player count bug (real peak player count today was ~8000, not 12000!)
* player count now gets updated every few seconds

## Nov 11, 2016

* New Chicago server
* Mole/Bear slightly faster, many animal xp amounts were reduced/rebalanced (after game testing/feedback, as many players couldn't reach higher animals)
* Easier for cheetahs to level up (too many cheetahs previously)

## Nov 9, 2016

* NEW: Servers choice list now shows # of players online in each server
* # online (bottom right corner) now shows TOTAL players on mope.io, not just in the current server (updates on page refresh)
* Rhino buffed:(improved to be able to hunt bears/crocs): 10% faster in water, can charge through hills (slowly), better charge aiming
* Lowered xp needed for hippo/dragon
* Tail biting slowed down- animals can now get tail-bitten every 4s (was 2s)
* Tail biting: continuously geting tail bitten (15s cooldown) reduces xp taken by 50% (damage still 100%)

## Nov 8, 2016

* NEW: Brazil Sao Paolo server finally live (New host)!
* NEW: camera zooms slightly in when in hiding hole/underwater (perspective effect)
* Food chain speed tweaks: tweaked several animal speeds to match yesterdays re-ordered animals (should be less people stuck at mole now!).
* Rhino tweaks: rhinos move faster, have better control at end of charging, do more damage on charge impact, turn around faster to protect from tail biters!
* hippos slowed down slightly.

## Nov 7, 2016 (Charging Rhinos!)

* NEW: rhino animal (after croc), can charge in a straight line, and knock back prey for 2X damage! This is VERY fun to use, try it out!
* NEW: mole,zebra,lion re-ordered to be more intuitive, as highly requested! (lions can now eat zebras! + moles are lower down)
* New animal order: mouse,rabbit,pig,fox,deer,[mole],[zebra],[lion],cheetah,bear,crocodile,rhino,hippo,dragon
* hippo & dragon have 20% higher hp now
* highest-lvl animals can no longer eat animals below pig
* Reduced delay before diving possible when damaged

## Nov 6, 2016 (Bullying!)

* Added 2 more servers: New york and london (new faster server provider!)
* Animal turning was made smoother looking
* Hiding holes no longer spawn fully under rocks
* Animals can now 'bully'- you can bite the tails of equivalent animals (with 50% reduced bite damage/xp) (thx. to PUER)- should be fun, leave FEEDBACK on reddit!
* Bug fixed: cant bite bears on hills from underwater/underground (PUER).
* To reduce tail-biting 'oppurtunists' in lakes, lower animals are now 10% slower in water

## Nov 5, 2016

* Added 5 new servers to better handle increased # of players (hint: pick the server nearest to you, to minimize lag!)
* Working on further lag improvements, + automatic server selection!
* Mobile site users: app redirect now happens only on first site open

## Nov 4, 2016 (IOS App!)

* NEW: iOS mobile app is LIVE! An optimized, improved mobile mope.io experience :)
* NEW: LAG FIX PART 2!!!!!!!! You may notice, there is less lag today- :)
* Mud spots are 1.3X wider, slightly less common, 50% more mushrooms spawn in mud
* Standing in mud now slowly refills your water (at 0.4X the speed of lake regen)
* Pigs now get 8xp from mushrooms (prev. 12xp)
* Chat now works in all languages/ Ñ‡Ð°Ñ‚ Ñ€Ð°Ð±Ð¾Ñ‚Ð°ÐµÑ‚ Ð½Ð° Ñ€ÑƒÑÑÐºÐ¾Ð¼ ÑÐ·Ñ‹ÐºÐµ!

## Nov 3, 2016 (More Bug fixes)

* fixed zebra water bug + now dragons very slightly slow down on water (no server reset, will be out tomorrow)
* new Brazil 2 server (hosted in Texas)
* hint: shoot water at red mushrooms to break them!

## Nov 2, 2016 (Bug Fixes)

* Fixed pig bugs, working on more advanced lag fixes (from the poll: >50% of lag is fixed, now to fix the rest!)

## Nov 1, 2016

* LAG fix part 1 (game should lag less!)
* New hill spawn algorithm- hills are more evenly spread across the map.
* When running (holding mouse), you randomly run slightly faster/slower (10%)- sometimes you will get away when you shouldn't have, sometimes you will get bitten :)
* Boosting/running(left-click) is now possible underwater
* Animals now get damaged when out of water (dont die right away)
* You can now dive underwater when below full hp (after 2s from last damage)!
* You can now pass through dark-green hills when underwater.
* More content is coming soon, just finishing some.
* Disabled joystick on mobile site.

## Oct 31, 2016

* Happy Halloween! Berries have turned into (orange) pumpkins for today!
* Reduced xp needed for cheetah and mole (to 18K, 42K)
* Mope.io mobile version now has chat, joystick controls.
* Mole dig time reduced to max 25s, mole cant dig under water spots now.
* Dead (of thirst/dc) animals now drop red mushrooms as well.
* Lag reducing update coming soon!

## Oct 30, 2016 (New Animal Graphics [2/2])

* NEW: ALL animal graphics (zebra+) have been updated to the new ones! (Plus some were tweaked)
* Added option to NOT use new images (click the gear button!)
* NEW: use spacebar to run (instead of left-click)
* NEW: mobile users now have touch controls (run/shoot/dive!)
* I'm mostly working on the mobile app right now.
* Mole and zebra can no longer eat mice
* Tweaked boosting speed + damage bounceback +attack interval (0.7-> 1.0s)
* Deer no longer move faster in water.
* Lag reducing update coming soon!

## Oct 29, 2016 (New Animal Graphics [1/2])

* New animal graphics! (up to lion)! (Thanks to Pike\_YT !)

## Oct 28, 2016

* Game area is now 33% larger (less crowded), 5 lakes per game instead of 3!
* Players with smaller screens can now see farther!
* Doubled network game update rate: game should look much smoother (give feedback on change in lag!)
* Fixed eating: Cheetahs can now eat zebras + mushrooms (requested), moles can eat cheetahs and below, bears can eat moles and below
* 50% more mushrooms in the game (per sq. unit), 250 max players per game
* Better xp on tail-biting: 40 + (2% of bitten animal xp) (With a limit of 3Xing your xp through this per bite).
* Smoother boosting (move father on boost)

## Oct 27, 2016 (Game Re-balance)

* Thanks to your awesome feedback on reddit, I've reworked and rebalanced the game!
* significantly less mushrooms in the game, reduced many food xp rates (lillypads, red mushroom)- encourages hunting
* mole now comes after cheetah (no longer top predator!)
* zebra now comes after lion (mole and cheetah positions were considered thoughtfully )
* red mushrooms can be more easily broken (shoot water at mushrooms to break them)
* Mole was made larger, faster, better in water, less visible underground, try it out!
* afk players now get disconnected after 15 minutes (60 mins in-game)
* Cheetahs, again, can only hunt animals to eat (no mushrooms to eat)
* 33% of Mushroom bushes now spawn on lake islands (encourages zeebras+ to visit lakes)
* based on feedback (thanks for voting): improved look of green outline, removed it for water (all animals can drink water!)
* limited tail-bite xp steal to (1000xp or 2% of bitten animal's xp, whichever is lower)
* lakes got a more 'beachy' look

## Oct 26, 2016 (Huge Content Release!)

* NEW mushroom bushes food spot! (assorted mushrooms spawn near them, these bushes are killable,and respawning! Zebra+ can attack these)
* NEW zebra animal (after cheetah), can eat NEW mushroom bushes (2K xp ea!), and has a funny trait (reach it to find out!)
* NEW mole animal (Go in and hiding hole, and hold right-click + move to dig underground! The mole is a top predator, competing with dragons!)
* NEW feature: everything that you can eat is outlined in light-green (leave feedback!)
* Increased number of regular/red mushrooms, should be a better xp source
* Reduced invincible time on animal upgrade to 3s (still 5s on spawn)
* biting tails now gives you 40xp + 3% of bitee's xp (watch out, predators!)
* bear speed (on top of hills/in the water) was boosted.
* crocs are now slightly faster than hippos in water, slower on land
* 2x more water (+mushrooms) spawns at mud now (buffed!)

## Oct 25, 2016

* NEW 5 second invincibility on spawning, and on upgrading to a new animal (no more spawn kills).
* Cheetahs can now eat all mushrooms and lillypads
* Lake islands are now less common, and smaller.
* Lakes are randomly larger, lake predators get speed reduced to give prey a better chance to escape!
* Cheetahs are slightly faster.
* Some light networking optimizations

## Oct 24, 2016 (Lakes Improvements)

* NEW: walkable islands inside lakes (great for outrunning fast water predators!)
* NEW dark red mushrooms, edible by deer+ (spawns on water islands, 500xp each, 200 for deer)
* increased xp kept on respawn to + ~35%
* Diving underwater improvements: now players cant get eaten while underwater, longer air times, you can also hold w for diving
* 30% more large hiding holes.
* Slowed down cheetah, increased deer xp for eating.
* fixed several bugs (try using enter to chat, w to go under water), performance improvements

## Oct 23, 2016 (Lakes Improvements)

* NEW: Animals can now dive UNDERWATER in lakes, just hold the right mouse button!
* NEW lillypads in lakes, great for swimming under, better food than mushrooms. (5X better xp).
* Deer can now eat lillypads, mushroom xp decreased for deer(only).
* Lakes now contain 2X fewer mushrooms & hills, no food spots.

## Oct 22, 2016

* dragons move faster
* bears climb somewhat faster over hills.
* All animals have had required xp re-calibrated to make it faster to reach higher animals (give feedback!)

## Oct 21, 2016 (Water Lakes [Part 1/2])

* increased respawn xp amount. (now keep ~20% of your xp!)
* NEW (Sneak peek of) large lakes in the game, check them out (watch out for crocs!)
* Animals have varying speeds of swimming (most at 0.7 times walking speed), somewhat similar to the mud animals (pig, croc, hippo).
* Bears move quickly in water, dragons fly over it
* Water level slowly re-fills in lakes for all animals.
* 1/5 of Mushrooms will spawn in lakes, to attract prey to lakes.
* Game area 5% larger, mushrooms are 30% more common now.

## Oct 20, 2016 (New Animal Tweaks, Bug fixes)

* Tweaked deer, bear, and other animals to balance them out.
* Deer is slower, water drains faster.
* Bear is slightly smaller, moves quicker over hills
* Animals dying of thirst/ disconnecting now drop part of their xp in mushrooms/new dark food (500xp per eat!).
* Water shoots farther
* Entering hiding holes animation bug fixed
* Preparing for lakes update!

## Oct 19, 2016 (New Animals, biting improvements)

* Easier to bite animal tails, 2X more damage from tail bites, large predators turn much slower (easier to bite!)
* Hippos made more powerful, faster, smaller
* Small animals can now hide in the BIG hiding holes as well.
* NEW animal: deer (after fox): water drains fast, moves fast, eats only mushrooms! Run from lions and above.
* NEW animal: bear (after cheetah)(grr), it's a slow hunter, can slowly climb over green hills!

## Oct 18, 2016 (Tails Update)

* new grey 'rock' hills (no animals can move through these)
* lowered bites-to-kill for all animals, health comes back 3x slower
* Lowered XP needed for higher animals :)
* NEW tails update: small animals can finally fight back (this was highly requested), just bite the (green-outlined) tail of a predator!
* Tweaked animal biting- you must face towards an animal in order to bite it (logical)
* NEW (big) hiding caves, for predators! (There are very few of these in the game, so they won't take the food chain off balance)
* Tweaked all animal speeds according to feedback (not by much)