Fixed a major bug where a whole line would be marked as a red error
You can't start entering a guess until your device has got today's solution from the Panga server
Display a message if your device can't contact the Panga server for the solution kupu
25 July
Refixing major bug I fixed on 6 May after a typo in the codebase merger with Pasa brought it back
21 July
Fixed a bug where you could keep typing reta past the word length
Add an error trap to see if an error is causing the intermittent bug
20 July
Made a common codebase for Panga and Pasa
Fixed serious bug where reta would be colour evaluated, before a complete guess submitted, if browser resized (including device rotation)
Back to using Google Closure as the intermittent bug still occurs when I didn't use it
26 May
Changed to allow more emoji bricks to work with iPhone 13
Stopped using Google Closure to compile the Javascript code in order to see if this is the cause of an intermittent bug where kupu reta matches are displayed incorrectly
20 May
Fixed bug where, if you refreshed Results page, it would sometimes add a line of all nomatches after your line of all matches
16 May
Added back kupu that are verbs with a passive -a ending as possible solutions
6 May
Fixed major bug where keyboard colours would change from exact match to partial match if you didn't use your exact match on a later guess
15 April
Added colour key to show results of guesses
Increased birghtness of exact match blue to help improve contrast when playing in grayscale mode
6 April
Changed contrast and brightness of reta colour matches to improve distinction when playing in nightmode with grayscale. This should also help players with colour-blindness
5 April
Display definition for secret kupu when you refresh the page, after failing to solve the panga
Dont highlight last bar of guesses histogram on results page, if you failed to solve the panga
1 April
April Fools!
The keyboard has changed again. Traditionally alphabetical order for Te Reo was vowels first followed by consonants. Old dictionaries are ordered that way. I think it makes sense and keeps the vowels together.
Reduced size of letters on keyboard to ensure keys are all the same size on most devices
Fixed Share text not reporting a X for failing to guess in six attempts
Fixed menu not able to be clicked on when over grid
Added English labels for Share and Copy buttons
Resize grid when browser sizes changes
Fixed error in Panga Kaha calculation - some people played Panga before we renumbered to start at 1
Fixed complex emoji bricks for iPhone X which handles emoji differently from any other device
21 March
Show relevant tips for new players; stop showing beginner tips for more experienced players
Changed cursor pointers to provide clues on what to click
20 March
Changed alert to invalid kupu guess by gentle transition to light red
Now recording which Panga puzzles you have won on your local device
Fixed some definitions not being displayed when server overloaded
Fixed format for how I store words you have guessed on your local device
Streak repair for 15th March disaster
Recorded best guess of past Panga games won
Trying to fix compound emoji that aren't being detected properly on some Apple devices
Trying to reject emoji that are not supported on your version of Microsoft Windows
18 March
Consolidated input / select box for emoji sharing
17 March
Changed layout on results screen
Renamed Panga Power Rating to Kaha Panga
More Te Reo on the results screen - alternating each day - click to flip
16 March
Fixed bug in initialising suggestion variables - Panga was not properly tracking how bad you are at guessing valid kupu, so was not offering suggestions as often as it should
Improved timing for fading in of notices
Restored black as default for keyboard reta
Don't add text outside the visible area of the notification box
Resizing of tiles and keyboard to better match screen size
15 March
Fixed catastrophic bug in secret kupu selection - an off-by-one error. Temporary fix until next batch of solutions is added
Fixed information leak - the solution number would give some idea of the likely starting letter of the secret kupu - now randomising the order of the secret kupu
11 March
Updated Panga Power Rating to be more generous to new players
Made Sharing buttons smaller for people with tiny screens.
Updated kaupapa to specify that I might display information about worthwhile organisations who deserver promotion.
10 March
Restored the row shaking if you don't enter a valid kupu. Which probably means I had stopped offering suggestions too. Whoops. Gone for one day.
Added instructions on how to play
9 March
A complete redesign of the format so it should work on large and small screens
Fix for some complex emojis not working for sharing
Added a Copy to Clipboard option for sharing your Panga results without spoilers
8 March
A brighter blue for when the correct reta is in the correct place
A better algorithm for checking emoji brick size should allow more obscure emoji combinations to work on all devices
A complete redesign of the keyboard
Constraining the width when playing on larger screens like tablets and PCs
7 March
Red border in front of currently active tile
Switched to a bold sans serif font
Changed rounded tiles to square corners and adjusted spacing to try to emphasise word connections
Removed pie graph of guess distribution - in process of adding historgrams
Tried to improve colour scheme, especially Light mode
Fixed a catastrophic bug in matching when reta repeated in a word
Replaced pie graph with histogram for historic number of guesses
Reduce white space on on-screen keyboard
Increase height of letter tiles
Changed keyboard layout and increased keyboard size
Fix to highlight correct bar on histogram of guess counts, to match today's count
Make the backspace key bigger
Make the gap bwteen tile lines a little smaller to fit on an Apple X
Add settings to support full-screen web app mode when saved to Home on an Apple device
6 March
Completely new code
Typing tohutō with a device keyboard can now be down by pressing tilde (~) first followed by the vowel
The colour scheme should now be suitable for most people with colour vision impairments
Blue is now the colour to make a reta that is in the correct position
Hard mode is no longer an option
Instead of your Maximum streak, we now display your previous best (which may be zero if you havwe always found the kupu). The most generous estimate of your maximum streak is made to begin with
Sharing results should now work with Opera Mini browser
Letter tile sizes now based on the screen size rather than font size
Fix problem with menu opening without clicking on it
Add slight change to tile borders as letters are typed, and a red border for the active tile
27 January
Fix bug displaying suggestions when ng digraph appears twice in the kupu
Work on fixing sizing of digraph tiles when browser is not full-screen. I think it is now good enough. I doubt many people are not playing on devices other than their phone, and it should be acceptable on browsers that aren't in a ridiculously tiny window. Unhappy - complain or go to full-screen mode.
25 January
Display solution word and definition if you revist the page during the same day you solved it
Added some missing common kupu
Tried to fix caching problem so everyone is guessing the same kupu
24 January
I am now recording on your device (local storage also known as local cookies) the kupu you have guessed. The plan is to make a new guessing game/exercise/drill to reinforce learning new kupu. The game will be separate and completely optional. I don't collect any data about you or track you.
If you are using a device with a keyboard, you can now press tilde (~) after a vowel to add a tohutō. You can still press the key for the tohutō reta directly.
20 January
Start replacing references to macron with the kupu tohutō
Move notifications and suggestions to top of browser window, and shorten display time of suggestions to 10s, so we're not obscuring your guesses for so long
Added "work in progress" to Permission information file
Added UTF-8 header to changelog so tohutō are more likely to be displayed correctly
7.36am Corrected Panga Puzzle number in Shared text
Corrected retas to reta
Fixed error handling words with two digraphs (which I falsely thought impossible in a five reta kupu)
Restricting guesses to a list of valid kupu
Offering assistance if it looks like you need it
Offering definition for every guess, if available
Adding acknowledgements for code and language resources
Recorded "Wayne McDougall" as the person to blame and sue
Added a todo list
Added a kaupapa
Recording frequency of guesses for each kupu
Added a FAQ
Added more kupu definitions
Added capability to handle mutiuple definitions
Removed ability to change word of the day by changing the date on your device
Restarted Panga count at 1
Fixed bug that would sometimes cause crash if you failed to guess the kupu. This may be why some people weren't seeing the word definition or option to share at the end
Kupu now stored more efficiently and I have improved the kupu selection algorithm
Removed kupu that are verbs with a passive -a ending as possible solutions
10 January
Random order for this list of kupu to guess
8 January
Replaced Panga with #ngāiPanga in shareable results text