🚢 Steam Launch + Next Season Sneak Peek

It’s been a busy few weeks since v55.66! Here’s what’s landed across v55.67 → v55.76.

🚢 Steam next fest launch

BattleTabs is coming to Steam soon! The store page is live — please help me give it some love by Wishlisting on Steam ⭐ 🙏 ❤️

⏳ Heads-up on the next research season

Quick honest update: there’s a bit of a delay on the next research season. I want to include a new ship in it, and getting it ready is taking me a little time as a novice 3D artist at best 😅 It’s coming along though — aiming to have the next season ready this month!

📺 Spectating, reborn

Watching battles got a serious overhaul. A new Watch button in the burger menu takes you to BattleTabs TV. The HUD now shows both players symmetrically with a soft yellow glow on whoever’s about to move, and the spectate list shows each battle’s format at a glance.

🐌 Long battles, properly async

When you return to a long battle, the opponent’s last move now replays with the camera panning to their board, and their last emote (within 24h) plays once so you don’t miss reactions. Toggleable in Gameplay settings.

📱 Mobile & UX polish

Tap any ship during the opponent’s turn to preview its ability (was hover-only on desktop)

Bounty board: claimable bounties sit at the top, completed ones at the bottom

Featured bounty button now glows orange (in addition to the bounce) for unseen bounties

Random ship shop shows “X ships left to collect” and a price/rarity note

Reduced Graphics auto-tunes on low-end Android devices, remembered per-device

🎁 Referrals — auto-claim

Your 20-gem reward now lands automatically when an invited friend finishes their first battle, with a push notification.

🔧 Smaller fixes

Placement auto-confirm bug — your full placement window is back

Chest reveal popups no longer spoil rewards before the chest opens

Research tree close button no longer clipped after a season ends

CrazyGames starter fleet — fixed + backfilled 4,709 earlier-affected players

Discord Activity matchmaking now routes correctly through the Discord proxy

Thanks for your patience, and as always thanks for playing 🫡

— [DEV] Brandon