I’ve been having so much fun building in public with this community. A lot of you have seen me figuring things out in real time, and I’ve been trying to help as many people as I can along the way while learning a ton myself.

Huge thank you to everyone who has supported the game, tested it, given feedback, answered questions, or just cheered me on. This community has genuinely made the whole process more fun.  Many blessings to all of you, even the haters :)

I've mainly been using Codex 5.5xh and it's been pretty excellent.  I've not got all the APIs in place to never touch any dashboards (Google Play Console, Apple Developer, Revenue Cat, AdMob, Firebase, Vercel).  It's been so smooth.

**Nelly Jellies 3.0 is now live, and it’s available on all 3 platforms:**

Web: [https://nellyjellies.com/](https://nellyjellies.com/)  
iOS App Store: [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nelly-jellies-bubble-merge/id6767261764](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nelly-jellies-bubble-merge/id6767261764)  
Google Play: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nellyjellies.game](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nellyjellies.game)

For anyone new, Nelly Jellies is a cozy arcade merge game where you launch jellies upward, match colors, trigger satisfying merges, collect rare jellies, and chase one more run.  It started as a bonding experience with my 4 year old daughter.  To our great surprise and excitement,  we're seeing over 1,000 unique players a month and revenue surpassing $200 in 3 months!  So hype!

# Nelly Jellies 3.0 patch notes

**New home and menu experience**

* Completely redesigned home screen for 3.0
* Cleaner menus across phone, tablet, and desktop
* Progress, rewards, stats, and next goals are easier to find
* Polished pause, settings, stats, leaderboard, profile, collection, and game-over screens
* Better navigation, spacing, readability, and notification badges

**New collection system**

* Added collectible cards to discover, reveal, and browse
* Cards include rarity, animated finishes, cozy lore, and reveal moments
* Added a full collection screen to track discovered cards
* Added Tide Luck, so duplicate pulls help improve future rare drop chances

**Daily Drift goals**

* Added daily goals that refresh each day
* Goals include things like finishing runs, reaching score targets, and making rainbow merges
* Completed goals reward sealed collectible drops

**Player levels**

* Added player levels and XP progression
* Earn XP from runs, merges, and daily play
* Added colorful level badges
* Added milestone rewards
* Level progress now appears on the home screen, profile, and game-over screen

**Profiles and achievements**

* Expanded player profiles with stats, best score, level, achievements, and collection progress
* Added editable display names
* Added profile portraits, including unlockable portraits from achievement progress
* Added new achievement tracks for merges, runs, rare finds, rainbows, score, playtime, saves, and powerup use

**Game over and sharing**

* Added a board review screen after each run
* Added shareable score images
* Improved end-of-run summaries for levels, achievements, and leaderboard updates

**Fixes and improvements**

* Improved sign-in and profile syncing
* Improved cloud saves for stats, achievements, daily progress, and collectibles
* Fixed leaderboard, display name, collection notification, and mobile layout issues
* General polish across the whole game

This is probably the biggest update I’ve shipped so far. Thanks again to everyone here who has been part of the journey. I’d love to hear what you think.

Big ass update for Nelly Jellies: full progression overhaul, collectible cards, daily goals, profiles, and updates based on all YOUR feedback!