EstimationStation

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After casting a vote, a 1–5 star selector appears. Stars are revealed alongside votes.

After 2+ rounds a 📊 Analytics button appears. Shows rounds, consensus rate, best streak, velocity, and a bingo card.

Canvas spinner that randomly picks a participant. Button in the Controls panel in-room.

🌿 Seasons

🎉 Major Holidays

USA Federal Holidays

💐 Family

British

🌍 Global & Cultural

🎭 Niche / Pop Culture

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⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Space / Enter	Reveal votes
R	Reset votes
1–9	Select vote card by position
0	Select ☕ (skip/coffee) card
Esc	Unselect vote / close modal
N	Focus "Add story" input
F	Toggle full-screen presentation mode
?	Open this shortcuts help

📋 What's New

6/3/2026 (90)

• ℹ️ Branding & SEO — Logo image replaces 🃏 in navbar and lobby. Clicking the logo or "EstimationStation" text opens the About tab. About tab shows logo, tagline, and feature summary. Added meta description, Open Graph, Twitter Card tags, robots.txt, and /sitemap.xml for search engine indexing.

5/19/2026 (89)

• 🔧 Five Bug Fixes — (1) Compact participant cards toggle in Settings now also updates the Participant/Revealed specimens in the live preview (previously only changed the room behind the modal). (2) Runner animation Flip checkbox now works for all motion styles (wave, bounce, hop, etc.) — was previously cancelled by CSS animation transform conflict. (3) Clicking a 🧪 Test button while settings is open no longer causes participant cards to float above the modal. (4) Emoji reaction button rate limit reduced from 2 s → 0.8 s so buttons no longer silently block every-other press at a normal click pace. (5) Compact toggle now calls applyCompactMode() so the live room stays in sync without redundant DOM manipulation.

5/19/2026 (88)

• ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut discoverability — Legend chips redesigned: each shortcut now shows as a two-section key chip (shortcut key on left, vote value on right) instead of plain text pairs. Vote card tooltips now include the keyboard shortcut (e.g. "Vote: 5 — press 3"). Reveal and Reset buttons show inline kbd hints (Space, R). Add Story input placeholder updated to "Add story… (N to focus)". Controls panel gains a ⛶ Full Screen button (F shortcut) and an ⌨️ Shortcuts Help button that opens the keyboard shortcuts reference.

5/19/2026 (87)

• 🔧 Sound prompt default + UI fixes — Added "Always use this option" toggle to the on-join sound preference prompt; when checked your choice is saved and the prompt is skipped in future (Audio tab shows the saved default with a Clear button). Fixed "↺ Change" overlay on selected vote cards — was rendering upside-down due to a CSS transform conflict; now correctly right-side-up. Theme live preview cards widened to match actual card aspect ratio; participant badges moved to their own row below cards. Avatar "Background color" toggle is now a visible switch instead of a faint checkbox.

5/19/2026 (86)

• 🔧 UI Polish — Theme live preview: vote cards now match actual card proportions (correct aspect ratio, wider). Participant badges now appear in their own row below the vote cards. Avatar "Background color" toggle converted from a faint checkbox to a visible toggle switch.

5/18/2026 (85)

• 🔧 Bug Sweep Round 2 (Group AI) — Fixed: analog clock now renders in the settings preview on non-room pages (previously showed placeholder text); "Events" section in Theme tab now matches the styled uppercase header pattern of other sections; timer and clock × close buttons each appear immediately next to their segment (no longer both stacked at the far right); "↩ Change" on vote card hover changed to ↺ (correct circular arrow). Changed: avatar background color is now encoded in the avatar data string so it's visible to all participants (not just the preview); Initials circle color is now controlled by the Background color picker; RoboHash/Social avatars show a colored background ring when a bg color is set; avatar source selector (Initials/DiceBear/RoboHash/Social/Upload) converted to a button group for clear active/inactive visual contrast; Theme live preview now shows compact card and badge specimens without overflowing.

5/18/2026 (84)

• 🔧 Bug Sweep + UI Polish (Group AH) — Fixed: animation 🧪 test buttons now use current unsaved field values; clock bar × hides properly (Bootstrap d-flex conflict resolved); clock preview now shows digital time on home page; Events tab collapsible headers now match same ▾ chevron style as Other tab; "↩ Change" hint now correctly shows on selected vote card (not participant badge); vote card now flips briefly when selected. Changed: emoji/chars inputs are unified with maxlength 25 and an input-group 😊 picker button; settings fields no longer split across lines; timer and clock each have their own separate × close button; reactions panel has a × close button (session-only); avatar background color now available for all avatar sources (Initials, RoboHash, Social, Upload); real participant badge + vote card specimens added to Theme tab live preview so colours update instantly; DiceBear style tiles are now clearly dimmed when unselected with accent glow on selected.

5/18/2026 (83)

• 🔧 Settings Safety + Reaction Preview (Group AG) — Fixed ReferenceError: saveTimerClockSettings is not defined when opening Settings from non-room pages: clock/timer save functions moved to site.js and now available on all pages. Added live emoji reaction bar preview in Settings → Other so you can see exactly which emojis will appear in the reaction bar before saving.

5/18/2026 (82)

• 🔧 Clock/Timer Fixes — Count-up timer now starts correctly when joining a room that already has an active story. Enabling the timer while a story is running starts counting immediately. × button on clock/timer bar is now in the HTML (not JS-injected) and reliably hides the bar. Digital color/size options now correctly hide when Analog mode is selected (Bootstrap d-flex !important conflict fixed). Emoji picker completely overhauled: new Seasonal and People categories, all emojis used across every seasonal animation are now available.

5/18/2026 (81)

• 🔧 Clock + Season Fixes — Alias animations replaced with independent configurable functions (Deep Winter Snow and Snowfall, Thanksgiving Leaves and Leaves Swirl etc. are now separate with own settings). Analog clock: Classic face shows ring + cardinal dots, Filled shows opaque white face + larger dots. Analog clock size now configurable (30–120px). Emoji picker Animals category expanded with 🦇🐇🕷️🦌🦃 and more.

5/18/2026 (80)

• 🔧 Fixes (Group AF) — Season config aliases no longer crash when the target animation is in a different season. Custom animation emoji inputs now show the emoji picker on focus. The 🧪 test button for custom animations uses the current unsaved field values (no need to save first). Analog clock duplicate SVG IDs fixed — two clocks can now render simultaneously (story bar + settings preview).

5/18/2026 (79)

• ⚙️ Settings Modal + Clock Preview (Group AF) — settings modal can now be dragged by its header to move it anywhere on screen (resets to center on next open). Clock color pickers update the preview in real time as you drag. Clock preview ticks live (seconds hand moves) while the settings modal is open, even though the story bar clock may be behind the modal.

5/18/2026 (78)

• 📅 Season Dates + TC Bar Fix (Group AF) — next occurrence dates added for Thanksgiving, Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday), Aug Bank Holiday, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Holi. Date brackets now appear inline after the formula text (correct position for Mothering Sunday, Mother's Day, Father's Day). Static date labels updated: Awards Season → Jan–Mar, Mid-Autumn → Sep–Oct (lunar), Holi → Mar (lunar). The × button on the clock/timer bar now hides for the current session only — clock and timer remain enabled on reload.

5/18/2026 (77)

• 🐛 Fixes (Group AE) — Season "next date" labels now appear inline after the date in brackets (e.g. 1st Mon Sep [7 Sep]) and duplicate dates no longer show for fixed-date seasons. Clock/timer bar hides when disabled and no story is active. Panel × close buttons now use float layout (no stacking-context z-index conflict with vote cards). Clock preview added to the Other tab settings so you can see digital/analog style live before saving.

5/18/2026 (76)

• 🌸 Seasonal Animations Fully Configurable (Group AE) — all 22 custom seasonal animations now expose per-field controls in the season config panel: emoji, size, count, duration, color, background color, and text. Alias animations link to their parent configurable animation. Fields are rendered dynamically based on which parameters each animation supports.

5/18/2026 (75)

• ⏱️ Clock into Story Bar (Group AE) — clock and count-up timer moved to the same line as "Current Story:", right-aligned with larger text. All dismissable panels (vibe check, keyboard legend, clock/timer) now have × close buttons that save the hidden state.

5/18/2026 (74)

• 🃏 Vote Picker Flip Preview (Group AE) — added 🔄 Flip test button to the Vote Picker Card Style section in Visual settings.

5/18/2026 (73)

• 🎉 Celebration Defaults Off + Season Status (Group AE) — all celebration/seasonal effects now default to OFF for new users (existing settings unaffected). Saving season settings immediately updates the active season display bar without requiring a page refresh.

5/18/2026 (72)

• 💬 Participant Direct Messaging (Group AD) — right-click any participant badge for a context menu: 📨 Private Message (delivered only to them as a purple toast), 😄 Send Emoji (private floating reaction with your name), and 🔊 Send Sound (plays a sound for that person only). Host also sees "👑 Transfer Host" in the menu.

5/18/2026 (71)

• 👑 Host Tracking + Settings Lock (Group AD) — the first person to join a room is the host (shown with 👑 on their badge). The host chooses a settings lock mode on room creation: No Lock (anyone can change), Ask First (host must approve), Host Only (others see but can't change), or Hidden (only host sees room settings). Room-level settings are tagged with 👥. Host automatically transfers if they leave.

5/18/2026 (70)

• 🎴 Vote Picker Card Style (Y1) — vote picker cards now have their own independent back style setting separate from participant badges. Choose from Baize, Deep Space, Retro, Seasonal, Checkerboard, Stripes, or Solid Color. Configure in Visual → Vote Picker Card Style. The old es_cardBack setting is automatically migrated to es_participantCardBack.

5/18/2026 (69)

• 🔄 Reveal Majority First (N3) — now a room-level toggle in the ⚙️ Settings panel (on by default). When enabled, the outlier voter's badge is revealed last with a dramatic pause. Stored server-side so all participants see the same reveal ordering regardless of their individual settings.

5/18/2026 (68)

• 🃏 Card Back Designs — five new styles for face-down participant badges: Checkerboard, Diagonal Stripes, Solid Color (choose any colour), Gradient (pick two colours and direction), and Custom Image (upload any image up to 200 KB). Configure in Visual → Participant Card Backs.

5/18/2026 (67)

• 🃏 Voting Animations — X1: your participant badge now flips (poker-style) the instant you cast a vote; X2: hovering your own badge after voting shows a subtle ↩ Change hint so you know you can re-vote. Both toggles in Visual → Voting Animations (default on).

5/18/2026 (66)

• ✨ Card Reveal Particles — two new shape modes: 🎲 Mixed randomly fires star, circle, and square particles together; 😊 Custom Emoji lets you pick any emoji (e.g. 🎉) to use as the confetti shape. Configure in Events → Card Reveal Particles.

5/18/2026 (65)

• 🔒 Room PIN — join screen now has a collapsible "Room has a PIN?" section in the Join tab; enter the PIN before navigating so you're never prompted after landing in the room. PIN is cached in sessionStorage for reconnects. Recent Rooms show a 🔒 badge when a cached PIN exists.

5/18/2026 (64)

• 🔔 Sound & Notifications — Q1: optional soft 440 Hz tick when casting a vote (Audio → Vote Interaction, default off). Q2: browser desktop notification fires when votes are revealed while you're in another tab — requires notification permission (Audio → Desktop Notifications, default off).

5/18/2026 (63)

• ⏱️ Session Timer & Clock — a compact bar above the story panel now shows how long the current story has been in discussion, plus the current time (with optional timezone). Switch between digital and analog clock face; customise hand colours. Configure in Other → Timer & Clock.

5/17/2026 (62)

• ⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts legend — a compact key reference now appears below your voting cards (toggle in Other → Keyboard Shortcuts). New keys: C selects ☕, Q selects ?, − selects skip vote.
• 💬 Emoji reactions — a customisable reaction bar appears below your voting cards. Click any emoji to broadcast it to the room; it floats up from your participant badge (and from the sender's badge for everyone else). Configure the palette and toggle the bar in Other → Emoji Reactions.

5/17/2026 (61)

• 🛠️ Bug fixes & UX polish (Group FX): variable season next-dates (Lunar New Year, Diwali, Easter, Mother's/Father's Day, etc.); 🧪 test buttons on all animation types; 15+ animations promoted to popup/corner/alias types with full config; Star Wars crawl text + colour now configurable; emoji picker expanded with Food, Travel, Activities & Flags categories; settings search highlights matches in yellow; search bar moved into global controls row; section headers now accent-tinted; story note edit icons stay pinned right; sidebar min-width 80 px with narrow mode; resize handle shows ⋮ grip; card navigation with arrow keys + comma/period; vibe deselect by clicking same vibe again (✕ clear button); Card Backs moved to Visual tab with live flip preview; Visual tab preview uses real vote card HTML; d-none season status bar bug fixed.

5/17/2026 (60)

• ⚙️ Settings quality: global controls bar (All Off/On, Reset All, Export/Import); per-tab bulk toggles (✓ All / ✗ None / ↩ Reset) on Events, Audio, Seasons, Visual tabs; real-time settings search with tab-match badges; collapsible sections in Audio tab (Ambient, Timer, Soundboard, Voice); sound preference confirmation modal on room join.

5/17/2026 (59)

• 🗓️ Seasons polish: 20+ animations promoted to fully configurable runners (direction, size, duration, motion style). Motion Style dropdown replaces Wave toggle — choose from none/wave/bounce/hop/spin/run/wobble/zigzag. Per-animation 🧪 test buttons. Star Wars Day crawl animation added. Active season status bar. Next-occurrence dates on each season row. Frequency sliders for animation timing. Export/Import config as JSON.

5/17/2026 (58)

• 👁️ New Visual settings tab — card font size and compact mode moved here from Theme; live preview of participant badge and vote card; "How confident are you?" prompt can now be toggled off.

5/17/2026 (57)

• 😊 Emoji picker — click the picker button (😊) next to any emoji input to browse by category, search, and insert. Opens on confetti emoji field; reusable for all emoji inputs.

5/17/2026 (56)

• ↔️ Sidebar resize — drag the right edge of the Stories panel to set a custom width (min 180 px, max 40% viewport). Width is saved and restored across sessions.
• 📋 Story titles now show a tooltip with the full text when the sidebar is too narrow to display them completely.

5/17/2026 (55)

• 🎛️ Events sections now collapse — Confetti, Fireworks, Balloons, Discussion Timer, Shame Spotlight, Counter-Spell, and Avatar Battle each have a collapsible header in the Events settings tab.

5/17/2026 (54)

• ✨ UI Polish — story notes now appear below the story title instead of far right; Accept button shows "Override to X" when you type a custom value; Card Backs renamed to Participant Card Backs; Fall/Autumn label updated; Voice recognition moved to the Audio tab; hover tooltips added to story action buttons and navbar controls.

5/17/2026 (53)

• 🌋 Floor is Lava test — now previews the current color and countdown duration from the settings form, even before saving.

5/17/2026 (52)

• 🌋 Floor is Lava test fix — the Stop button now works correctly; previously every click restarted lava instead of stopping it because the internal cleanup ran before the active flag was set.

5/17/2026 (51)

• 🦈 Ocean Week fix — shark now swims left-to-right facing the correct direction, and is fully configurable (direction, size, speed) like other runner animations.

5/17/2026 (50)

• 🏆 Session awards fix — your name no longer shows as "Unknown" in the Hall of Fame. Falls back to your stored display name when the participant record has an empty name field.

5/17/2026 (49)

• 🎤 Voice recognition fix — prevents InvalidStateError when the phrase changes mid-session; restart loop is now guarded against double-start. Click the 🎤 badge in the navbar to stop voice recognition at any time.

5/16/2026 (48)

• 🗜️ Compact participant cards — toggle in Theme → Cards shrinks badges to minimal size (56px wide, 22px avatars). Good for large teams on smaller screens.

5/16/2026 (47)

• 🔡 Card font size slider — resize the number shown on voting cards (0.7–2.0 rem). Find it in Theme → Cards. Changes are live and persisted.

5/16/2026 (46)

• 🃏 Card flip gap slider — control how fast cards flip during the Poker Hand Reveal (100–1000 ms, default 380 ms). Find it in Events under Poker Hand Reveal.

5/16/2026 (45)

• 🔊 New Audio tab — Ambient Audio, Timer Audio, and Soundboard are now in their own Audio tab (was: Events). A master "🔇 Mute all sounds" toggle at the top overrides all sound settings at once. ⚙️ New Other tab — Voice-Activated Reveal and Mobile animations moved here, plus an App Install shortcut. On room join, a one-time banner asks your sound preference if sounds are configured.

5/16/2026 (44)

• 🌋 Floor is Lava test button now toggles to "⏹ Stop" while the animation is running — click it again to end the test early. 🎡 Decider Wheel now works from settings on any page — the test opens the wheel with 5 random demo participants so you can spin without needing a live room.

5/16/2026 (43)

• 🧪 Test buttons now work from any page — all setting tests show a self-contained floating preview above the modal instead of touching the room screen. Card Reveal Particles confetti now renders above the modal (z-index fix).

5/16/2026 (42)

• 🧪 Test improvements — slot machine reveal now has a 🧪 Test button that runs the cycling animation on real badges (or demo badges if alone); team temperature and vote distribution meters now float above the settings modal in test mode; card reveal particles settings show a hoverable 🃏 preview card; analytics test modal now shows 5 varied rounds with bingo triggers and a 2-round streak.

5/16/2026 (41)

• 📱 Mobile nav simplified — removed Stories, Vote, and Chat buttons from the mobile bottom nav (chat was unreliable on mobile; stories and vote are always accessible on screen). Stories panel now always stays open on desktop; close button only appears on mobile. PWA install banner no longer suppressed (browser's native banner is shown). Accessibility: Settings modal now properly blurs focus before closing so the aria-hidden warning is resolved.

5/16/2026 (40)

• 🎑 Seasonal animation respects per-animation toggles — disabled animations are now skipped when the scheduler fires, not just when each function runs. The ⚙️ config button per season controls which animations are active.

5/16/2026 (39)

• 💾 Room Persistence — rooms now survive server restarts. State is saved to a JSON file per room and automatically deleted after 7 days of inactivity. No database required.

5/16/2026 (38)

• 📱 Mobile Layout — on screens ≤ 600px: vote cards become a 4-per-row grid with large tap targets, the stories panel slides up as a bottom sheet, and participants arrange in a 2-column grid. Heavy animations are off by default on mobile (toggle in Events settings).

5/16/2026 (37)

• 🔗 Jira Polish — imported stories now show a colour-coded issue type chip (Story, Bug, Task, Spike…), a description tooltip on hover, and an ↗ link that opens the issue in Jira. The JQL box pre-fills from saved settings when you expand the import panel.

5/16/2026 (36)

• 📤 Jira Write-back — click ✅ Accept in the stats bar to lock in an estimate and write it back to the Jira issue automatically. Non-numeric estimates (?, ☕) are skipped. Configure the Story Points field ID in Settings → Jira. Status icon (✅/❌) shows on the story row.

5/16/2026 (35)

• 📝 Story Notes — click the 📝 button on any story to add a note. Notes appear as a preview under the story and as a banner below the current story title. Notes sync across all participants.

5/16/2026 (34)

• 🔒 Room PIN — optionally protect your room with a PIN. Click the 🔒 PIN button to set or clear it. Anyone joining will be prompted to enter it. A lock badge appears next to the story title when active.

5/16/2026 (33)

• 🎵 Timer Audio — choose a countdown soundtrack: Jeopardy think-music, Jaws tension riff, ticking clock, or upload your own (≤10s / 800KB). Set which final seconds trigger it. All built-ins are synthesized — no downloads needed. Configure in Events → Timer Audio.

5/16/2026 (32)

• 🖥️ Presentation Mode — press F to go full-screen and hide all UI chrome, showing only participants and the current story. Press again or Esc to exit.
• ⌨️ Expanded shortcuts — Enter also reveals, N focuses the story input, ? opens shortcut help, 0 selects ☕ card.
• 🏷️ Browser tab title updates to the active story name (with Jira key if set).

5/16/2026 (31)

• 📊 Sprint Dashboard — a running story-points total and live sparkline appear below the stories list as you complete estimates. Cross-session velocity history (last 20 sessions) shows as a dashed trend line.

5/16/2026 (30)

• 🃏 Card Back Designs — choose how voted (face-down) badges look: Baize (green felt), Deep Space, Retro Diamonds, or Seasonal (auto-adapts by time of year). Pick in Theme → Card Backs. Card flip reveal upgraded with perspective for a true 3D feel.

5/16/2026 (29)

• 🎰 Suspense Reveal — votes now cycle through random numbers like a slot machine before landing on the real value. Outlier card reveals last for drama. Toggle speed (Fast/Normal/Dramatic) or turn off in Events settings.
• ✨ Consensus Supernova — 100% consensus triggers a full-screen radial burst with a chime. Toggle in Events settings under Poker Hand Reveal.

5/16/2026 (28)

• 🔗 Jira integration — import backlog stories directly from Jira Cloud using JQL. Configure domain, email & API token in Settings → Jira tab, then use the "🔗 Import from Jira…" section in the Stories panel.

5/16/2026 (27)

• 🎡 Decider Wheel test button — the Decider Wheel now has a 🧪 Test button in Events settings so you can preview the canvas spinner without being in a room.

5/15/2026 (20)

• ⭐ Confidence Indicator — after you cast a vote, a 1–5 star confidence selector appears below the voting cards. Your rating is revealed alongside your vote when the host reveals. Confidence is shown as ★★★☆☆ on each participant badge after reveal.

5/15/2026 (19)

• 🔊 Soundboard — four synthesized sounds (🔔 Bell, 🎉 Fanfare, 🥁 Drumroll, 📯 Air Horn) in the Controls panel. Check "Broadcast to room" to play sounds for all participants simultaneously.

5/15/2026 (18)

• 📊 Session Analytics — after 2+ rounds a 📊 Analytics button appears beside 🏆 Awards. Shows rounds played, consensus rate, best streak, estimated story points, a velocity sparkline across sessions, and a session bingo card.

5/15/2026 (17)

• 🎵 Ambient Audio — optional background sounds (Lo-Fi, Rain, Café) playable during sessions. Local to each user, no broadcast. Configure in Events settings. Saves and auto-resumes on page load.

5/15/2026 (16)

• 📺 CRT Theme — new 13th base theme. Green phosphor text on near-black background with a scanline overlay. Monospace font throughout. Select "CRT" in the theme dropdown.

5/16/2026 (26)

• 🔇 Sound receive toggle — uncheck "Receive broadcast sounds" in Events → Soundboard to mute other players' sounds. Enable "Show subtitle banner" to see a toast instead (e.g. "🔔 Alice played Bell").
• 🎵 Custom sounds — upload up to 3 short audio clips (max 5s / ~600KB). Play them locally or broadcast to the whole room via the 📡 button. Custom sounds are stored in your browser.

5/16/2026 (24)

• ✨ Card Reveal Particles — each card now emits a small burst of particles when it flips during Poker Hand Reveal. Toggle off or adjust shape (star/circle/square) and count in Events settings.

5/16/2026 (23)

• ⚙️ Per-animation seasonal config — each season in the Seasons tab now has a ⚙️ button. Tap it to enable/disable individual animations, or tweak emoji, direction, size, speed and intensity for that season.

5/15/2026 (22)

• ⚙️ Settings gear on lobby — tap the ⚙️ button on the join screen to configure events, voice, and seasonal settings before entering a room.
• 🎛️ New reveal toggles — Speed Badges, Team Temperature, and Vote Distribution can now each be turned off individually in Events settings, with test buttons.
• 🧪 More test buttons — Confidence Indicator, Soundboard, Team Temperature, Vote Distribution, Speed Badges, and Session Analytics all now have test buttons in Events settings.

5/15/2026 (21)

• 🎤 Voice mic indicator — pulsing bars now visible inside the Events settings modal (in addition to the navbar) so you can confirm voice recognition is active while settings are open.
• 🧪 Test button fixes — all test buttons now render their effects above the settings modal. Counter-spell test now shows the floating retaliation bar. Poker Hand Reveal now has a test button.

5/15/2026 (15)

• 🎡 Decider Wheel — opens a canvas spinner with all active participants. Click Spin to pick who goes first. Button in Controls panel.
• 🃏 Poker Hand Reveal — votes are now revealed one card at a time with a 380ms gap and a flip animation. Toggle off in Events settings if you prefer instant reveal.

5/15/2026 (14)

• ⚡ Speed badges — after reveal, the first person to vote earns a ⚡ badge and the last earns a 🐢 badge (only shown when more than one person voted).
• 🌡️ Team temperature — after 2+ rounds, the stats bar shows whether the team is 🔥 ON FIRE (all recent rounds consensus), ❄️ ICY (none), or 🌡️ WARMING UP (mixed), based on the last 3 rounds.

5/15/2026 (13)

• 📊 Vote distribution bar — after reveal, a colour-coded horizontal bar chart appears in the stats bar showing how votes are spread across all values. Proportional segments, labelled by value, hides on reset.

5/15/2026 (12)

• 🃏 Card flip reveal — participant badges now animate with a 3D Y-axis flip when votes are revealed.

5/15/2026 (11)

• ✨ Visual polish — participant badges glow gold during an active consensus streak (≥3). Casting a vote triggers a small confetti burst from that player's badge. Clicking a vibe emoji floats it upward from the button.

5/15/2026 (10)

• 🐇 Spring rabbit direction fix — the bunny now hops from right to left, matching its facing direction.

5/15/2026 (6)

• 10 new US Federal Holidays — MLK Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, and Veterans Day each have unique animations and are toggleable in the Seasons tab. Veterans Day (Nov 11) takes priority over UK Remembrance Day when enabled.
• 💐 3 new family holidays — Mothering Sunday (UK, Easter −21 days), Mother's Day (US, 2nd Sun May), Father's Day (US, 3rd Sun Jun), each with flower/celebration animations.
• Independence Day moved to the new USA Federal Holidays section in the Seasons tab; July 4th animations now show fireworks 🎆, flag parade , and soaring eagle 🦅.
• 🗓️ New Seasons tab in Settings — all 49 seasonal events in a clean list with date ranges, enable/disable toggles, and per-event test buttons grouped by category (Seasons, Major Holidays, US Federal, Family, British, Global & Cultural, Niche / Pop Culture).

5/15/2026 (4)

• 🪄 Lone Wolf Counter-Spell — after a non-consensus reveal, the outlier voter sees a 🐔 Cast Spell button. Clicking it overlays all other participants with a bouncing chicken for a configurable duration (default 4s). Once per session. Enable/configure in Events settings.

5/15/2026 (3)

• 👻 Ghost Mode — any participant can toggle ghost mode; latecomers who join mid-vote are marked as ghosts (watch only). A Teams-style info bar notifies all participants when the mode changes. Toggle button in room controls.
• ☕ Discussion Timer — after a non-consensus reveal, an optional countdown banner gives the team time to discuss before 🌋 Floor is Lava kicks in. Configurable duration in Events settings.
• 🎤 Voice-Activated Reveal — say a configurable trigger phrase (default: "reveal") to reveal votes hands-free. A 🎤 Listening badge appears in the navbar while active. Configurable phrase and language in Events settings. Works in Chrome/Edge.

5/15/2026 (2)

• 🐇 Spring rabbit now hops in the correct direction.
• ▶ Per-season test buttons — click ▶ next to any of the 39 seasonal events in settings to preview its animation immediately.
• 🎯 Shame Spotlight settings now show a live inline preview of the badge glow and toast as you adjust the colour and message.
• 📋 Feature Plan 3.0 reorganised — v2.0 remaining features moved into the v3 pipeline; #17–20 formally marked Will Not Do.

5/15/2026

• 🗓️ Seasonal expansion — 39 events now supported (was 8). New events include Lunar New Year, Diwali, Pi Day, Star Wars Day, Pride, Bonfire Night, Oktoberfest, Space Week, and more. Priority resolver picks the most specific active event when dates overlap. Settings panel reorganised into 5 groups (Seasons, Major Holidays, British, Global & Cultural, Niche / Pop Culture) with ✓ All / ✗ None quick-toggles.
• 🧪 Individual test buttons for every celebration effect — Confetti, Fireworks, Balloons, Streak, Floor is Lava, Shame Spotlight, Avatar Battle, and Seasonal Animation each have their own 🧪 Test button in the Events settings tab.
• 🎉 Celebration tab renamed to Events.
• 🌋 Floor is Lava: configurable countdown duration and lava color (Events tab → 🌋 sub-panel). Lava glow now respects your chosen color across all themes.
• 🗓️ Seasonal Theme: per-season enable/disable toggles (Halloween, Christmas, New Year, Valentine's, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Thanksgiving) in the Events tab.
• 🎨 Event colors in Theme editor — Lava primary, Lava secondary, and Shame spotlight are now proper CSS variables available in both the Theme editor and Events tab.
• 🤖 RoboHash sets 3 (Robot Heads), 4 (Cats), and 5 (Humans) disabled — these returned blank images for many seeds. Robots and Monsters remain. Saved preferences auto-migrate.
• 🌋 Floor is Lava — when there's an outlier after reveal, their badge glows red and a 30-second countdown banner appears. When time runs out, a lava confetti burst fires. Toggle in Events settings.
• 🌡️ Anonymous Vibe Check — before voting, teammates can react with 🚀😱😴🤔💪🤷. Counts shown live; no names attached. Resets with votes.
• 🎨 DiceBear background color — optional color picker inside the DiceBear avatar panel; color baked into the preview and synced to the room.
• 🗓️ Seasonal Theme — when enabled, celebrations auto-use seasonal confetti colors and emojis (Halloween, Christmas, Spring, Summer, etc.). Toggle in Celebration settings.
• 🏆 Session Awards — after 2+ rounds a trophy button appears in Vote History. Click it to see four personality awards: The Anchor, The Lone Wolf, The Dreamer, and The Pragmatist.
• 🔥 Streak Bonus — consecutive consensus votes trigger an escalating celebration (Triple Consensus → Godlike!) with a golden toast and enhanced confetti/fireworks burst. Toggle in Celebration settings.
• 📦 Open Source Credits — full attributions added to the About tab and OPEN-SOURCE-CREDITS.txt.
• ⚔️ Avatar Battle Arena — animated fighter duel plays after votes are revealed. Each fighter wields a weapon scaled to their vote (dagger → broadsword → warhammer → trident → infinity gauntlet).
• Battle settings in Celebration tab — toggle on/off, adjust speed (slow/normal/fast), and choose when battles fire (outlier only or every reveal).
• Avatar picker: 🎲 Randomize button generates a fun random seed for quick browsing.
• Shame spotlight settings: toggle the outlier highlight on/off, pick a custom color, and customize the toast message — in the Celebration tab.
• Avatar: Upload a custom photo — auto-cropped and resized.

5/14/2026

• Participant avatars — colored initials circles appear next to every participant's name.
• Avatar ring states — voted (solid outline), not voted (dimmed), observer (dashed), you (highlighted).
• Avatar picker in Profile settings — choose Initials, DiceBear illustrated styles, RoboHash (robots/monsters/cats), or your Social profile photo.
• Avatar changes sync in real time to all participants in the room.
• Shame spotlight — after votes are revealed, the lone outlier's badge is highlighted with an animation.

4/27/2026

• Unified ⚙️ Settings modal — Theme, Celebration, Profile, and About all in one place.
• Custom theme editor always available — customize from any theme, not just custom ones.
• Vote history shown after each round (below participants).
• Story import: paste a list of stories to add them all at once.
• Skip vote (🚫) card option added to room controls.
• Profile tab: change your name and observer mode directly from Settings.
• Keyboard shortcut: number keys 1–9 to quickly select a vote card.

4/27/2026

• Unselecting your vote now resets it for you (no more stuck votes).
• Participant badges now show correctly cleared/voted state for all users including yourself.
• Confirmation dialogs added for estimate set changes and vote resets.
• Participant badge border width and voted color now fully respond to the custom theme settings.
• Custom theme editor completely redesigned — grouped sections, collapsible, with a live side preview.
• Theme editor now exposes all color and style variables.

3/4/2026

• 🎉 Consensus now triggers a full celebration — confetti, fireworks, and balloons!
• All celebration effects are independently toggleable and fully configurable.
• Confetti supports theme-matched colors, holiday modes, emoji, stars, snow, and custom colors.
• Custom themes can now specify their own confetti colors in the theme builder.
• Fixed a too-many-redirects issue for users on shared hosting.

3/4/2026

• Creating a new custom theme now starts with your current theme automatically.
• You can now create, edit, save, import, and export custom themes.
• Share room invite links more easily.
• People joining from a link are guided to enter their name first.
• Added a quick Recent Changes button in the top bar.

📦 Open Source Credits

EstimationStation is built on these fine open source projects:

Library / Service	License	Author
DiceBear styles	CC BY 4.0 / CC0	Various designers
RoboHash	CC BY 4.0	Colin Davis
Unavatar	MIT	Kiko Beats
canvas-confetti	ISC	Kiril Vatev
fireworks-js	MIT	Crashmax
Bootstrap 5	MIT	The Bootstrap Authors
jQuery	MIT	The jQuery Foundation
SignalR	MIT	Microsoft

DiceBear styles used: adventurer (Lisa Wischofsky), bottts (Pablo Stanley), croodles (Hannah Langford), fun-emoji (Davis Uche), open-peeps & pixel-art (Pablo Stanley / Plastic Jam), thumbs (DiceBear), micah (Micah Lanier). Full details in OPEN-SOURCE-CREDITS.txt.

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